Oh Darling Yeh Hai India

This might be the craziest, wildest, weirdest Indian movie ever. The story takes place all in a single night. There are clones, disintegrating gun, clones disintegrated to skeletons, India (the whole country) being sold off in an auction to the highest bidder, women beating men with their breasts and pony tails, using national flags as a murder weapon as well as a parachute, a character exploding by being inflated with water from a hose. It is wild.

This is one of Amrish Puri's best turns as the villain. Gajab khopdi Don Quixote 💀 Javed Jaffrey is a surprise and he and SRK's character have a dance-off. Yes, there are song and dance numbers in this.

I honestly say it deserves a watch for things you may never witness in any other film ever.

Spoiler:

I believe the person they killed with water hose was the real President. They unintentionally saved the clone instead. It is left ambiguous in the film because oh darling, ye hai India!

When this movie released in 1995, its no surprise it found no takers with a plot as bizarre as this the songs were mediocre at best except maybe one or two , I found myself humming Baap re Baap in the market the next day. I surprisingly enjoyed the movie and it was good fun and a refreshing watch. Although I enjoyed it I think you should only watch it for something different plus also for the brilliant performances given by Jaaved Jaaferi, Shah Rukh Khan, and Anupam Kher, if you're a fan of parodies you might find yourself pleasantly surprised , however if you like conventional movies stay away!

Although one of the songs was good, the movie was a disaster. The storyline line was..actually no storyline. There is not semantic of this movie. If anyone would want to watch this movie, go an pick something else but this. The villains existed in this movie but the problem with this movie movie was that the regulars like Shah Rukh Khan and Anupam Kher were all brought to shame and looked like as if they were the skeleton of the real actors. I have seen it once and never again. There is no language in this movie.

Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) and Deepa Sahi play mango (aam) couple who save India from getting sold off in a live auction organised by a fake President of India.

With a plot as bizzare as this, Oh Darling Yeh Hai India had no chance at the box office when it released way back in 1995. I had seen the film at Bandra's Gemini cinema and was probably amongst the very few who found it fun!!

Conceived by Deepa Sahi, Oh Darling..'s satirical tone and sarcastic humour is unique in its own way. The entire film occurs in single night and we actually get to see the sunlight only in the ending scene. Director Ketan Mehta tried to structure the narrative like a musical so you had a song practically every five minutes specially in the first half. Ranjit Barot's tunes were peppy and the title song and the 'Baap re baap' number became quite popular.

Of the cast, SRK was brilliant as the nameless struggler while Javed Jaffrey was rocking as the son of Don. Deepa Sahi was equally impressive playing a prostitute who wants to let her hair down the whole night. Her chemistry with SRK was just as sizzling as it was in Maya Memsaab (though admittedly, she looked older than him on screen).

The highlight of the film ofcourse, was the late Amrish Puri playing Don Quixote.

"Gazab Khopdi Don Kihote" was his catchphrase. Oh Darling...was just as Ajab and Gazab as that character!!

I think it was a great fun film because it was India's first farce. It was refreshing as it was different from the usual predictable movies with cardboard characters and in fact won many awards in Bengal. Indians who have a sense of humor loved it..so will you!Also Javed Jaffery and Shahrukh were great.Ketan Mehta is an interesting director and likes to experiment with his films, so it is always a pleasure to see what he will come up with next.Deepa Sahi too is a good change from the usual Hindi filmy style of acting. She dares to be different each time. Though people accused the film I hear of being anti nationalist, if you look closely it isn't at all. In fact it tries to say how some vested interests are hawking off the country!