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| Raja
Natwarlal |
Banner : Utv
Motion Pictures
Producer
:Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur
Cast : Emraan Hashmi,
Humaima Malick, Paresh Rawal
Deepak Tijori, Kay Kay Menon
Story / Writers
: Parveez Shaikh
Music Director
: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Director :
Kunal Deshmukh
Singers :
Arijit Singh, Shweta Pandit, Mamta Sharma
Anupam Amod, Benny Dayal, Mika Singh
Lyricist :
Irshad Kamil.
Raja Natwarlal is a golden-hearted con for it
leaves you smiling at its tricks, despite obvious flaws. Raja (Emraan) and
partner Raghav (Deepak) pull off small confidence tricks in an appealing Mumbai
of clattering trains, fragrant Iranis and gleaming dance bars. Raja loves
dancer Zia (Humaima) and is set to marry after he persuades Raghav to steal 80
lakhs - which belong to big-time swindler Vardha (Kay Kay), who makes Raghav
pay with his life. Raja's determined to take revenge but he needs the guru of
crooks, Yogi (Paresh), to guide him. Will Yogi agree - and will Raja win?
With
its twisting story, good-looking frames and zingy acting, Raja Natwarlal keeps
you entertained. Paresh Rawal stands out as Yogi, short-tempered, foul-mouthed
and shrewd, a malicious mentor - "Kheenche hue kaan se mila hua gyaan
hamesha yaad rehta hai" - wincing as he mentions "a very sweet
boy", the fine actor displaying the flair of an old lion that eats bottles
of rum. Kay Kay matches with his Vardha, a savage in a suit, oil-slick and lean,
desperately keen on acquiring a cricket team, ready to bludgeon his way towards
this. And Emraan convinces too, Raja both swaggering and vulnerable, a hero who
smiles shyly, then kisses on the mouth (although pecks on the cheek can get
more passionate than the demure caresses here). Pakistani actor Humaima
presents a graceful Zia, her role relatively slender but including
chest-thumping numbers like 'Mere hothon ke namak-pare', which will have your
inner tapori tapping her feet.
The plot travels from Mumbai to Dharamshala and Cape Town but director Kunal
Deshmukh retains firm control. The story packs in paisa, pyaar, confidence,
over-confidence, chummas, chases, corrupt cops, cricket associations, surprises
and some rather nice songs - but keeps its weight under control. Despite flaws
- like how a don like Vardha doesn't know the face of a man he's seeking, who's
now persuading him to buy a non-existent team - Raja Natwarlal wins you over by
the sassy swagger of its tricks, its hit-men and 'HDMC Bank', its tongue lodged
firmly in its cheek.
Go watch - this one is, ahem, definitely worth a kiss.
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