Hastey Hastey

There was a time when if Jimmy Sheirgill were in a movie, you would not automatically wince. That was when he did Yahaan and Munnabhai, showing us that he could get into a character with conviction. Post that, and golden streaks in his hair, there has been a dismal slide, prompting you to ask that dreaded questio 8212; whatever happened?

In Hastey Hastey, he8217;s a student at Columbia, NY, looking way too old. He romances a girl who doesn8217;t seem to have anything in her wardrobe other than handkerchief-sized tops and bottoms. He has a best pal, played by Rajpal Yadav, who wears, horrors, clothes deemed right for an American preppie: capris, tees and baseball caps. Actually, he has a triple role he8217;s on screen much longer than poor Jimmy and goes about saying 8220;dude8221; pronounced d-yooo-d and kissing 8220;gori8221; girls on the mouth. He does it not once, not twice, but thrice. Emraan had better watch out. It can8217;t get much worse than this.

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