Amar Akbar
& Tony
**
Dir: Atul Malhotra. With: Rez Kempton, Sam
Vincenti, Martin Delaney, Karen David. 96 mins. Cert: 15
Atul Malhotra’s
slapdash ladcom opportunistically piggybacks on 1978’s much-loved Amitabh
Bachchan masala Amar Akbar Anthony.
While elements of that film’s characterisation persist into this tale of three
Hounslow chancers doing up a restaurant, it hasn’t comparable charm, and
suffers from disastrous tonal shifts: in one nightclub loo sequence, we veer
from a sniggering Goldie Lookin Chain cameo into a heads-against-porcelain
bloodbath. Sunny location work helps West London’s dual carriageways appear
more appealing; elsewhere, the relentless bants and tail-chasing suggest
Malhotra’s none too ambitiously pursuing the post-pub Dapper Laughs crowd. Sample
dialogue: “What about your dinky? Is it feeling kinky?”
Amar Akbar & Tony opens in selected cinemas from today.
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