Welcome to New York: Avoidable, big time

*ing: Diljit Dosanjh, Sonakshi Sinha, Karan Johar, Riteish Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Boman Irani, Rana Daggubati, Sushant Singh Rajput, Aditya Roy Kapur

Rated: 1/10

The IIFA could not have a more lame, stupid and kitschy ambassador than this completely nonsensical, pompous movie Welcome to New York.

It not only maligns the name of this prestigious awards ceremony but also goes a long way in questioning the mental efficacy of an actor of some repute like Sonakshi Sinha to have accepted such a crazy project even in the silly season of her career. Daljit Dosanjh, too, has by now gathered a modicum of momentum for his acting ambitions in Bollywood so doing this film comes across as a blind date he took up in a fit of insanity.

The film, a spoof on Bollywood and its mores, does try to showcase the known eccentricities of known biggies like Karan Johar in and as Karan Johar, the Karan-Arjun OTT recall and a vaguely woven in Ek Villain tale that has been inserted at the IIFA presentation ceremony to humour Ritesh Deshmukh.

A good Karan and a bad Karan ordeal is what you have to sit through as Mr Johar decides to laugh at himself and his gay mannerisms in full flight as you squirm and question the balance of your own mental make-up to have bought a ticket for this totally should-not-have-been there movie produced by a moneybag who definitely had some moolah to splurge. Perhaps, Karan Johar should be legally prosecuted for being part of this show and in penalty be compelled to make an engaging film in compensation.

Source: Sunday Pioneer, 25 February, 2018