Yamla Pagla Deewana Movie Review

Yamla Pagla Deewana (Hindi)

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4.5/10
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5.0/10
Release Date:
January 14, 2011

Yamla Pagla Deewana, apt to the title brings together the three Deols Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol as never featured before in a film genre comprising of comedy, action and romance. The film begins in Canada, travels to Banaras and eventually makes its way to Punjab. The Father Son duo of Dharam Singh and Gajodhar Singh (Dharmendra and Bobby Deol) are the biggest conmen in Banaras. Their happy go lucky existence involves drinking and pulling off hilarious cons on unsuspecting people.

The only hitch in their perfect albeit notorious life arrives in the form of Paramveer Singh Dhillon (Sunny Deol). A brawny and honest NRI from Vancover, Paramveer lands up in Banaras claiming to be Gajodhar's elder brother separated at childhood. The duo willingly accepts Paramveer into their fold only to exploit his muscle power to serve their con games. Meanwhile Gajodhar falls in love with Saheba (Kulraj Randhawa), a beautiful Sardarni from Punjab. As their romance reaches its peak, her brothers arrive and forcibly take her away. Paramveer saves the day with a crazy plan to win the girl back for Gajodhar which leads them to the rustic heartlands of Punjab.

What follows is a rollercoaster ride showcasing the Great Indian Joint Family, Eccentric Relatives, Marriage Mayhem, and a classic case of Mistaken Identities! "Duniyawaalon! Iss kahaani mein Comedy hai! Action hai! Romance hai! Drama hai! Melodrama hai! Emotion hai!... Aur saala bahut saara Confusion hai!!"
The only hitch in their perfect albeit notorious life arrives in the form of Paramveer Singh Dhillon (Sunny Deol). A brawny and honest NRI from Vancover, Paramveer lands up in Banaras claiming to be Gajodhar's elder brother separated at childhood. The duo willingly accepts Paramveer into their fold only to exploit his muscle power to serve their con games. Meanwhile Gajodhar falls in love with Saheba (Kulraj Randhawa), a beautiful Sardarni from Punjab. As their romance reaches its peak, her brothers arrive and forcibly take her away. Paramveer saves the day with a crazy plan to win the girl back for Gajodhar which leads them to the rustic heartlands of Punjab.

What follows is a rollercoaster ride showcasing the Great Indian Joint Family, Eccentric Relatives, Marriage Mayhem, and a classic case of Mistaken Identities! "Duniyawaalon! Iss kahaani mein Comedy hai! Action hai! Romance hai! Drama hai! Melodrama hai! Emotion hai!... Aur saala bahut saara Confusion hai!!"

Yamla Pagla Deewana, apt to the title brings together the three Deols Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol as never... Show More

Intermittently funny and extremely exhausting

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It's fun in parts but tires you out by the time it finally comes to an end

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IBN

We are subjected to the loudest set of dialogues and the most vacuous set of characters we’ve been confronted with in a while

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Indian Express

You can’t pack a 2011 film with tricks and trappings that have worked in the 1960s and 1970s with one man, in the 1980s and 1990s with another man and never with the third man.

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The Telegraph

It's a drag, with long unfunny stretches of Bobby-ness, and the sad truth is that it could have been such a blast

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Rediff

Apart from an earnest performance by Sunny Deol and some really hilarious scenes in the second half, Yamla Pagla Deewana is a tiresome watch.

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DNA

The film works big time for its mass-appealing second half and loads of entertainment it has to offer

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BollywoodHungama

Watch it for its unbridled goofiness, the attempt to laugh at the Punjabi stereotypes and for the Deol chemistry that makes you chuckle, now and then.

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Times of India