Three Deols came together again after 'Apne'. I had liked Apne to some extent, and the promos of YPD appeared to be good. But the final film didnt quite live upto the expectations.

The story is about 2 conmens, Dharam(Dharmendra) and Gajodhar(Bobby Deol ) who earn money by frauds and cheats. One day, Dharam's son Paramveer(Sunny Deol) comes back in search of his father and brother. He wants to take them back, meanwhile Gajodhar falls in love with Saheba(Kulraj Randhawa). Gajodhar isnt aware about the background of Saheba, as the brothers of Saheba take her away to get married with a NRI. The rest story deals with how Dharam,Gajodhar and Paramveer gets Saheba back, that involves some funny situations. 

The good thing about the film is that there are quite many comic sequences in both halves, but the drawback of the film is the screenplay in 1st half is not interesting enough. Too much time taken to set the proceedings. Some dialogues falling flat. Certain lack of punchlines in the narration.

Direction wise, this is Samir Karnik's weak film. He did excellent work in Hereos, but here he somehow fails to impress. Editing is okay, 1st half could had been shortened. Dialogues are average.

Also, there are some overdose of melodrama at places in the film that restricts the main appeal of the genre of the film. 

Performances wise,

Sunny Deol surprisingly was the best of all, his comic timing was completely spot on. Had he got good dialogues to deliver too, then his performance would had looked even better.

Dharmendra was slightly laid-back, otherwise it was a nice performance.

Bobby Deol's performance if compared to his last few films has to considered quite good, otherwise not at his best yet.

Kulraj Randhawa somehow lacked that screen presence I was expecting she would have. Her performance was pretty average.

Anupam Kher was very good in his small cameo. Rest supporting cast were decent. 


The english translation scene by Sunny Deol during meeting with Anupam Kher or the one at election speech, the scenes where Bobby-Kulraj try to run away twice and Bobby's attempt to woo Kulraj in 1st half were some of the good scenes in the film.

Songs were over-used, its important when you havent got outstanding tracks to go with, then a certain initative to be taken not to use all stanzas of a song. But not the case here, as a result songs only slows down the screenplay instead of taking it forward. The romantic song Sau baar was the only one that appeared to be used perfectly, while the title track was good to ears.


Overall, Yamla Pagla Deewana is a above average film with some good moments in a not so convincing screenplay or writing.


Rating : 2.75 Out of 5