Movie Review : Desi Boyz
Rating : 2.5/5
Banner : Eros International
Cast : Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Chitrangda Singh, Omi Vaidya and Others
Music Director : Pritam Chakraborty
Cinematography : N Natarajan Subramaniam
Choreography : Bosco-Caesar
Co-Producer : Next Gen Films
Producer: Krishika Lulla, Vijay Ahuja, Jyoti Deshpande
Director : Rohit Dhawan
Released Date : November 25, 2011

Story: A good tale gone weak, the story is set on the backdrop of London and here live two friends Nick (john) and Jerry (akshay). Nick is a successful investment banker and also has a girlfriend Radhika (deepika). Jerry is busy living by Nick's money. Trouble comes when Nick gets fired from his job and to add to the woes, Jerry's nephew is assigned to him till he grows up and settles in a job. With no other choice, they decided to take up the daring route of male escort service. What starts as a pleasure job sure turns into a pain. What happens after that forms the rest of the story.

Presentation: The director has come up with an entertaining storyline and while the presentation was good, the narrative was a letdown. The dialogues were good at places. The script was well written but the screenplay was weak. Background score was strong and two songs were impressive. Cinematography was appealing. Editing was a bit jerky, especially during the second half. Costumes were trendy and stylish while the art department was rich. Akshay Kumar comes up with a sincere performance and scores at many places. John Abraham was equally competent and unveils the performer in him. Deepika Padukone was good, Chitrangda looks stunningly hot but her characterisation was weak. Omi Vaidya was hilarious. Mohnish Behl was mediocre. Anupam Kher was apt. The child artist was cute.

Conclusion: As such, one can see the traces of films like 'Deuce Bigalow- Male Gigolo' and 'The Full Monty' but the director has brought in enough nativity to suit the audience. While the first half goes off with rocking comedy and sets high expectations for the second half. However, post interval the entire track slides down and gets shockingly painful. The final nail is hit with the climax. Of course, there are those occasional good moments in the second half too. Overall, this is a film which takes off well but ends up crash-landing. At the box office, the openings will be good due to the star power but success is doubtful