Could crazier have been better? Was the query I was left asking myself at the end of this comic caper, and the answer is a plain yes!

 If only the script and casting had  been better, not that it is bad as it easily eclipses the rest of Bollywood brigade as a comic political satire and as a vainglorious love story, but the problem lies with the rather shoddy initial and the casting of Arshad Warsi as the lead, a man who is in a lunatic asylum for anger management, well I have never heard of such desperate measures for temper fits and unfortunately Mr.Arshad Warsi neither has the presence of a leading man nor the talent to play this brilliant character.

 The plot is narrative driven and involves the encapsulated adventures of four runaways from an istitution for mentally ill in Mumbai, set around the eve celebrating Indias 60 years of independence.

 The story  is given a twist as we encounter a gang of mafia mobsters who abduct the psychiatrist in charge of the four lunatics, brilliantly played by Juhi Chawla in a cameo, in a subplot  to free a psychopathic criminal by blackmailing the doctor who is an expert witness in this case, and  can prove the bad guy innocent on grounds of insanity.

 This is rather coy, but it is made interesting by the script which gets into the perception of insanity by the society and makes some brilliant remarks about our socio-political milieu, which works as comic satire and entertains simultaneously.

 The four protagonists  are well scripted, the best easily is the brilliant Rajpal Yadav.  He was great in CHUP CHUP KE and here he steals the show as a freedom fighter stuck in a time capsule 60 years ago he has great lines and immense talent and makes this a must see, yet Irfan Khan is good after a long time, precisely since METRO he is a calm but crazed psychiatrist who is so cool that even his worst critics will be charmed.

Dia Mirza is good too as the TV anchor playing Mr.Warsi’s love interest, which brings me to the ultimate criminal who is the sole weak spot in this flawlessly acted movie Mr.Warsi has one reason to fame circuit from MUNNABHAI he got the role for reason of being Sanjay Dutt buddy and is an average sidekick, here he is cast as a team leader and totally messes up as he hams and overacts, just watch his dialogue delivery in the finale and you will be nauseated, its overacted and concocted out of proportion, the part could easily have been redeemed by Manoj Bajpai in a much better interpretation, but I suppose the producers the Roshans were not in favour of casting a brilliant actor for political reasons.

 The dialogues involving political confrontation and India’s slump into moral and intellectual degeneration are brilliant and provocative a well as incisive enough to make this modest movie into a political debate to justify the corruption of media and establishment as a relevant subject.

 Now the scintillating controversy surrounding the interpretation of the brilliant theme song penned by Asid Ali beg and composed masterfully by Rajesh Roshan who gives a good score after eons and eons.

 Sharukh Khan wins hands down in his rebellious yet reverently stylish portrayal of the crazy 4, he looks better than ever in his simple black and white attire and steps extremely stylishly to the rythm of the rap lyrics, he can easily confront the yankee rappers and he surprises me again as he is scintllating as the renegade rapper, the timing of the song is brilliant too and came as pleasant shock, I saw even kids applauding the song in the cinema after a long time.

 The Hrithik Roshan interpretation of the same track  is good too, but it looks like a MTV video, an average dance by a good looking dude who is dressed in his usual torn jeans and flashy jacket repeating his action moves left over from DHOOM 2, it comes over the end credits and doesnt stop people walking out of the theatre- it is rather surprising why the Roshan’s added this as it is rather insulting and humiliating to Hrithik image.

I think it will not harm anyone but it definitely adds to the hype surrounding Sharukh Khan after CHAK DE INDIA and OM SHANTI OM, albeit  it is really good to see them both promoting purposeful cinema by this ultimate publicity stunt, this easily explains the huge opening the movie has had as it was packed while u, me and hum was half empty on first day itself.

 Also the item number “ye to bata dekhta he to kya” is done in a chirpy manner and doesnt offend your taste buds, both Irfan and the dancer do well in the song, as for the other songs “ek rupee” is very subjective and satirical as well and is well written and well performed.

 In short this is a well made comic political satire in vein with old Hollywood classics like MR.SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON and it extends the boundaries of Bollywood comedy further both as a socio-political comment and a serious guffaw on the political gutter of our society and our petulant attitudes about the prvalence of insanity as a mental illness, despite some flaws this is definitely worth a watch and qualifies as good cinema.

 Well done Mr. Rakesh Roshan you definitely are not KRAZZY and this is a cerebral effort even if not a completely satisfying one in totality.