Hello hellos again, dear readers! Yes, we’re back in action here! For those who still aren’t in the know, we now have a bi-weekly column running on that louly of a site CNNGo! *Cue applause and general hooting* However, that doesn’t mean new comics and reviews won’t be posted here! It just means that I am now contractually obligated to not be lazy. So, don’t fret, and show the mad support you have over these past few months! Also, people who’re still sending me hate mail about the no-update situation, pliss to join The Vigil Idiot fan page on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter to stay in the loop. =)

Which brings us to this… Patiala House! That obligatory “Let’s mooch off  the World Cup by releasing a cricket movie right before the World Cup” movie! Which would be fine… Only they released the movie starring Akshay Kumar. Which, considering his recent track record, should be ’nuff said right there!

Contractual Obligation Fulfilling Plug, & also the coolest conversation starter Evah – This review was first posted here on CNNGo!

[Also, apologies for the quality of this comic... I would've optimized it, but I wanted to upload off & get it over with. Soooo, yea. =) ]

Not considering this one, Akshay Kumar has had exactly Four big releases this year. All four have, in some capacity, made an appearance on this here website. You can read three of them:

Here- http://www.thevigilidiot.com/2009/10/23/blue/

Here - http://www.thevigilidiot.com/2009/07/04/kambakkht-ishq-review/

And Here - http://www.thevigilidiot.com/2009/04/13/tasveer/

So when I got up this morning, I had big hopes for De Dana Dan. Because there is no way any actor can deliver 5 spoofworthy movies in a row, right? That’d be like the box office equivalent of Liverpool’s season this year. But alas, about 10 minutes into the movie, I could tell that, like the Scousers, I was, in fact, expecting too much. About 30 minutes into the movie, my brain started the slow process of disintegration into mush. And at the end of the Two & A Half something hours the movie lasted, I just wanted a hug.

Forget the comic panels, to even say that I could explain the movie in essay format, with just normal words, is like saying that I could explain Schrödinger’s Equations of Quantum Physics as retheorised by Roger Penrose. Nah, that might be exaggerating things a little. Because I’m pretty sure summarising Schrödinger’s theory is actually the easier task.

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Blue is apparently the most expensive movie to ever come out of India. 120 somethin crores, it cost, for this. As you read through this pretty unexaggerated  version of the going-ons in the film, I want you to let that statement sink in. Say it with me…. 120 Crores, for this!

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The ‘must-watch’ tag associated with this post is strictly for symmetry-maintaining purposes. Because Kambakkht Ishq is about as Must-Watch as a Rakhi Sawant interview. Now, since there is no way I can fully do justice to the mind-numbing brilliance of this movie, I lay no claim to the humour quotient of this piece. You’re just gonna have to see it as my good deed for the week. An effort to let people take an informed decision before watching this dementia-inducing wonderfulness.

It should go without saying, but still : MAJOR-ASS SPOILER ALERT!

PS – Feel free to use the star-rating apparatus given below. It’s starting to feel a little loser-ish and needs all the support you can spare. =)

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