Posted: admin on Nov 17 | Bollywood Movies
Cast: Virdas, Indraneil Sengupta, Dilip Thadeshwar, Raymond Irani, Manjari Phadnis, Amruta Khanvilkar, Linda Arsenio and Neelam Chauhan.
Director: Manoj Tyagi
Producer: Amita Bishnoi, Surendra Sharma, Bhagwanti Gabrani
Music Director: Adnan Sami
Lyricist: Sameer
Cinematography: Kalpesh Bhandarkar
Screenplay: Manoj Tyagi
Editor: Kuldeep Mehan
EXCLUSIVE REVIEW BY HANUMANT BHANSALI
Mumbai Salsa is a confused lingo which thrives in the lives of the cool n hip generation striving for love, fun and ambition in a fast city like Mumbai. Today, relationships are like a popular deo brand. Strong when its on, and frown when its gone!
Mumbai Salsa is the name of a pub where the pot pourry of the characters takes place. For them, life is subject to change…in a weird way though.
Night clubs and pubs have given a new definition to the word ‘time pass’, something that takes you away from a bubble called relationships.
Mumbai Salsa talks about eight principal characters played by Virdas, Indraneil Sengupta, Dilip Thadeshwar, Raymond Irani, Manjari Phadnis, Amruta Khanvilkar, Linda Arsenio and Neelam Chauhan.
Rajeev Sharma (Virdas) is an advertising executive, who is living amidst the world of shattering relationships. Yet to find his woman of dreams, Rajeev strives hard to overcome his displeasure.
On the other hand, there is Karan (Indraneil Sengupta) who is the exact reflection of the character played by Akshay Kumar and his friends in Heyy Babyy. For Rajeev, girls are equal to fun minus commitment.
Subramanium aka Subbu (Dilip Thadeshwar) is a narrow minded soul working in the same advertising agency with Rajeev. Negativity and hatred is his forte and lifestyle department is his primary target.
Shahji (Raymond Irani) is an instructor in a gym. ‘All muscles but no brains’ describe him best. Libidos are waiting to burst out in his favour, for a sincere cost though.
Maya (Manjari Phadnis), is working as the head of Human Resources department in a bank. Perfection is what Maya craves for, but love is blind so a few crashes are in store for the Miss Perfect.
Neha (Amruta Khanvilkar) runs a beauty parlour and leads a pleasurable sex life. Neha desires stability in her bed but her past keep haunting her thoughts.
Pamella (Linda Arsenio) works with Rajeev, and is looking for Indian love. She is in awe of India.
Xenobia (Neelam Chauhan), runs a salsa class and desires to hook on with someone who stays with her, for her always.
The film works in parts. It does not stand as a whole some idea of entertainment in any way. Moreover, the theme and the look make Mumbai Salsa a supposedly ‘less cared’ film.
Barring its unconventional concept, the film is washed away by a few incidents that are prolonged for no reason, whatsoever!
The first half has nothing much to tell, whereas the second half is quite fruitful in its slick approach of using incidents in the narration.
Manoj Tyagi seemed to have lost control over his script in the process of playing with the eight principal characters. The story takes a backseat in the process of lending footage to these eight characters.
Cinematography is okay. Screenplay is dull in the first half. Adnan Sami, as a composer is ordinary and lends in a few good tunes in the title track and ‘Choti Si’.
Actingwise, except for Amruta Khanvilkar, Manjari Phadnis, Vir Das and Ray Irani, all other actors need to go back to the basics thought in the acting schools.
With the advent of multiplex, films like Mumbai Salsa can hold on their own even amidst the presence of two big releases like Jab We Met and No Smoking.
Radiosargam Movie Rating: 5/10
Hanumant Bhansali
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