| Inder Kumar has released some good films in the past. These included Raja, Beta, Dil, Ishq and Masti. Once again, he ventures into the realm of comedy, with Pyare Mohan. Heavily inspired by the Hollywood flick See No Evil, Hear No Evil starring Gene Wilder, this Bollywood version is yet another effort to use physical human handicaps to raise laughs. Pyare (Fardeen) is blind, while Mohan (Viviek) is deaf. Both have been stuntmen in their earlier lives but a brutal accident robs them of their visual and hearing faculties. They manage to communicate rather well and together they run a small shop. Their only dream in life to is to find themselves girlfriends. So, this happens by accident as the two bump (literally!) into Pia (Esha) and Preethi, (Amrita). These two girls happen to be sisters and they have come to Mumbai to become professional singers. They waste no time bonding with the guys. So, as our two heroes take the girls' friendship for love, resulting in heartbreak, the story moves to Bangkok. It's here in this exotic city, that the sisters get wrongly accused for a murder. The villain is Tony Fernandes (Boman Irani) and he is after the girls, as they are the sole witness to his crime. As the girls face the death penalty for a crime that they did not commit, our handicapped heroes set off to Bangkok, to attempt a rescue. In their own funny ways, they get the girls out of jail. After what seems like a never-ending chase, they clear the girls' names. The film is worth a watch, though from the first frame the viewer knows what to expect. There are no surprises or twists in the plot. So after a while, the slapstick comedy and the antics of the duo begin to test your patience. Of the cast, Vivek is certainly likeable and sincere. This fine actor deserves praise and recognition for his work which is long overdue. The rest of the supporting cast are uninspiring. There is no great technical wizardry in the film and the screenplay is pretty average. In many of the scenes the girls look garishly painted - perhaps the makeup and lighting crew deserve to be ticked off for botching up their jobs. Though the film does raise a few good laughs, on the whole it's a wasted effort. Overall, the concept of deaf and blind heroes could have been handled more sensitively and could have been moulded into a much better product.
Reviewed by Guest Reviewer
Dr P.V.Vaidyanathan | 
