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Bachchan Pandey Review: A contrived comedy that needs a cultivated sense of humour

Farhad Samji chooses to travel from South Korea via Tamil cinema to Bollywood with this over the top Akshay Kumar film. Released on Holi it is as chaotic as the colours of the fest- except that it is not organic. It is contrived.

The cast is largely unruly in a style that is a narrative of its own.