They last came together for emotional drama 'Apne' but with 'Yamla, Pagla, Deewana', Deol clan --Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby-- is out to have fun.
While most of the scenes, despite being nonsensical manage to make one laugh, things get over-the-top after a point. The influence of 'Dabangg' is quite visible in two forced desi style item songs 'Tinku jiya' and another one, which are a big problem with the movie. Music can help elevate a story but bad music and a weak script don't help each other much. Sunny Deol plays an NRI, Paramveer, who leaves his white wife, two very Punjabi kids and mother, to find his lost father and younger brother in Benaras. Dharmendra (Dharam) and Bobby (Gajodhar) are the conmen, who make their living by robbing people off their living.
Quite conveniently, the first person that Sunny finds in Benaras is his lost brother, who fools him into exchanging his dollars for blank notes. Sunny bonds with his father and brother by helping them rob others in a la 'Bunty Aur Bably' style. But the action soon shifts to Punjab because Sunny has to help his young brother to win his ladylove Saheba (Kulraj Randhawa) from her five brothers before the final reunion takes place.
The film is more like a tribute to Deols' Bollywood journey so far (Dharmendra celebrates his 50-years in cinema with this film) and director Sameer Karnik leaves no opportunity to play up to the trio's image in public and he succeeds mostly.
Obviously, it is not only the title that is inspired from Dharmendra's 1975 film 'Pratiggya'. Karnik relies on the 70's lost and found formula for the basic plot but the references don't end here. Dharmendra's old films including iconic 'Sholay' have inspired certain scenes, Sunny's 'Gadar' act also gets a mention.
Obviously, it is not only the title that is inspired from Dharmendra's 1975 film 'Pratiggya'. Karnik relies on the 70's lost and found formula for the basic plot but the references don't end here. Dharmendra's old films including iconic 'Sholay' have inspired certain scenes, Sunny's 'Gadar' act also gets a mention.
While most of the scenes, despite being nonsensical manage to make one laugh, things get over-the-top after a point. The influence of 'Dabangg' is quite visible in two forced desi style item songs 'Tinku jiya' and another one, which are a big problem with the movie. Music can help elevate a story but bad music and a weak script don't help each other much. Sunny Deol plays an NRI, Paramveer, who leaves his white wife, two very Punjabi kids and mother, to find his lost father and younger brother in Benaras. Dharmendra (Dharam) and Bobby (Gajodhar) are the conmen, who make their living by robbing people off their living.
Quite conveniently, the first person that Sunny finds in Benaras is his lost brother, who fools him into exchanging his dollars for blank notes. Sunny bonds with his father and brother by helping them rob others in a la 'Bunty Aur Bably' style. But the action soon shifts to Punjab because Sunny has to help his young brother to win his ladylove Saheba (Kulraj Randhawa) from her five brothers before the final reunion takes place.
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