'One Two Three': a comedy
with an edge (Preview) March
24, 2008
New Delhi, (IANS) Writer-turned-director Ashwani Dheer takes a plunge into
filmmaking with "One Two Three", a comic caper revolving around diamond theft
that releases Friday.
Dheer has roped in some of the best comic actors - Sunil Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor
and Paresh Rawal for the movie. Upen Patel, Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy, Tanisha
Mukherjee and Neetu Chandra also feature in the movie.
The film is all about a crazy bunch of people doing the wrong things for the
right reason.
The story goes like this:
Diamonds worth Rs.100 million are stolen from a dangerous don, Papa (Mukesh
Tiwari) and the precious stones accidentally fall in the hands of young love
birds - Chandu (Upen Patel) and Chandni (Tanisha), who quickly hide them in a
car.
Papa and his idiotic henchmen Albert (Vrijesh Hirjee) and Pinto (Manoj Pahva)
are desperately hunting for the diamonds while hot-headed police officer
Mayavati Chautala (Neetu Chandra) wants to nab criminals.
Enter the first Laxmi Narayan (Tusshar Kapoor), who belongs to a mafia family.
His mother is hoping that despite a few murders under his belt, he will settle
down in life. After failing badly in his initial attempts, he gets a chance to
redeem himself as a don by killing Papa. He goes to hotel Blue Diamond to kill
Papa.
Now enter the second Laxmi Narayan (Suniel Shetty), a management postgraduate
from Darjeeling. He too is sent to hotel Blue Diamond to collect a new car for
his boss from Laila (Sameera Reddy).
The third Laxmi Narayan (Paresh Rawal) is a hawker who has made so much money
selling underwear on the footpath that he has set up a lingerie factory for his
son. His son sends him to the same hotel to collect lingerie samples from
upcoming designer Jiya (Esha Deol).
Three Laxmi Narayans are at the same place at the same time waiting for messages
at the hotel reception desk.
The messages go to the wrong people.
The first Laxmi Narayan gets lingerie designer Jiya's photo and goes to kill
her, only to end up as her hero. The second Laxmi Narayan gets Papa's photo and
goes to collect the car from him, only to be mistaken for a killer and gets
beaten black and blue. The third Laxmi Narayan gets Laila's photo and asks her
to show him her underwear, only to be branded an old pervert.
Meanwhile, Chandu and Chandni are determined to stop anybody from buying the car
where they have hidden the diamonds.
However, Laila has to sell the car to save her showroom. And Jiya has to sell
her designs to save herself from lecherous Mende's clutches.
Comedies did well last year. This year too, "Sunday" was appreciated, and "One
Two Three" might carry forward the trend.
