Teen Thay Bhai has been called a ‘desi comedy’ by the people behind it and even if you don’t really fathom just what they mean by this, you might laugh a couple of times while watching it. There is nothing wrong in giving loud characters louder lines and comic situations senseless jokes but then you can only force your viewer so much to enjoy a comedy in which the writer and the actors seem to get most of the jokes.
Teen Thay Bhai Plot
As the title suggests Teen Thay Bhai is about three brothers–Chixie Gill (Om Puri), Happy Gill (Deepak Dobriyal) and Fancy Gill (Shreyas Talpade) and how they have to behave and tolerate each other for three years after the death of their authoritarian grandfather (Yograj Singh) in order to get their share of his property. Elder Gill doesn’t like the idea of anyone thinking for themselves and his is the final word. Tired of the grandfather’s rigid ways, Chixie walks out on his younger brothers to make a life in the city; years later a freak accident forces Happy to leave the village and his love Gurleen (Ragini Khanna) behind forever. the grandfather’s death gets the three brothers together and while fulfilling the clauses in the will the three discover the love they had for one another.
Ups and Downs in Teen Thay Bhai
What’s good about Teen Thay Bhai has got precious little to do with the film–the setting, the production design and a pretty decent Deepak Dobriyal. the drama unfolds in a remote hill cottage adding some character to the film just like the great detailing in the production design which makes the locations come alive but the screenplay is pretty lackluster. There are many scenes in the film that take too long in playing out; the set up takes forever and one ends up guessing the punch line as most of the jokes are predictable. Dobriyal and his nuanced performance makes his small town Happy very real and completely believable but Puri is mostly loud without the payoff. Talpade’s English bungling Fancy is passable at places but on the whole is too cheesy. Then there are the supporting characters like Inspector Gabru Bawra whose fascination for nonsensical tools of trade would put Inspector Gadget to shame and the two constables that he moves around with who just snigger on cue and an earthmover that gets more relevant screen time than Ragini Khanna
Final Words on Teen Thay Bhai
Teen Thay Bhai is predictable, loud and often tries too hard to be funny; how many fart jokes do you need in order to make people laugh? do they still work? it might work if the stars are aligned, it’s that kind of a day and you are in that kind of mood. difficult to get the correct setting but then anything’s possible, right?
Teen Thay Bhai Rating: 1 1/2 out of 5
Teen Thay Bhai Cast: Om Puri, Deepak Dobriyal, Shreyas Talpade, Ragini Khanna and Yograj Singh
Teen Thay Bhai Written by: Mehul Suri and Gautam Mehra
Teen Thay Bhai Directed by: Mrighdeep Singh Lamba
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