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Partner - Notepad
Partner
quick review:
David Dhawan comedies are beyond me. At first, it felt good to get away from the daily drudgery that life is and submit myself to the histrionics. But, a few very good laughs in exchange for an arbitrary bunch of stories thrown around a Hollywood chick-flick are not good enough. It is difficult to retain interest when you can mouth out the punch line for more than half the jokes. And even more difficult when the attempts at wise-cracks stop too.
This page has additional observations, other than the ones noted in the main review.
Plot Summary
Bhaskar (Govinda) wants love guru, Prem (Salman Khan) to help him woo his (Bhaskar's) lady-love, Priya (Katrina Kaif). All this while Prem is trying to do some wooing of his own with Naina (Lara Dutta).
What Worked
- Some of the dialogues in the first half of the movie.
What did not
Note: This section simply lists the things that I did not like in this movie. This is not the overall impression about this movie. Please read the full review here
- The "chota Don" side-plot. It might have been okay if it had some relevance to the main plot.
- The single mother side-plot. What purpose did it server other than increasing the duration of the movie?
- The gay character side-plot. Absolutely unnecessary.
- The Lara Dutta's father side-plot. Why bother, if his character had to transform so suddenly?
- Naming Govinda's character "Bhaskar", just so they could mention the dialogue "Bhaskar, bas kar" from Anand
- Go Air's animated advertisement!
- Was Naina both a crime journalist as well as a Page 3 reporter?
Nitty-Gritty
This section lists things that I think are not important to the overall impact of the movie. In most cases, it could be explained away by something like, "we noticed the glitch after the scene was shot and there were schedule/budget issues and thus we could not re-shoot it". I like giving the makers the benefit of doubt, but I am amused nevertheless. Hopefully, they will tickle you too.
- Was it at a bar or a TV studio that Prem met his clients? Why were there girls dressed as bar servers in a room where television sets were relaying the conversations live?
- Agreed Katrina Kaif might not be familiar with the Hindi language. But did the dialogue writer understand Hindi or not? Isn't it hard to believe that Katrina Kaif's character had not found a "chaahne waala" (someone who loves her)? I think she meant she hadn't found anyone "jise woh chaahti ho" (someone she loves).
- India's score in a match that was being shown on TV was 39 for no loss. Why was the restaurant counter guy complaining about missing Sehwag's century?
- I gave up...in the scene where Lara Dutta's character, Naina is introduced, I just gave up on trying to notice the details. I concede that in such movies "the details" is not the point!
Partner - Movie Details
- Official Sites: Website
- Director: David Dhawan
- Lead Cast: Govinda, Salman Khan
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, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta - Screenplay: David Dhawan, Yunus Sajawal
- Dialogues: Sanjay Chell
- Music Director: Sajid, Wajid
- Lyrics: Sanjay Chell, Jalees Sherwani, Shabbir Ahmed
- Running time: 150 minutes
- Reviewer: meetu
- Categories: Hindi Movies
- Genres: Romance, Slapstick
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External Reviews
27 reviewers have given Partner an average rating of 3.1/5.0. 16 yays, 9 nays, 2 so-so. See all external reviews »
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Comments (21)
Review - Partner...
David Dhawan comedies are beyond me. At first, it felt good to get away from the daily drudgery that life is and submit myself to the histrionics. But, a few very good laughs in exchange for an arbitrary bunch of stories thrown around a Hollywood chick...
I think MEETU u are BIASED at some places. Dont take it otherwise, but it was`nt SUCH a film that u give it a "2" out of 5 . . .
I could easily give it 3.5/5
GREAT ONE-LINERs & DIALOUGES
GREAT SONGS (UR MY LOVE & PARTNER)
GREAT PERFORMANCE espicially by the KID "ALI"
A perfect TIMEPASS
If having an opinion is being biased, "haan judge-saahab, main mujrim hun" (Yes, My Lord, I plead guilty).
But Ashish, if you are talking about my attitude towards the cast and crew as being biased, I think I deserve more credit there. As I mentioned, I went with an intention to submit to whatever it is they had to offer.
