Hindi movie review of TERE BIN LADEN - Dead or Alive

Produced by - Pooja Shetty Deora, Aarti Shetty Director -    Abhishek Sharma Cast -      Manish Paul, Sikander Kher,  Pradhuman Singh, Mia Uyeda, Piyush Mishra

Mumbai, 2016 Feb : People often tend to feel sad when they expect one thing and get something different. A sequel is expected to be better than its prequel or at least match the standards of its prequel. But Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive shatters this assumption and turns out to be a dud! From the beginning to the end, it looks as if it is a child's play going on onscreen. It seems to have been written on the sets and shot on the same day. Who cares to see lookalike of Osama Bin Laden and Barack Obama until and unless there is no entertainment.

The film follows the happenings after Osama Bin Laden's mysterious death in a US led operation that became like a feather in the cap for US President Barack Obama. The story begins with the controversy that shakes the whole world, particularly US President. Media claims that Osama Bin Laden is alive that serves as a disappointment for US Administration inclusive of its whole agencies that work for it. 

Terrorist gangs of the world have a morale boost with this news. The US wants to prove to the world that they shot him dead while Khalili (Piyush Mishra), the terrorist arm dealer wants the world to believe he is alive. The film is a whacky comical satire that transpires in this desperate tug of war between US & the terrorists. Stuck in this distressed crossfire is a budding Bollywood director, Sharma (Manish Paul) looking for a big break, gets hired by US agent David Chaddha (Sikander Kher) on the pretext of making a Hollywood film on Osama using double of Osama, Paddi Singh (Pradhuman Singh). The hidden motive is to shoot a fake tape to prove his death. But for the actors and the director, it is a real movie and they are excited that they are doing a movie. This creates a mess till the end when even real Osama comes into picture.

Few moments in the film are real funny but overall the film is stuck in buffoonery and it fails to retain our interest. Content fails the film first and then the direction. It has never been easy to tease the audiences by such films. Sarcasm has been used in a better manner at times and some songs are good. The film will draw initial audience on basis of its promotion but the word of mouth will kill its chances to run for long time. Already it is competing with many films that are released at the same time, so the only hope for it is luck, luck, luck! Not a good choice to invest money but those who like comedy, in whatever form, can go and watch.