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Movie review - Fruit And Nut (A film gone truly nuts)

JoginderTuteja

October,24,2009

Rating: *1/2 Fruit And Nut is a film which is neither sweet as a fruit not crunchy as a nut. In fact the best way to describe the experience of Fruit and Nut is that its makers would have actually gone totally nuts in sanctioning a film like this. It is one thing to go bizarre, break the norms and come up with a quirky affair. On the other hand its an altogether different thing if the makers become completely overconfident, try to be extra smart and ultimately fall flat on their face. For a movie that has been sold as a quickie comedy, there is not even a single scene that actually makes you roll with laughter. In fact the latter half of the film is so unbearable that you actually contemplate walking out of the auditorium. Fruit And Nut tries to pack a lot in the overall narrative by introducing newer situations and characters practically every 10 minutes. Cyrus Broacha is a looser who doesnt fit into any role, whether it is being an office clerk, radio jockey, watchman or even a help at a pizza shop. Exaggeration is the name of the game here and though one understands where director Kunal was coming from, it becomes a little too much to digest just 15 minutes into the film. Dia Mirza as the lady in saree is a pleasant watch though. As a young woman who has been kidnapped, she does exude vibes of being someone who deserves to be rescued. However, the kidnapper in question, Boman Irani, gets annoying at places. Of course the purpose here was to irritate but then there is always a thin line between an irritating character and an irritating actor. Thankfully, this is where Mahesh Manjrekar comes in handy as his one liners do manage to bring on smiles. Yes, just like all other characters in the film, he too is quite bizarre. However, one doesnt quite mind that since the dialogues mouthed by him belong to never-heard-before variety. In between all this hardly amusing madness, there are additional characters like villains henchmen, a cop, hired assassins Salim & Sulaiman, a beggar turned RAW agent and a scientist - all of whom only make this 100 minutes film seem like double its length. In the past, there have been quite a few quirky movies like Aagey Se Right and Quick Gun Murugan, none of which managed to make any impact whatsoever at the box office. As things stand today, Fruit And Nut is all set to suffer even worse fate at theaters. Rating: *1/2

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