For all who think that ‘Sex’ was a forbidden word in Bollywood, will have to pinch themselves and give it a second thought. ‘Guddu Ki Gun’ is only about adult comedy and rest of the entire film stands wrong. The story is perhaps one of the silliest to watch. What works for the film is its lead characters Guddu (Kunal Khemu) and Laddu (Sumit Vyas), whose limit of idiocy is on another level. The plot of the movie has ideas from the Hollywood movies ‘Bad Johnson’ and ‘Switch’. The concept that Guddu, the Bihari washing powder salesman who flirts with Bengali housewives suddenly finds out one fine morning, that his manhood has been transformed into shiny yellow metal – the result of a curse by an ex-girlfriend’s grandfather who is a tantric practitioner is so lame! The film, Guddu ki Gun could have ended up in 30 minutes only but the makers have stretched it a lot and that it is beyond belief and tolerance!
Guddu Ki Gun is the tale of Govardhan aka Guddu (Kunal Khemu), a Bihari settled in Kolkata. He is a door-to-door washing powder salesman, whose sales pitch is Ek washing powder ke saath Guddu free. With dialogues packed with rhymes, mispronunciations and double entendres, the film is a delightful adult comedy that keeps you in splits by the minute. The characteristic one-liners are crisp, tempered and never sound crass. If not funny, it at least elicits a chuckle. The script written by the director duo, takes the fantasy route to deliver fables and life's lessons meaningfully. The plot is skillfully crafted. Every character is quirky and well-etched. And every actor delivers a notable performance, albeit a bit over the top. You laugh at him and with him, when he clowns around. You do not feel sorry for him when he is cursed. In fact, you patiently wait to see, if he is actually going to change as a person. And he wins your heart. Overall, Guddu Ki Gun is a worthwhile watch to unwind.
Guddu Ki Gun is a sex comedy with funny one-liners and great performances from Kunal Khemmu and Sumit Vyas. As the film begins, one wonders what an A-grade actor like Kunal Khemmu is doing in a C-grade film like this. Don't go looking for plot or logic here. Director-writers Sheershak Anand and Shantanu Ray Chibber know this flaw very well and make no effort to hide these missing traits as the film's centerpiece is Khemmu and Vyas. So they tactfully exploit Khemmu's and Vyas's trade, their slapstick-timing, their lingam lingo (Lingam Returns, for instance) to take you on a joy ride. The film climaxes with a shameless rip-off from Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron's Mahabharata scene done in a Mughal-e-Azam setting, but those who haven't watched the cult film will love the parody. The film is a must watch for those who love their lingam... erm... lingo, Kunal Khemmu, and, of course, the most endearing Sumit Vyas.
The film can give terrible sex comedies a run for their money. Kunal Kemmu tries his best to make this dickfest watchable but it's outright repulsive. Strangely, not because it revolves around a male organ turning into gold but because the film has no substance or humour whatsoever. Your heart goes out to Kunal. The man has a good comic timing (Golmaal, Go Goa Gone) but the film lets him down. Overall, this supposed adult comedy makes you squirm in your seat with its foolishness.