Review: ‘EMI’ is too expensive to be watched!

Spicezee Bureau

Mumbai, Nov 07: The much promoted Sanjay Dutt starrer, ‘EMI’, which released all over this Friday, has failed to woo the audience in spite of a very unique and topical subject with situations that one can easily identify with. But the concept begins to appear totally wasted when things that initially seem to be realistic, become too filmy and unrealistic as the plot progresses. The film starts off pretty well. The story tries to convey the importance of being responsible and cautious about deadline against which a loan is signed. But in spite of an attempt to add different angles to the simple storyline of the film, ‘EMI’ has turned out to be nothing but a boring potboiler. Although some of the jokes are truly funny (all thanks to Sanju Baba), the movie loses its way post interval, which is entirely to be blamed on the loopholes in the script of this otherwise well directed film. ‘EMI’, which is a take on modern day India, takes a look at the lives of characters coming from different strata of society. The story revolves around the life of a man who is a spendthrift and a compulsive buyer. His mindless spending addiction gets him into situations he does not anticipate. The story has Arjun Rampal playing a compulsive shopper. Living life king size, his lifestyle is highly dependent on the concept of ‘EMI’. But just like any other addiction, Arjun too falls prey to loving the good life and fails to pay the EMIs on time. It’s then that the recovery agent ‘Sattar’ (Sanjay Dutt) comes into the picture. Sattar is an infamous recovery agent, who runs the Good Luck Recovery Agency. Known for his notorious goons who are sent to recover loans, Sattar is a hit among those who are looking at getting their money back. From Bhaigiri to business to social work and then politics, that is how Sattar has planned to move ahead in life. In the course of Sattar’s character swing, from a dreaded loan recovering goon to a Bhai character, the plot loses its way. The way he solves all the loan defaulting problems is also unbelievably silly. Debutante director Kabra is technically sound but lacks good story telling technique. Malaika’s character has no background and she irritates. Her dream song with Arjun hampers the pace. Playing a good-hearted Bhai is something Dutt can claim a PhD on and he is a treat to watch. Urmila doesn’t get much scope. Arjun Rampal perfectly fits the bill. Ashish carries the same limited expressions as usual. Snehal Dhabi and Manoj Desai playing Dutt’s cronies are excellent and make you laugh with their visibly honest effort. On the whole, ‘EMI’ is an average product, all thanks to some really rib tickling jokes, which have saved the film from going down to worse!