Movie Review

Rating :

Verdict : If you like to watch many stories simultaneously in Mumbaiya style than go for it.

The Mumbaiya slang is always in style. Here the words “lagi padi hai” or “lagi huyi hai” are used when someone is in a fix.  Life ki to lag gayi is, as the name suggests is a film based on different characters whose life is in very difficult situations.  

LIFE KI TOH LAG GAYI is a one-day journey of different people struggling in the city of Mumbai. They eventually end up at one place and find their ways… A tense Salman [Kay Kay Menon] is looking for the murderers of his parents, a humiliated cop ACP Chautala [Manu Rishi] is looking for four Nigerian drug peddlers with 24 hours deadline on his neck, a desperate lover Amol [Ranvir Shorey] comes to rescue his beloved girlfriend who has got married to some millionaire, a runaway girl from Chandigarh Dolly [Neha Bhasin] wants to go back home, but not before she recovers all the money she has lost in attempt to become a top heroine of Bollywood. Ajoy [Pradhuman Singh], the Bengali rockstar, advises his close friend Amol to commit suicide. All this happens in a single day in Mumbai.

LIFE KI TOH LAG GAYI has a huge star cast, with every actor trying to put his/her best foot forward. Ranvir Shorey is competent, while Pradhuman Singh goes over the top. Neha Bhasin catches your eye and wins your confidence. Manu Rishi is excellent, as always. He adds a lot of  value to the film. Kay Kay Menon sparkles in his role.

Supporting actors include Asrani , Tom Alter, Shakti Kapoor,  Razzaq Khan, Neeraj Vora, Rukhsaar and  Jackie Shroff.

The film has been released with the big multi starrer Tezz, so film ki  toh lag gayi, but still it proves to be OK and debutant director Rakesh Mehta has filmed a number of sequences with expertise.