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  • Freaky Ali

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    Generally unfavourable reviews (?)
    Based on 21 critics

    Cast & Crew

    Summary

    Ali (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) is an extortion debt collector for the local goon along with Maqsood (Arbaaz Khan). His fate turns when one day he and Maqsood go to a golf course to collect extortion, after waiting for many hours for a man to give him money. Ali confronts the man who tells him to wait while he finishes the hole. Ali claims the hole is easy, so the man asks him to show it. Ali putts the ball in just one ace for he has a gifted natural swing, This not only surprises the man but his caddy as well who knows him. What follows is an inspirational story of a simple extortion debt collector to a golfing sensation, and along the way of him becoming a champion, Ali beats all odds and meets his dream girl, Megha (Amy Jackson).

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Critic reviews and ratings

  • While the first hour of this film is time pass, the second half loses steam because of its repetitive narrative style.

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  • ...is a sweet little comedy that's sure to put a smile on your lips. Nawazuddin's performance alone is worth the price of the ticket.

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  • Despite the cliches and melodrama, we found Freaky Ali worth the time and money. From the ‘talented actor’ for the intelligentsia to the common man’s entertainer, Siddiqui is one star we love.

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  • ...has flashes of fun but could’ve been far funnier. Watch it for Nawaz’s endearing performance.

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  • Even though Nawaz performs well in 'Freaky Ali', the film is surely not worth the ticket price.

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  • Director Sohail Khan pulls all the plugs to give the film a mass appeal and that is why it probably works.

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  • ...as is always with any film from the bhai stable, the film's makers did not give two hoots about the film's script, which is why Freaky Ali ended up being two hours of zzzZZZzzzz...

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  • He (director Sohail Khan) squanders the dramatic potential of the plot and ends up with a puerile comedy involving dons, puns and women as eye candy.

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  • ...kick starts with rib-tickling moments but fails to retain the humorous momentum throughout as it falls prey to predictable plotline and a disappointing second half.

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  • It’s entirely on the writers and actors to make the proceedings seem crucial or comic. What shows up on screen is plain lazy on their part and it's painfully dull to watch.

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  • Though it’s called Freaky Ali, Siddiqui’s Ali is the least freaky of all the characters and his performance is the only reason this film is not a complete washout.

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  • The story starts out to be great fun, but it becomes so repetitive in the middle that even the jokes are a drag and then dragged down by Bollywoodisation of the story...

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  • The film is like a sixer on a golf field, irrelevant and unnecessary. Even Siddiqui’s brave act can’t save this one.

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  • It is disappointing how this movie, with such a promising start, descends into cliches of the typical sports film.

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  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui is capable of carrying a film on his own shoulders but the film drowns in its own silliness.

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  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui lives it up as the hero, churning out punchlines and playing the romantic lead in a creaky fantasy about bridging the gulf between the working class and a rich person’s game.

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  • ...is a mockery of a comedy in which nothing really comes to a head.

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  • As plain and dry a sports underdog film as can be. Having you root for the actor, not the character, doesn't bode well for a film.

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  • ...is predictable to the core replete with every cliché of a typical sports film that you can possibly think of and, is marked by old fashioned story-telling and over the top, slapstick humour.

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  • ...we thought this was going to be a realistic picture about a poor man from a basti taking up a gentleman’s sport, that’s golf. Well, it partly is. About golf? Maybe. Realistic? No.

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  • ...even the gifted Siddiqui cannot save Freaky Ali from its own flimsiness.

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