Entertainment(2014)

U/A2h 20m8 August 2014hindiComedy

Storyline

Miser Akhil Lokhande turns rich over the night, as he is the lost son of a diamond merchant Panalal Johri. Still he cannot takeover the property as his father has announced a dog named Entertainment as his successor.

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Plot

Misery stricken Akhil Lokhande (Akshay Kumar) becomes rich over the night, after he comes to know that he is the natural heir of a rich diamond merchant Panalal Johri (Dalip Tahil). But then the sudden death of his father makes him to head towards Bangkok, to takeover the entire property.

On reaching Bangkok Akhil gets shocked when lawyer Habibullah (Johnny Lever) discloses that his father has announced a dog named Entertainment as the successor of his entire property. Meanwhile, Akhil also has girlfriend named Sakshi (Tamannaah Bhatia) whose father (Mithun Chakraborty) has challenged him to be a billionaire to marry his daughter. Therefore, Akhil is bound to plot death for Entertainment in order to acquire the property, or else he might lose his love and his much deserving wealth at the same time.

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Critic Reviews

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BMDB CriticAug 8, 2014
Critic's Rating
5/5

One-line review: Akhil's misfortune introduces him to the best friend of his life in Entertainment. Positive points: Quirky one-liners, Foot-tapping music Negative points: Predictable script sidelines the real hero- Entertainment from 'Entertainment' Plot: Akhil Lokhande (Akshay Kumar) does odd jobs to fetch money for his father's (Darshan Jariwala) medical expenses. But then he comes to know that all his hard work has gone in vain, as this man is not his real father. He is the son of a rich diamond merchant Panalal Johri (Dalip Tahil), who cheated his mother. When he was yet to recover from this shock, he hears about the death of his original father in Bangkok. Surprisingly it makes him happy, as miser Akhil has finally got a key to success by becoming rich over the night. Excited Akhil heads to Bangkok to takeover his father's fortune. But then the next news scatters all his dreams as lawyer Habibullah (Johnny Lever) discloses Panalal's will, according to which his father's faithful dog- Entertainment (Junior) is the successor of all the wealth. Meanwhile, Akhil also has a girlfriend named Sakshi (Tamannaah Bhatia) whose father (Mithun Chakraborty) has challenged him to be a millionaire to marry his daughter. These all circumstances have left Akhil with no other option than killing his four-legged rival Entertainment, or else he has to lose his girlfriend and his much deserving wealth. Direction and other technical aspects: Best-known dialogue writers of Rohit Shetty's films, Sajid 1 Farhad have turned into director with 'Entertainment'. They made their full attempt to tickle the audience with their one-liners, but when it comes to direction it was not that impactful. Though they had an interesting plot subjected on the unconditional bond of man and dog, yet they failed to evoke those emotions. After a point their quirky jokes became an irritation. Script-writer K Subhash took an interesting plot to pen, which took off pretty well in the beginning. But in next half-an-hour, the story started loosing its hold and became too predictable with the time. Performance: Akshay Kumar as Akhil Lokhande will make you laugh over his silly attempts while haunting the golden retriever before the interval and continues the same prank post interval but with villains. Golden retriever Junior as Entertainment, after whom the film is named gets sidelined in this poorly managed direction. Still he is different from other dogs as he can read books, as shown in the film. Tamannaah Bhatia as Sakshi comes across as a TV actress, who uses her typical "saas-bahu" melodrama to emote her feelings. Krushna Abhisheik enjoys Akhil's "kicks and gaalis" and goes all the way to Bangkok to help him. He is a DVD seller who strictly uses Bollywood actor names while talking, for example- "Sameera Reddy, Steady Govinda" and "Jaisi karni, waisi Mamta Kulkarni". Johnny Lever has also done a good job, he plays Panalal's lawyer who loses his cool when someone mispronounces his name "Habibullah". Baddies of 'Entertainment' Prakash Raj and Sonu Sood have a comic creature in them, inspite of being a villain. Music: The soundtracks are composed by Sachin-Jigar. Starting with "Tera Naam Doon" is a romantic track sung by Atif Aslam and Shalmali Kholgade. Inspired by a nursery rhyme "Johnny Johnny" is a perfect party song that will make the listeners realize that they are no more a kid. "Nahi Woh Saamne" is melodious song pictured on the unconditional friendship. "Teri Mahima Aparampar" is yet another foot-tapping track from the 'Entertainment' album, while "Veerey Di Wedding" is an idle song for Sangeet ceremony. Final verdict: The filmmakers had a chance of creating wonders with this genre, but they missed it. 'Entertainment' will prove disappointing to the dog-lovers who are paying the price to watch golden retriever in the film, as he has got sidelined in the whole show. Only the fans of Sajid 1-Farhad one-liners will be entertained till the end, as the film is flooding with the punches.

