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johnnyboyz Abhishek Sharma's debut feature Without You, Bin Laden arrives with a great deal of both matter and controversy; banned in some nations, and begrudged in general due to its nature and its content, the 2010 black comedy about certain contemporary issues actually arrives with more of a brain and more of a heart than people give credit. Where accusations of exploitation and the general handling of delicate subjects in a manner that more broadly represents something that is anything but, Sharma's film is principally more inclined to be about characters doing such things rather than resembling a film prone to indulging in such things. The film is a really quite enjoyable and rather well played comedy about celebrification and ill-judged attitudes towards the garnering of fame through faux-successes; a piece that is, of sorts, a demonisation of the Capitalist mentality eventually seeing an individual place themselves first and foremost amidst a hotbed of political tension and pre-existent oneupmanship within a specific career field.The film opens mere days after the eleventh day of the month of September, the year 2001; the infamous date of the attacks unleashed upon the United States by a series of extremists. Tensions are high; hysteria, suspicion are omnipresent and the boss of a Pakistani based TV news network stands upon a runway at a Pakistani airport outlining the severity of the situation for us following this cataclysmic event in a manner suggesting it might be hard to thoroughly recall such a predicament ourselves - I suppose the event is long enough ago now for people of a younger disposition to be unaware of the fear and such that was born out of such a day's events. Additionally, a certain Ali Hassan (Zafar) works for the station; a man in the process of packing up his belongings and bidding adieu to those around him, namely partner-in-company Gul (Ratnaparkhi), he bids to leave for the U.S. with the line that "today" he "chases America", but that "tomorrow" America will "chase me", as he strives to make it within the American journalistic field .It isn't long, however, before Hassan is brought back to Earth; quite literally, finding himself grounded in Pakistan again when he is mistaken for a terrorist on board the flight in what is an early gag about such fears and perceptions established in the opening. The persistent rejection of a Visa so as to travel abroad and resume said dream lasts several years, and takes us up to more recent times - a stretch of time that holds up the party and forces him to work for his original Pakistani network whom sends him out to cover more menial jobs including such things as "Cock Operas" (don't ask). Hassan's enthusiasm to get started within the domain of journalism syncs up nicely with that of what we can only imagine were Sharma's initial struggles and problems in attempting to get his film made; the meeting of a certain chicken farmer named Noora (Singh) at one of these media events coming to formulate the catalyst Hassan needs to try and unlock a pathway into the big-time of media scoops and 'proper' news journalism.Principally, Noora's uncanny resemblance to a certain Osama Bin Ladan leads Hassan and his small crew that he concocts to shoot a mock-Al-Qaeda video of the guy making grave threats and release it so as to garner some kind of fame. For the most part, their idea works; for the best part, it falls apart – Sharma's film going on to cover that of the fallout from such an instance, an instance that we entrust the Taliban would probably deny the happening of in real-life, but an instance that brings about the presence of an American General whom is dropped in to work with the Pakistani secret service after Hassan's tape leaked from there. The General is named Ted (John), someone with very little time for pleasantries, but when it comes to formulating a plan to spend the nation's defence budget on blind warfare, he's all ears. The man sports a romping Kentucky accent and comes at us as an odd variation on Brian Cox's character from the first X-Men sequel. He launches a fresh bombardment on the nation of Afghanistan, a country with very little to do with the problem that arises within the film anyway, in what arrives as a quaint allegory for America's own real-life involvement and engagement with the nation of Iraq born out of the 9/11 attacks.In spite of all the publicity, I've little doubt Sharma has set out with good and proper intentions in regards to making the film; he peppers his lead's apartment with very specific American film posters, that of 1976's Rocky and 1998's American History X, two films encapsulating the lead's attitude and general framework. In sync with Rocky, the man chases a dream; an ambitious youngster in a certain field gunning for some kind of rags-to-riches tale that'll see him come out the other end richer and on top, whereas Tony Kaye's devastating American History X is, at its core, a film about a man realising the falsities of his thinking and coming to regret the getting of those close to him involved in the politics he attempted to implement himself into. When we are most aware of these two posters, it is when Hassan is outlining his plans to his collective troupé of beauticians and camera operators, thus syncing up with the above thoughts. The film is, away from all prejudices, a neat and effective enough comedy piece, opting for drama towards the end, managing to pull off mostly all of what it sets out to cover, in what is an honest, somewhat scathing and rather smart satire on the post-9/11 world in which we live as well as the idiocies that such an existence brings out in people who are otherwise dedicated; motivated and somewhat intuitive.

