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Starring:
Govinda, Uvika Chaudhary, Anupam Kher, Gurpreet Guggi,
Shakti Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra, Sayali Bhagat, Edward
Lucia, Smita Jaykar
Director: Jagmohan Mundhra
Naughty at
40 falls below expectations of a Govinda film and more
so, since its directed by Jagmohan Mundhra. The
production values are fine and there are many lovely
locales of Manali, in Himachal Pradesh, India and quite
a few scenic locations in London.
Bollywood ought to wake up and realize merely including
some crude and double meaning jokes with some scantily
clad women prancing around, it cannot be called a sex
comedy sex film.
Happy gets married to Gauri (Yuvika Chaudhary), a girl
much younger to him. Gauri is his juvenile wife and
plays childish pranks all the while. She is still in
adolescent phase in her mind.
Now our 40 year old cannot wait any longer, with
temptation from a cute London based lady. Happy lands up
having an affair with her and now Gauri – ‘his wife’
finds it out. This shock brings about a change in the
childish girl. It is a different situation now, here at
one place we have Happy who stayed a virgin till the age
of 40. Poor guy is now torn between two beautiful women.
What happens then remains to be seen.
Anupam Kher has come up with a decent performance. Smita
Jaykar is just fine as the mother. Yuvika with just a
few films in her kitty is pleasant and surprisingly
matches Govinda’s comic timing. Shakti Kapoor plays his
usual self, and the supporting cast is just okay.
Credits &
Crew:
Banner: Srishti Creations and Gangani Multimedia
Corporations
Producer: Anuj Sharma
Director: Jagmohan Mundhra
Editor: Ashfaque Makrani
Written by: Salim Raza
Music Director: Monty Sharma
Cinematography: Kabir Lal
Choreography: Pony Verma and Nimesh Bhatt
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Happy (Govinda) is a 40 year old man living in London with
his parents Laxminarayan 'Allan' Kapoor (Anupam Kher) and
mother – Maya (Smita Jaykar). 'Allan' Kapoor is the
richest Indian in London and now the parents want their
son Happy to get married.
Everything seems fine in their life, except for the fact
that their 40 year old son is still a virgin and
sleepwalks in the nights. So Allan Kapoor seeks help of
his employee who is also Happy’s friend (Shakti Kapoor),
and his nephews.
They try to help Happy learn about sex, and even drag
Happy to a massage parlour in the UK, where a cute sexy
girl is ready to be his love guru, but all efforts turn
futile.
Now, Happy suggests his parents for an arranged marriage
and so they get him Manali, India to find a desi girl for
this son.
Naughty @ 40 is nowhere near the 2005 film Steve Carell’s
The 40-Year Old Virgin and it is an average comedy film
with double meaning jokes aimed to please the hardcore
masses. It deserves just a single star rating but for
Govinda’s efforts and presence in this film.
- Amar Jeet
Cast:
Govinda - Ravinder 'Happy' L. Kapoor
Yuvika Chaudhary - Gauri
Anupam Kher - Laxminarayan 'Allan' Kapoor
Shakti Kapoor - Sharafat Ali
Smita Jaykar - Maya L. Kapoor
Harish Kumar - Sandeep / Sandy (Happy's cousin)
Sanjai Mishra - Happy's uncle
Rakesh Bedi - Dayashankar (Gauri's father)
Gurpreet Ghugi - Laxminarayan's employee
Sayali Bhagat
Edward Lucia - Sharon
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