Ok so let’s come straight to the point; Firangi proves that Kapil Sharma should do nothing but his comedy shows on television or better still stand up comedy! That’s something he’s best at and that’s what he needs to focus on. Though it’s unfair to say that he hasn’t put any effort in the film, he and his team have put in a lot of effort but unfortunately, the film is out and out boring and even the comedy in the film falls completely flat!
The film is a period comedy-drama set in 1921 during the pre-independent India. The story is about Manga falls who in love with a village girl Sargi (Ishita Dutta) but gets sucked into a nefarious plan hatched by a corrupt British official Mark Daniels (Edward Sonnenblick) and a (rather unconvincing) Raja Indraveer Singh (Kumud Mishra). Kapil lands a job as a man Friday of Mark unaware of the vicious plot the Indraveer and Mark are hatching. The duo wants to grab an entire village, and turn it into a liquor factory by moving all the villagers from their land to another place. Manga is blamed by the villagers for the same since he is working for the British. Sargi’s Gandhian grandfather (Aanjjan Srivastav), is against the British rule and hence wants to have nothing to do with Manga and also refuses to give Sargi’s hand in marriage to Manga. Like any typical Hindi film, Manga decides to set things right and plans a way to do it along with the Raja’s daughter (Monica Gill) and a few others from the village. The rest is easy to guess for Hindi film buffs!
The film lacks pace, logic, acting, and comedy. The only time I kind of laughed was when Monica Gill opened her mouth to say her dialogues, each time she had a different accent! Her introduction in the film started with a heavy ‘trying really hard’ British accent and midway she seemed to have forgotten that she plays an Oxford returned babe in the film! Both Kapil and Ishita were totally expressionless. The only saving grace was the songs and the gorgeous little girl, Naisha Khanna. But Kapil’s scenes with Naisha almost felt like he was trying to ape Salman Khan and Harshaali Malhotra from Bajrangi Bhaijaan! The cinematography of the film is another thing that bothered me, after the first 5 times I stopped counting the number of out of focus shots! The sets though were good.
In my opinion, the film might just have done a little better had it been released on 26 January or 15 August when patriotism is at a peak! Firangi is a good effort gone to waste.
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