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Film: “Dil Bole Hadippa!”
Cast: Rani Mukerji, Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Poonam Dhillon, Rakhi Sawant, Sheryln Chopra
Director: Anuraag Singh
Rating: 
Somewhere down the line in this mish-mash of “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”, “Chak De” and what have you, Shahid Kapoor, looking as intense as a man who has just discovered he has acute molar ache, scowls at Rani and says, “You should be an actress in films”.
Actress she is. And a highly competent one. Rani has worked really hard on getting the Sardar-ji’s act together. At times she’s quite funny and poignant. But her attempts go waste in a film that seems to move in a rudderless stupor.
Rani is sorely let down in her made-to-order vehicle by a script that’s as phony and pasted-on as the moustache she pastes on to infiltrate the all-boy’s cricket team helmed by a Britain-returned dude from a broken family.
Shahid’s dad Anupam Kher lives in Amritsar, while his mom, Poonam Dhillon, lives in London.
Backgrounds are not very high in the list of this messy and annoying mishmash about cross-dressing and sporting spirit. While Shahid’s character we know is from a broken home, only god and the scripwriter know where Rani’s character Veera/Veer comes from.
While Hillary Swank, as a girl dressed as a guy, got the Oscar for “Boys Don’t Cry”, Rani misses her award-winning turn by a wide margin, thanks to a script that meanders like a bumbling bumblebee which doesn’t know whom to sting.
The story of the spirited girl’s sprint into a men’s game and into the coach’s heart lacks bite and humour. The dialogues are ultra-pedestrian, some of the exchanges between the rustic Rani and the posh Shahid shamelessly taken from “Jab We Met”.
What were the makers of this film thinking? Not much, as we can easily see in the slithering progression of the material and dismaying lack of motivation. After the interval, the wobbly narration just collapses in a tired heap, with scenes in a nautanki featuring Rakhi Sawant plunging to the bottom-most rung of mediocrity.
The climactic cricket match between India and Pakistan is as exciting as watching “Kaminey” with the soundtrack turned off. In “Dil Bole Hadippa!”, the soundtrack is so loud it drowns any finer point that the narration may possess.
Don’t waste your time looking for silver linings in this dreadful cricket film. Someone said cricket is a game played by 12 fools and watched by 12,000 fools. No we know what he meant.
I think this review is an extremely unfair judgement and it’s a shame that people can put down somebody else’s hardwork down like this.
The film was brilliant – it played to packed audiences in London and everyone loved it!! Rani is brilliant as always and shahid’s role though more supporting is played well and the pair look fabulous together! why the indian reviews of all the good films are always rubbish from phir bhi dil hai hindustani to love aaj kal and now this, us Londoners never quite understand.
Perhaps with bollywood becoming more modern, the desi audiences dont get it anymore – but yes, even us Londoners/Westerners are fed up with seeing the lack of clothes! bring back the desi-ness in the style – the skimpy outfits are humiliating us and degrading our culture!!!!!!
This film was aswesome… This review is a load of crap. I wonder who judges these movies.. It doesn’t sound like its anyone with talent. The music was also great and this is not just coming from me. I know more then a dozen people who fell in love with this movie. Rani and Shahids performance were outstanding.
Also great story line and very funny too.
I totally agree with SJP, I thought it was brilliant and full of entertainment. Rani and Shahid look wonderful together, excellent screen chemistry. I actually enjoyed the movie with whole family because it had no nonsense scenes and bloodshed or unnecessary fights.
I totally agree with SJP, This film was aswesome and fantastic job by rani, us usual. And Shahid kapoor give a good job, and also both they have excellent jodi in Hadippa Remix. I hope they work toghter again in Dhoom3.
i completely disagree with this review, i thought the movie was great. it was funny, had great songs, an interesting plot, and shahid and rani make a very cute onscreen pair. it was a fun family film, not to be taken too seriously, i don’t know what this reviewer was thinking.
heay.i’m a malaysian student studying here in india.i had seen the trailer 1 month before this movie was released in the cinema.and at that time,i’m very eager to watch this movie.when the dvd was released,i bought it and i thought that this movie was brilliant!i really love this movie.this is the first time rani+shahid work together and both of them do perfect.if i’m a malaysia and can say that this movie is brilliant,why not the other hindustani?nowdays,hindi movies seem like very2 hard to find the good one because most of the movies are modern,contain scene that not appropiate for family watching together.and i think there is lot of director out there who can make a big movie like kuch2 hta hai,k3G.*i’m just give my opinion.
the best movie my dream is rani mukerji movie cricket playing pleas help me