Xcuse Me

This movie will start a new trend in bollywood The cast are superb especially the main 2 actors The dialogues are ace and the delivery even better The plot is well thought out. The choreography is ace. The songs are not too bad but the film compensates for errors there. If you loved 'style' you will love this. The costumes suit the type of film it is. The films fictional premise is a relief from the somewhat tiresome bollywood films that we have to bear that have a standard script and are not dependant on good acting ability. Shah Rukh Khan do something that challenges you acting an evil role or something which shows you in a different light.... like this movies superb actors have done!

After the hit STYLE(2001) which itself was nothing great but just a funny timepass movie

N Chandra makes a sequel titled on the famous song of STYLE, XCUSE ME

The film shows how the characters Chantu and Bantu now take up a Hotel management course

There are some funny scenes like Sharman and Saahil fooling Saurabh Shukla and then Saurabh realising the truth and planning revenge but the comedy fails at many places or isn't as effective as STYLE

The pranks played by Sahil and Sharman outsmarting each other work well but then the story stagnates and the ending is bad

Direction is average to below average Music is okay

Sharman again delivers a natural performance after STYLE and his expressions and dialogue delivery is too good Saahil Khan shows improvement and is better but still has a long way to go The heroines are ordinary Saurabh Shukla is funny Mushtaq Khan is hilarious and also Snehal Dabi while rest are okay

This sequel came nothing close to the first movie, Style. The heroines gave terrible debuts. Songs were awful. The movie blatantly poked fun at and objectified women. It took five minutes to churn out one joke, and by then, it had lost its potential to be funny. Seems like the success of Style had gone up to the two actors' heads as they seemed very overconfident.

Xcuse Me review :

N Chandra's Style (2001) became a sleeper hit surprising audience who didn't expect an out and out comedy from the director known for his hard and realistic cinema. The characters of Chantu and Bantu (Sharman Joshi- Saahil Khan) were much appreciated and so, a sequel was on the anvil.

Style was a college caper while Xcuse Me dealt with Chantu Bantu in a hospitality institute cracking fun with their new girlfriends and even teaching a few bad guests a lesson.

Unfortunately, the sequel didnt match up to the first part in terms of box office success but is still fun to watch. I had enjoyed it at Citylight Cinema, Mahim on first Saturday evening show. Its a pity Xcuse Me couldn't be extended to a trilogy of Chantu Bantu..

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.