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Dedh Isqhiya

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    January 24, 2014 9:20 PM IST
    Critic's Rating: 3.5/5
    Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi, Vijay Raaz
    Direction: Abhishek Chaubey
    Genre: Thriller
    Duration: 2 hours 23 minutes
     
    A sequel to the zany 2010 black comedy Ishqiya. Like its prequel, the idiom and the setting are rural. The spoken language is Hindi with a peppering of heavy-duty Urdu. Thank God for the English subtitles in circuits except the Hindi belt! 

    The plot, with many interesting twists, is about the irrepressible team of crooks, Khallu and Babban (Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi respectively). When these two arrive in Mehmudabad, Naseer finds himself magnetically drawn to the local heiress, Begum Para (Madhuri Dixit Nene). And Arshad falls head over heels in love with the Begum's aide, Muniya (Huma Qureshi). The uncle-nephew team chase their love interests and build castles in the air about ***, life and wealth.
     
    The women, Begum Para and Muniya, also have a back-story. Para is the widow of a debauched Nawab who gambled away his wealth on men and wine. Her crazy suitor, Jaan Mohammad  wants to bail her out.

    In their attempt to live happily ever after, Begum and Muniya devise their own Thelma and Louise (the 1991 Hollywood flick) kind of plan. Not willing to give up, Khallu and Baban try hard to fit in.

    Vishal Bharadwaj's dialogue keeps you in splits.  Ditto Arshad. Madhuri looks gorgeous but the dhak-dhak girl (now woman) falls short on the oomph meter, as compared to Vidya Balan in Ishqiya

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