Welcome (2007)

Welcome takes bollywood's modern movies to a new level. Anees Bazmee comes up with a very well directed comedy unlike his previous and 1 or 2 next ones as well. It is a mixture of a little senseless comedy, great situational comedy and even some intelligent comedy. The movie really builds on its very one-line story. This is because of its characters and the performances of the actors. Nana Patekar has really not given as much to comedy film as he could have given. As Uday Shetty, in his very own style, his expressions and involvement are a toast to watch. He sort of does what I feel Paresh Rawal did in the all-time-great Hera Pheri (Though, he was not as hilarious as Babu Bhaiyya). But I really loved his character. Equally good is Anil Kapoor who himself gives his best ever performance in a comedy movie. Majnoo Bhai is so caring, innocent, dangerous. There is so much liveliness and the "taporiness" in him that whenever he is on screen, you are bound to laugh.Rest of the cast is more supporting to these two. Akshay Kumar very rightly gets a supporting comedy role at which he's very good. He takes care of his comedy and romance scenes well since he doesn't have the burden to run this comedy movie all alone. Katrina Kaif comes up with a good performance which is really charming. She really became comfortable with the guidance of many veteran actors. Paresh Rawal gets a chance to show that he knows the art of comedy even in a different style. Dr. Ghoongroo does give you the laughs in his not very much screen time. Then there also is Feroz Khan who comes and gives a direction to a movie and really holds it till the end. The only problem with this other cast is they make you smile but not really laugh. Else, Sherveer Vakil, Mallika Sheravat, are good.Lastly, to generate more, this movie finds a place in an ever welcoming story that could get many more characters. Other actors like Asrani, Mahesh Mishra and all the little goons, the film-making crew are all enjoyable and have the punches. These people have some punches delivered very well.It is a treat to watch a bollywood movie with such a good level of situational comedy and the sort of creation of comedy (Uday's horses and onions). I may be crazy in watching this movie more than 10 times but every time it makes me laugh. You just need the right sense to see it.See this movie for its performances and the comedy that really comes out of nowhere. The lack of story never really becomes a problem, he only real problem in this movie was the music in which "Hoonth Rasiley" was bad while the others okay and one like "Kiya Kiya" fairly decent.WELCOME is a treat to watch. You will come out of the theater saying that it was a very good movie but only if some of the scenes were given a try to be made hilarious, it could have been much much better. (the one rating missing due to that).

Anees Bazmee made big money with NO ENTRY which was far better his film is absolute trash Tries to copy MICKEY's BLUE EYES but falls flat The start scenes itself are boring, Nana's track is quite funny while Anil- Nana scenes are fun earlier, Akshay's track is one of the most boring part of the film Sadly and strangely his scenes with Katrina fall flat Anil trying to frighten Akshay Kumar or some more scenes are quite funny But overall the entire comedy falls flat and there is nothing even funny about the film The story falls flat and the last few scenes are so bad that you feel like choking yourself and laugh at the directors What the heck ? Any thing they make and make money at the Box office How such films work?Anees Bazmee gives his worst film ever His only decent film was Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha While NO ENTRY was also quite good Music is okay, though Himesh songs sound boring and too many songs especially the item song look forced Cinematography and digital effects are badPerformances Nana has done pokerfaced comedy several times, here too he does it brilliantly and does a good job especially in the shooting scenes Anil too is hilarious in his part Akshay Kumar is a letdown, known for his great comic performances here he just falls flat, it seems he was trying to play his part like Agastya Rao he played in JAANEMAN but his act looks monotonous here Katrina Kaif is horrible as usual Malika Sherawat is better then her in a small part Paresh Rawal is monotonous Feroz Khan hams as always

Just by mimicking south Indian traditions and actors don't help any movies.I am always amused with Anil kapoor, he acts in a lot of south Indian film remakes and yet he mimics south Indian actors .This is really in bad taste. Anil kapoor should stop mimicking south Indian actors and making a mockery of themWhat a great actor like Nana patekar is doing in this movie. I don't know why Akshay kumar always acts in repeated roles. Katrina kaif does usual showing legs and other stuff. katrina is yet another actress in bollywood who doesn't know how to act

The movie is nothing more than it promises to be...a series of jokes tied loosely together. Although some of the jokes are old and repetitive, watching actors like Paresh Rawal (character borrowed from Albert Brooks in the Michael Douglas starer 'The In-laws'), Akshay Kumar (character borrowed from Hugh Grant in 'Mickey Blue Eyes'), Anil Kapoor & Nana Patekar get their comic timing right is priceless. Anil Kapoor proves once again what he did in Janbaaz and Trimurti: he is definitely one of the best on-screen bad boys of Bollywood.Katrina and Mallika both look stunning, which perfectly and exactly serves their purpose in the film. Watch it only for the above listed reasons and none other.