Bollywood in 2000-2010 era produced some masterpiece comedies some of which I don't even have to name. Dhoondte Reh Jaoge is definitely not one of them. This film feels like director Umesh Shukla tried to be some Priyadarshan or Anees Bazmee and tried making a different kind of "Tees maar Khan " kind of film atleast from the plot it seems like that. Umesh however only gets 30% success .
Most of the comedy scenes don't work and most of them seem hamming . Some scenes desperately try to make you laugh by adding that weird funny "Toing" like music but it fails. Umesh shukla is no Priyadarshan or anees bazmee, both of whom could have better made this film. Umesh has better works like 102 not out, OMG like films.
Having said that, this film is not entirely unfunny hence I gave it 4 stars at least. As per the title of my review, the hilarious spoof film they show at the climax is way more funnier than the entire film itself no matter how mindless it is, the notable ones being that hilarious Himesh Reshammiya duplicate lol, then the three duplicates of sonu sood that made me go ROFL, then that duplicate thakur who constantly signals a boundary with his legs LMAO. Even the name of the fake film production company is hilarious "Charsubishi films ( more like a suspicious version of Mitsubishi)" .These were the elements that made the film somewhat funny as a slapstick comedy.
But overall, Sonu Sood doesn't fit in comedy films at all. Paresh Rawal and Kunal Khemmu are decent. Soha Ali Khan is also decent. My God, Dilip Joshi is absolutely painful to watch and becomes super irritating with his broken bengali. Asrani was like a regular go-to man in every comedy in those days but he has got nothing much to do here. Johnny lever too brings in some laughs.
Overall, go in with 0 expectations if you wanna watch this film on netflix/YouTube. Don't expect a 2000s era Priyadarshan or Anees Bazmee kind of film but then I guarantee you there are definitely some moments which will make you genuinely chuckle.