Believe me, I was not looking for rationality. But is some kind of connection, however irrational, too much to ask for between different sub-plots. Is acting/comic timing from the lead cast not a requirement either? As far as, music, I guess you liked it, I did not, there is nothing much we can do about it.
It is really sad when you have 4-5 ideas that you think are cool and just throw them together thinking that the audience is there only for timepass, anyways.
awesome reviews meetu...i've bookmarked this site...now i only read this site for movie reviews...
Thanks, girish!
WTF is going on? I saw the movie twice and I loved it. Am going to buy its original DVD
You people will never appreciate anything new. You just want to watch the old things, old jokes of Munnabhai, comments on Gandhi. Grow up!
Hey RAHUL, it's great that you liked the movie. But, calling Munnabhai jokes old is ,"in my opinion", taking it a bit too far! Anyway, as I always say...to each his own...
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Great review guys. Here is our attempt at reviewing the movie on our blog. Partner Bollywood movie
Thanks Hetal and Anuja! Interesting site you have out there.
hey guys..... this movie is damn good.... just amazing .......
special thanks to GOVINDA,SALMAN KHAN,KATRINA KAIF,LARA DUTTA....... THEY WERE
JUST OUTSTANDING ...... i almost saw the movie 5 times...... it's really really good...
and it's a good example for the teenagers... because it can help us in flirting .......
ha! ha! ha! we almost felt like flirting in the theater.... and in fact we did..........
watch it guys its fun and specially with your girls.......
film is so boring.....it is not better than Hitch....but Salman and Govinda have a done good job.
Partner was 1 of d grt movie n comedy of d yr 2007.................sallu bhai n lara jodi was d bst.......salman was superb..........govinda was good..........n katrina......was pretty good
HEY GUYS THIS IS GREAT MOVIE . YOU ALL MUST WATCH IT .IT'S SIMPLY TERRIFIC
At first when I heard that this movie was a remake or Hitch, I was pretty pissed, but Oh My God!! This was just AWESOME!!! I mean watching someone with Govinda's physique dance away and be able to minister such impressive choreography and manage to look amazing even though he was standing along side Salman Khan..well it was just great, and I have never really even seen Salman perform so well, the dance moves for ur my love" and "do u wana partner" were just amazing and not 2 mention the other songs as well..i mean we have our own tastes, but really, it would take someone really "numb" to not enjoy this movie..yes scenes were copied but what our indian actors were able to offer, haha, Mr Smith and Eva Mendes were'nt able to show... I have been watching this movie from last week and becoz i love dancing and music, I have been watching the dance sequences nearly every nite!!!!Hail Govinda and Salman Jodi!!!
This was a great movie. Very funny..
HEY GUYZ........!
THIS MOVIE WAS DAM DAM GUD I SAW THAT MOVIE MORE THEN 20 TIMES . THIS
MOVIE SONGS WERE AMAZING I LOVE ALL THAT SONGS IS REALLY GUD GOVINDA
LUKING REALLY COOL I LUV U ................
This was a great movie. Very funny..
After catching the music video of "Do you wanna partner" on YouTube, I had to find out what this film was all about. One week later and I have already purchased the movie as a download and a dvd, bought & downloaded the soundtrack, downloaded wallpapers and still can't get enough!! It's very refreshing to watch something with 'charm.' For me, a lot of it has to do with Govinda who is charismatic, but the music & dance moves are incredible.
Who is this meetu? I am not questioning his/her/it's intellect. What I am actually trying to say is that why do you need to use your intellect to see a Hindi movie? When I pay Rs. 120, I want to forget my daily grind of life and have a few laughs - which is what David Dhawan movies provide. They may not be "intellectual" movies which the highly Bollywood-illiterate meetu talks about.
Manish, that's the point I was trying to make. Even though, I kept my intellect at bay, I did not enjoy the movie.
oh-no, don't abuse me by calling me "bollywood-illiterate" and highly at that! Like in food, the masala in a masala movie needs to be of the right quality to make the dish enjoyable.
great music and movie
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