Written by: Dr. Dushka H. Saiyid
Posted on: September 28, 2015 | 
Produced by Salman Iqbal, Humayun Saeed, Shahzad Nasib & Jarjees Seja
Directed by Nadeem Baig
Vasay Chaudhry, known more for writing television sitcoms (except for Main Hoon Shahid Afridi), has given Jawani Phir Nahi Aani an edge over other rom-coms with his sharp wit and satire. What would otherwise have been an entertaining song and dance wannabe Bollywood film about four young men who escape to Thailand for a boys’ holiday, is an incisive and entertaining commentary about Pakistan’s social milieu.
Sherry, played by Humayun Saeed, is able to buy the goodwill of his friends’ wives and their children, by paying for their endless shopping in a glitzy shopping mall. One child mutters in the middle of the shopping frenzy that he would have preferred to have a father like Sherry uncle. It is an apt commentary on the new emerging middle class of Pakistan, as they sink their teeth into McDonald's burgers with abandon.
While the holiday seems to have wrecked the marriages of the three friends, Sherry, the confirmed bachelor, decides to tie the knot with the daughter of a billionaire (played by Javed Sheikh) in Lahore. Sohai Ali Abro plays the quintessential nouveau riche kid, who insists on speaking in highly accented English and abbreviated expressions like OMG (oh my God) or GTD (get the drift), while Bushra Ansari, her mother, is at a loss to bridge the cultural gap with her daughter and bursts into earthy Punjabi; perceptive observations about the idiosyncrasies of Pakistani society! At one stage when the wedding descends into one big slapstick scene with bullets flying around, Saif is heard asking whether this is a shaadi (wedding) or a “dharna (sit-in) at D-chowk”.
Ahmed Ali Butt is hilarious as Pervez, while Sarwat Gillani does a great take-off on an intimidating Pushtun wife to a cowering police officer played by Vasay Chaudry. Hamza Ali Abassi is convincing as the slimy, slithery husband, happy to cheat on his wife at any opportunity. The couple of item numbers to lively music complete the package for a successful film at the box office.
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