Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav - 2005

If buffoonery was the code of the day, then a film like Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav may get a mention. The movie is supposed to be a comedy, but it doesn't make you laugh. It only makes you wonder at so-called creative faculties of Mahesh Manjrekar, the man who once made fine movies like Vaastav and Astitva.

Puerile humor, shoddy script, below-average performances - PLPY is actually a case study of what happens when a poor script is sloppily converted into celluloid buffoonery by a director who likes to lend a touch of realism to his work.

Really, PLPY is a Puerile Ludicrous Proposition for You.

It embarrasses a viewer to see that Sunil Shetty still hasn't been able to catch the nuances of acting after years of working in films. But if a man like Manjrekar can falter, why blame Shetty.

Only Masumeh Makhija makes some impression in the film. Other two girls - Kim Sharma and Anupama Verma - only add oomph to the otherwise unwatchable movie.