12 January,2009 06:45 AM IST | | Namita Gupta
Witty and wise: The gags fly fast and furious in The President is Coming
Film: The President Is Coming (English)
cast: Ira Dubey, Vivek Gomber, Faezeh Jalali, Konkana Sen Sharma, Namit Das
Director: Kunal Roy Kapur
Theatres: PVR, Fame, Fun, Inoxu00a0
Rating: 3/5
The story is set in 2006, when George Bush came to India. The filmmaker builds his story around Bush's supposed desire to shake hands with one young Indian. A PR agency is hired to find a suitable candidate. The dominatrix agent runs a nationwide hunt and shortlists six youngsters, who battle it out to meet the president.
The characters Maya Roy (Konkona Sen Sharma), a novelist and a divorcee, Kapil Dev (Anand Tiwari), a stock-broker, Rohit Seth (Vivek Gomber), an accent trainer deported from the US for being an illegal immigrant, Ramesh S (Namit Das), a gay geek from Bangalore, Ajay Karlekar (Satchit Puranik), a dhoti-clad fundamentalist and Archana Kapoor (Ira Dubey), the beauty with no brains, are out to fight to the finish.u00a0u00a0
What's hot: The gags are great thanks to a fabulous script and talented actors.
What's not: The script lacks a strong storyline and the production values are not so great.
Verdict: Watch it for the actors and their delicious dialogue delivery.
