AK Versus AK Buzz

AK Versus AK Versus Common Sense

During the past few days a fake Twitter war between Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap has been generated to create interest in their film together called , that’s right, AK Vs AK. Now the trailer comes to us. And it’s every bit as ridiculous as an episode of Bigg Boss, without Salman Khan.

The outrageous plot suggests that Anil Kapoor’s daughter , that’s Sonam Kapoor—in case you don’t know is kidnapped by a rather unpleasant filmmaker Anurag Kashyap who then proceeds to taunt and tease Kapoor into finding his daughter before it’s too late.

This has got to be the most ambitious/ridiculous plot one has come across in a Hindi film.The entire trailer has Kashyap hurling insults at Kapoor, calling him a has-been , etc. In turn, Kapoor calls Kashyap a “fraud” etc.

The dialogues seem to be inspired from BBC Radio 1’s Playground Insults where two big stars sit face-to-face trading insults…Except that this time, there no big star, unless you feel Anurag Kashyap qualifies. And their mutual insults sound manufactured in a boardroom filled with bored goons .

Who makes a feature film that resembles a badly-scripted reality show? Would Netflix like to take this insult?

By the way,does Sonam Kapoor get billed as ‘Kidnapped Daughter’ ? And how much did she get paid to do this? More importantly I hope Anil Kapoor’s cheque showed the right number of zeroes to make the insults acceptable.

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Subhash K Jha

Subhash K. Jha is a veteran Indian film critic, journalist based in Patna, Bihar. He is currently film critic with leading daily The Times of India, Firstpost, Deccan chronicle and DNA News, besides TV channels Zee News and News18 India.