War Chod Na Yaar (2013)

Faraz Haider's 'War Chod Na Yaar' is A Truly Funny & Well-Acted Film! A humorous war-satire, that hits the right notes, at most parts.'War Chod Na Yaar' Synopsis: Captain Rajveer Singh (Sharman Joshi) and Captain Quereshi (Jaaved Jafferi) are battalion captains of India and Pakistan - two countries forever embroiled in conflict and turmoil with each other. However, on the actual battle-field, Raj-Quereshi & their troops form an unlikely friendship & camaraderie, reared on a love for conversations on Hindi film songs & non-veg food. Midst them, arrives Ruth Dutta (Soha Ali Khan), an ambitious TV reporter, assigned to make a documentary on the lives of the soldiers of these two sides, as reported from on-ground. But when war is announced between these two countries, the easy friendship between the two sides is tested & conspiracy theories are hatched.'War Chod Na Yaar' takes a dig at those who have made India & Pakistan, enemies, who are primarily politicians. But, underneath a strong message on world-peace, this recent under-rated war-comedy, delivers some crackling moments. The sequences in the first-hour belong to the tongue-in-cheek class of humor, while the second-hour concentrates on slap-stick & over-the-top humor. Faraz Haider's Screenplay tackles a very serious, in a light-hearted manner. Although the final 15-minutes are serious, the rest of the film, concentrates on comedy, which works only as an advantage for the venture. However, the writing in the second-hour, isn't entirely solid. His Direction, on the other-hand, is controlled. Cinematography is appropriate. Editing is average.Performance-Wise: Jaaved Jafferi is a joy to watch. The versatile actor enacts the bumbling war-hero with mesmerizing ease. Sharman Joshi is natural the core. Soha Ali Khan does nicely as the leading-lady. Sanjay Mishra is terrific, as always. Dalip Tahil, seen in multiple roles, does an impeccable job. Mukul Dev is alright. Manoj Pahwa is adequate.On the whole, 'War Chod Na Yaar' is impressive work.

Bollywood tries its hand at a war comedy, of course borrowing heavily from other film industries, but fails abruptly because the intended humor, slapstick or whatever foolishness they carve out of the plot bangs on the audience's faces and disappears.The dialogs, a strong point used to induce humor here, not only does causes boredom but also makes no sense at all. I like the idea of the witty remarks at the media & politics, but I didn't find any reason to laugh at their off-blown jokes. Nation leaders playing games on their smart-phones is funny but the same leader taking a sh*t while in a conference with other leaders is not jocular. I see where the writers are inspired from, but Hollywood war-comedies are far better.There is no logic in the story, but yeah, the characters are tad funny. Their performances are below average and I still cannot fathom what Soha Ali Khan was doing there. Songs looked like additive and over the 2- hours I might have chuckled 2 or 3 times.BOTTOM LINE: A failed attempt at something that requires the makers to have a huge sense of humor, which evidently they haven't.Skip!

Good movie good dialogues.. not good songs and perfect comedy scenes with a message excellent comedy actors. Javed Jeffery was mind blowing...mukul Dev at his best. The movie has sent a msg. if u are looking to get entertained this is the movie for you. Keep your brains at home and enjoy the movie. The goat and the grass guy was fantastic. The flow of the movie is good. You will enjoy every moment. This is a new concept altogether. This movie has to be one of the best comedy movies made in India. The director has done well. Its all about what happens if the army Len start thinking like humans. Its a breakthrough for Bollywood.

Director Mr. Faraz Haider work is below average. He always makes the movie crumbling behind script. I appreciate the intention of makers behind making this movie. There is not a single scene, where you think that Director had taken the film ahead of script. Director himself has written the script. Screenplay is boring. Strictly only a few dialogues are good. Love track is very abrupt and unnecessary. Night scenes are fairly lit, where you can easily recognize the actors, notice their expressions but most of time they carry the torch, alas, even they want to do it discreetly. So many things have gone wrong. Why did Dilip Tahil has given triple role? Spoof on news channel was a relief. Director wants to make a movie , where he can justify the need of peace between two nation but he has used some sarcastic dialogues and situation regarding the neighbor country, which can't be taken so lightly. If , you are condemning war then you must have balance approach towards both. Second half of movie has some light moments but I don't thing they can save the movie falling under below average. Performance wise all are just OK. Even good actors are wasted due to the script. Music is also not appealing.