Monos Z. Tere Bin Laden is part of the new Indian Cinema. It belongs to the category of films like Dev D, Khosla Ka Ghosla and Road, Movie. Movies about real people. Played by good actors. These movies do not rely on huge budgets, exotic locales, over the top acting and item numbers. Instead the focus on plotting, scripting, directing and acting. Things that really make a movie Tere Bin Laden is different from most Bollywood films that have been made in the last decade. It is well researched and actually says something intelligent. It has a sense of humor and has good jokes. Compared to the shipload of terrible comedies made in Bollywood over the last decade Tere Bin Laden can be heralded as the 2nd coming. I can see this film with a big budget. Akshay Kumar playing the lead in his over the top manner. Katrina Kaif playing the hairdresser and forgetting to act. Paresh Rawal playing Osama and somehow trying to make sense of the mess surrounding him. And somewhere we will have an item number by Malaika Arora thrown in. And thats that. We will have the biggest Bollywood hit.Tere Bin Laden doesn't do that. It stars a bunch of character actors from Bollywood and stars a Pakistan Rocker as the lead. They all do a good job and all of them make an attempt to act and create. They seem like they are having fun and that goes a long way in making this a good comedy and not another piece of dung like Housefull and the like. Some jokes do fall flat but I think that's because they try to make the film have more of a selling point but that doesn't matter.The film opens with a disclaimer that a particular word used in song lyrics is a reference to a Bulgarian poet and isn't meant to offensive. The point of having such a disclaimer eludes me. IS that how sensitive the audience has become . I found that the film was sued, banned, condemned. How stupid have viewers become ? Can no one say anything different from the what is the status quo? Have they forgotten what satire is ? How to laugh? Douglas Adams would never be appreciated by South Asians. But the reference to the poet shows that the director is well read and intelligent. Ali Zafar the lead in the movie has posters of films like Goodfellas and Amercan History X. An Indian director with good taste in books and films? Thats new. It told me all I needed to know. I was in good hands. I would be entertained in an intelligent manner that wouldn't insult my intelligence.Tere Bin Laden towards the end makes a few intelligent points. The writer seems fairly up to date with current affairs and efficiently lampoons the current scenario. It is not like Karan Johar's fecal piece My Name Is Khan that was so divorced from reality that it wasn't even funny. It was just two and a half hours worth of depressingly bad cinema. Tere Bin Laden is a breath of fresh air in Indian Cinema. It is not quite art but at least it is entertaining.

namashi_1 Making someone laugh is hard, but making someone fall off his/her chair is, according to me, the hardest exercise. Nowadays, Indian Cinema's usual blockbusters have been Comedies. They have become the flavor of the season. Now add, 'Tere Bin laden' in that long-list. Comedy Films have a new nature to them - 'Tere Bin Laden'.Osama Bin Laden, surf this name in Google/Yahoo, and I can assure you... the results would pop-up in Millions. His rivalry with the World, his actions... have made him a man named with Violence or Terror. Now imagine, Osama Bin Laden playing in the fields with Chickens, Roaming around freely to relief himself or, him being a business partner in a rather tacky salon. Presto, now we're talking 'Tere Bin Laden'.'Tere Bin Laden' is a legendary watch, which I am sure would be regarded as a Cult-Classic in the coming years. It's a hilarious satire, that has a water-tight, witty Screenplay, Super Performances & Striking Direction in it's booty. About 95 minutes long, this one is truly a joyride! Abhishek Sharma's Screenplay is a pure genius. His direction styles as well. Santosh Thundiyil's Cinematography is nice. Music by Shankar-Eshaan-Loy, is in sync with the film. Editing is neat.In the acting department, Ali Zafar excels in the lead role. The Pakistani Hunk is a treat to watch, as he gets it right from start to end. Pradhuman Singh as a mistaken Osama, is lovely. Sugandha Garg manages her part. Nikhil Ratnaparkhi is superb. But the actor who truly steals the show, is, Piyush Mishra. The Highly Talented Actor gets a terrific role, and does complete justice to it. In fact, his portions are the funniest! On the whole, 'Tere Bin Laden' is humorous, crazy, cinema at it's best. Two Big Thumbs Up!!

