Cast: Dino Morea, Jimmy Shergill, Celina Jaitley, Anuj Sawhney, Gulshan Grover, Shakti Kapoor &
Kim Sharma
Director: Deepak Tijori
After "Deewane Huey Paagal" and "Pyaare Mohan", which got flak for ridiculing the physically
impaired, comes another of the same genre. "Tom, Dick And Harry" from actor-turned-director
Deepak Tijori seems one more tasteless attempt at provoking laughs by caricaturising the
disabled.
Tijori, however, insists he is not making fun of the disabled. He says he is instead concentrating on
the lighter side of the lives of deaf Tom (Dino Morea), blind Dick (Anuj Sawhney) and mute Harry
(Jimmy Shergill).
The story goes like this: Tom, Dick and Harry live together as paying guests and things go
swimmingly until Celina (Celina Jaitley) arrives on the scene as their new neighbour. They try and
impress her like any other normal young men, but she completely ignores them.
There is another girl on the scene - fisherwoman Bijli (Kim Sharma) who is completely besotted by
Tom and loses no chance to express her feelings.
Bollywood potboilers are incomplete without a villain; so in comes Suprano, played by Gulshan
Grover. Suprano is out to prove that he is the worst villain ever and the trio -- Tom, Dick and Harry --
unknowingly become the biggest hurdle in his business deals.
The wild goose chase between the cops who are chasing Suprano who is chasing Tom, Dick and
Harry leads the film to the climax.
This is Oracle Entertainment Private Limited's second film and is produced by Ranjan Prakash and
Surendra Bhatia. Himesh Reshammiya, who is scaling new heights with his singing, has composed
the tunes of this so-called fun flick.
In the past, there have been some filmmakers who excelled in showing the trials and tribulations of
the disabled -- like Satyen Bose's "Dosti", Gulzar's "Koshish", Sai Paranjpye's "Sparsh" and Mani
Ratnam's "Anjali".
More recently there have been Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Black" and Nagesh Kukunoor's "Iqbal",
both remarkable studies in sensitivity towards the disabled. Other than them, however, most
directors of the current lot have shown appalling callousness towards people with special
needs.
Last year, Harry Baweja made a futile attempt to handle the delicate issue of a mentally challenged
man in the box office dud "Main Aisa Hoon" with Ajay Devgan in the lead role. Unfortunately, Ajay's
character was reduced to a caricature and failed to have a right impact on the audience.
Sensitive audiences are looking to see more of "Black" and "Iqbal". Looks like they are going to be
hugely disappointed with "Tom, Dick And Harry".
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 13:10 IST