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‘Chor
Machaaye Shor’ which means ‘Cry of A Thief’ revolves around Shyam
a small time crook who gets his sticky hands on some diamonds worth
millions.
But
before his arrest by the police squad, Shyam manages to hide the
loot at a nearby construction site.
After
two years in prison, its time for Shyam to come out.Once again he
happily returns to his buried loot. But to his horror he now finds
that the site harbours a new police headquarters with his stolen
diamonds forming part of the foundation!
Not
one to be easily defeated, Shyam devices a plan in order to get
to the loot. He decides to play the role of inspector Ram and soon
becomes the favourite of ACP Ranbir Singh (Paresh Rawal) at the
police station.
But
life is not that easy going for our handsome crook who quickly gets
under the suspicious nose of Inspector Pande (Om Puri).
Amidst
all this mayhem Ram actually finds time to romance Inspector Ranjita
(Bipasha Basu). But he also plays the character of Shyam with Ranbir’s
daughter, Komal (Shilpa Shetty). Soon they become lovers.
Whilst
Ram/ Shyam is busy with his hectic love life, other crooks, Tito
(Ashish Vidhyarthi) and Tony (Rajat Bedi) have caught wind of the
news and are now in search of the diamonds.
Director
David Dhawan for some odd reason seems to add other various sub-plots
mainly to please the die hard comedy fans.
This
comes in the form of the famous Shekar Suman, the presenter of many
Indian TV chat shows. Then there is a Tamil speaking dance master
(Paresh Rawal) and Punjabi truck driver played by actor Om Puri
in a double role.
Actor
Bobby Deol is at his comedic best, shuttling between both the characters
with great ease and comfort. Both Shilpa Shetty and Bipasha Basu
support well especially when it comes to adding glamour and glitz
in Ram/Shyam’s life.
Other
co-stars like Om Puri, Paresh Rawal and Ashish Vidhyarthi are brilliant
in their respective get-up scenes. They further enhance the comic
situations presented by Ram/Shyam.
The
brilliant cinematography of Harmeet Singh is the highlight of the
film. Musical score of Anu Maliik does match with the comic situations
on screen.
Overall
director David Dhawan has included more than his fair share of laughter
to please the cinema going masses.
After
all too much of a good thing can be very good!
Reviewed By Manish Gajjar, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Shropshire’s Mr Bollywood.
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