External Reviews

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BollywoodHungama.comBy Taran AdarshAug 8, 2014
Rating
3.5

An interesting news-piece highlighted the fact that an increasing number of pet owners are providing provisions for their pets in their wills. The write-up focused on some of the world's richest animal heirs, which included a Pooch, Labrador, Bull Terrier, Chihuahua, Ragdoll Cat... even a Chimpanzee. The West has attempted films on pets inheriting the wealth of their deceased master. Recall films like THE RICHEST CAT IN THE WORLD [1986] or THE DUKE [1999]. A number of dream merchants in Bollywood have explored the man-animal relationship in films -- HAATHI MERE SAATHI, TERI MEHERBANIYAN or the more recent YEH HAI BAKRAPUR. ENTERTAINMENT is, perhaps, the first Hindi film that depicts the dog as the heir to his deceased master's riches.

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zeenews.india.comBy Gayatri SankarAug 8, 2014
Rating
4

After an actioner - 'Holiday', Akshay Kumar is back to enthral the audiences with a simple yet "entertaining" film - 'Entertainment'.And make no mistake; the film is very much unlike the slew of comedy films we have had in the recent past. 'Entertainment', for a change, comes across as a clean film with a message that each of us will most definitely appreciate.

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The Indian ExpressBy Shubhra GuptaAug 8, 2014
Rating
1

I love dogs. They are good people. And Akshay Kumar in full throttle has been known to raise a nifty paw or two. Dog and star come together in a flick that promises to entertain us. We know this because it is called 'Entertainment', just in case we are in the danger of missing the point. But it is the film which misses the point entirely : it is dull and loud, with a brow so lowered that it reaches the floor.

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indiatvnews.comBy Abhishek GuptaAug 8, 2014
Rating
3

First thing first, Sajid-Farhad directorial debut Entertainment surprisingly stands to its title minus its logics for, which we are hardly given any moment to point out. Initially, there was a doubt over direction of Sajid-Farhad thanks to their not so impressive writing in numerous commercial hits in the past. But the director duo never allowed their past to haunt their new beginning. However, they couldn't help out keeping aside the illogical situations in 'Entertainment' but it's far better than many of those action-comedy flicks, which reigned at box office only because of the big stars' aura.

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Mid-DayBy Shubha Shetty SahaAug 8, 2014
Rating
3.5

Making people laugh is a serious business and the debut director duo (and writers) Sajid-Farhad do a more than decent job of it. The story is about a poor man, Akhil (Akshay Kumar), who suddenly realises that he could be the heir to a 3000 crore property in Bangkok, but he has to compete with a pet dog, that has its name on the will. The changing chemistry between the man and the animal makes the crux of the story.

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intoday.inBy Suhani SinghAug 8, 2014
Rating
1.5

Entertainment may assure viewers early on that no animals were harmed during the making of the film. But after 2 hours and 20 minutes one can say with certainty that an animal looked thoroughly bored during it. It's not comforting when it happens to be the eponymous hero, the golden retriever Junior. It's a pity because Junior does try but just isn't able to live up to the film's name. He has reason to look as perplexed as he does given the humans surrounding him. They converse in puns or rhymes and are over animated, loud and loony.

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koimoi.comBy Mohar BasuAug 8, 2014
Rating
1

Entertainment serves trash in the garb of entertaining you. As competent as I think Sajid Farhad are, their filmmaking skills doesn't reflect their prowess over good writing. Jokes kept flowing thick for the first 15 minutes and everything after that was drab. How many times can you laugh over the 'Tere toh Jacqueline lag gaye' (prototype) joke?

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