| Movie Details |
| Language: Hindi |
| Release date and status: Released on Oct 23, 2009 |
| Cast: Boman Irani, Cyrus Broacha, Dia Mirza, Mahesh Manjrekar, Atmaram Bhende, Rajit Kapoor |
| Music: Sangeet Haldipur/Siddharth Haldipur |
| Director: Kunal Vijaykar |
Fruit and Nut, directed by Kunal Vijaykar was termed as a social parody, a satirical of sorts. Sadly it’s a far cry from its vivid definition. The film only provides dozens of roll of the eye situations and innumerable number of annoying so-called funny sequences. Fruit and Nut has its share of nutty characters indeed. However only a few giving justification to their insane attributes.
The film about an ex-Maharaja Harry Holkar (Boman Irani) who feels his city has gone to the dogs, devises a plan to rid Mumbai of all its evil. Enter Jolly Maker (Cyrus Broacha) an accident prone goody two shoes in search of love and money who finds himself entangled in this mess along with attractive smart snob Monica (Dia Mirza). Khandarchaala (Mahesh Manjrekar) a corrupt government official only ends up taking advantage of the situation to satisfy his own evil motives.
The first half of the film is a hotch potch of bad over the top acting and nonsensical humour which has you cringing in your seat. Boman Irani is probably the only saving grace of the film who keeps you entertained till the very end of the film. While his shoddy makeup and garish clothing might be a little hard on the eyes, he makes sure his mannerisms and punchlines leave you marvelled by this powerhouse of comic talent. Cyrus Broacha should stick to what he does best that is reality TV hosting and theatre- his emoting and expressions are only good impromptu and he just ends up making a bakra of himself in the movie. Mahesh Manjrekar does a fair job but starts to annoy after a while. Dia Mirza is unconvincing in her tough girl look and her romantic scenes with Cyrus are just too much to digest for the day. Rajit Kapoor is a pain to watch.
The movie picks up in the second half with a rib-tickling climax which will have you rolling off your seat. The scene in which Boman hails Salim Sulaiman the dreaded aging underworld dons is probably the most hilarious sequence in the film. However after the first gruelling half hour of the film you just don’t have the patience to sit for the second half. The movie which has been targeted for the urban crowd wont appeal to them as such considering teenage Pj’ are better than humour in Fruit and Nut.
The screenplay and dialogues by Sharad Kataria are nothing to boast about, and Kunal’s direction is good for a newbie but scripting is just not his cup of tea. The production value only speaks of the hesitance Studio 18 must have had in putting in money for the film. The music for Sangeet Haldipur is ho-hum with Boman’s title track being the only standout song which even though I beg to recollect, evades my memory.
From what I hear Studio 18 couldn’t make head or tail of the story when they saw the end result of the film and had even asked Kunal to re-edit the film several times. But with all the unnecessary sequences in the film, one can only begin to imagine the fruits of sleeping on the editing table and the effort in trying to crack the nut of a movie they produced in the bargain.
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