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Main Tera Hero
Critic reviews and ratings
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The four stars are for its entertainment value and some brilliant performances.
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It has the depth of a comic strip but it also has its neon-shaded fun. For those who want a light laugh, here's your boy.
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...a wild, wacky, madcap entertainer that has the unmistakable stamp of the master of entertainers -- David Dhawan.
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...a total seeti-maar, paisa vasool film and refreshingly unpretentious.
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...a complete entertainment film. The film has action, comedy, drama, romance, a lip lock, some glamour, a party number, a wedding number and a cute villain.
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...is every bit funny and highly entertaining.
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After years one has seen a film complete with all elements of a commercial caper and yet not tripe or boring.
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In the mood for a madcap film? Main Tera Hero is the answer.
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A timepass of a movie, it can be watched once. Only wish Dhawan had taken some risks rather than sticking to the age-old formula that worked for him eons ago.
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Keeping things largely distanced from logic, David clearly plays to his strengths. He knows nobody comes looking for any semblance of realism in his films. So he keeps it shamelessly mindless and there is nothing wrong with that.
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...a textbook David Dhawan movie. This is the kind of low-brow humour you enjoy without pretensions. It’s not great cinema but it is a paisa vasool comedy.
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Breezy at best and hilarious in parts, Main Tera Hero is a trip down memory lane, where the original king of comedy – I mean David Dhawan here – regains some of his touch.
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Go for it, if entertainment is your expectation from this one.
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...is a laugh riot, unapologetically mindless but infectiously boisterous and off-the-wall.
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...some filmmakers are insistent on rehashing the same old formula with new actors. Watch it if you don’t mind being served old wine in a glitzy new bottle.
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...is only half what it could have been – still, that isn’t a bad half.
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Varun Dhawan is a star who shines and rises above the mediocrity of the material and he makes most of Main Tera Hero almost watchable.
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It’s nowhere close to Dhawan’s best, but it’s got enough paisa vasool elements to remind us of how ridiculously brilliant the man was when he peaked with Govinda in the 1990s.
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...is a series of forced contrivances. The humor feels labored and manufactured, never arising spontaneously from the situations. It's a shame because you'd think Dhawan Sr would know exactly how to make these tropes work.
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...is dumbed down by design. I have no issues with that. My problem is that the frenzied plot didn’t deliver enough funny lines.
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Varun Dhawan has the comic chops, but the new sidekicks are not as fun as Kader Khan and Co.
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Gets way too random and hit and miss. Doesn’t feel fresh enough and lacks the vital spark.
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The good Govinda fronted for him, David used his superlative editing skills to keep up a rat-a-tat-pace, and we all happily rolled down the aisles. But it’s been a while since Dhawan hit his stride.
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Varun’s youth and verve are never in doubt, but he labours under the shadow of the great Govinda, who enlivened several Dhawan productions with his ability to land a joke at just the right moment and convey the essential insanity of the enterprise.
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Loud, directionless - and repetitive on both counts and more.
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