Faisel Jamil (simplyfsl) After "LAGAAN" and "3 IDIOTS", this is only 3rd Indian movie I rated as 10/10, and the rest of review explains why I rated it so..While India always has had wonderful actors like Amitabh , Naseer-ud-Din Shah and Aamir Khan, most of such talent is wasted because many Indian movies copy a lot, if you are a well-informed movie geek, you can identify a sequence copied from a classic Hollywood flick or some Giallo, as such movies make lots of gross in India but abroad they lose their charm as we know from ratings that biggest box office hits in Bollywood hardly pass 7 in IMDb ratings..But here and there the biggest film industry in terms of movies made produces absolute genius like the movies I mentioned, there are many more..TERE BIN LADEN is a no-brainer comedy with hilarious moments and equally compelling script and direction, and a totally original effort.The story starts with a Pakistani Journalist Ali (played by Pakistani pop-star Ali Zafar) who wants to go to USA and till the credits open, we know that his VISA has been rejected for 7 years (told in a funny way at how he tries to fool the immigration department), Ali works in a small news channel reporting small league press conferences and even cock- operas, he has a friend camera-man GUL (Nikhil RatnaParkhi) and a mean boss Majeed (Piyush Mishra), Ali gets an idea after watching a cock owner NOORA (Pradhuman Singh) and noticing his resemblance with BIN LADEN.He hires a Hair-Stylist ZOYA(Sughanda Garg) and Voice imitator, communist RJ QURESHI (Rahul Singh) , together they make a tape of Bin Laden and sell it to news, the rest movie tells the after effects of this and I won't spoil it , you have to enjoy it.The movie has a small message and asks a question about America's decisions, but it is lightly told so it doesn't effect the momentum of the movie.As for the performances, ALI ZAFAR was lucky to be cast in this, Pakistani Actors have never been lucky in Bollywood and he got such an original movie to launch his career, but its not to take anything off him, his performance is good, in some scenes he is hilarious while at others , he is just OK , but considering he is originally a singer, he didn't do bad. The pick of the cast and the person who makes this movie is PRADHUMAN SINGH whose USAMA lookalike character is heart and soul of the movie, he is funny, natural and carries the movie to whole new level in all the scenes he is featured, one of best debut performances. I would also like to mention Rahul Singh who plays Communist RJ Qureshi, he was also really funny and his physical gestures were really comic, the rest of cast, be it Ali's friends or police and FBI , are all on par.Now to the technical stuff, if this movie was 20 minutes longer, it would have been a plain turkey, but the 95 minute running time (about 5 minutes for credits) really keep your interest throughout without senseless sub-plots and gimmicks, the character of Ali is well developed and his love for America is into you in 10 minutes of the movie, the rest of cast are there to carry the plot, Abhishek Sharma who wrote the script and directed doesn't tell you unneeded stuff which slows down many Bollywood movies, like there is no extra prologue of NOORA and other characters, no annoying parents of Ali, all the characters and progression of movies is on the plot and the jokes are around the plot, which makes this movie great, such a good script needed excellent direction and here too Abhishek scores, with a low budget, he carries off the movie beautifully with short flashbacks and well-executed scenes, the Osama video is hilarious yet looks so original, I would love to see him doing bigger projects in future.For some Bollywood audiences , this might not be the dish but international audiences have liked the movie a lot and it is a big hit now, in India too it has grossed 120 million Rs. , I hope this movie doesn't get effected by net piracy and DVD's are genuinely sold, as the team of this movie deserves at least this for making such a laugh Galla, its 90 minutes worth of laughs and fun. Definitely recommended.