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Jeevan Ya Bheema Con? Wastes Talented Cast on Weak Comedy
Jeevan Ya Bheema Con?
is a comedy about a couple who are in debt and try to commit insurance fraud.
The plan becomes complicated when an alcoholic man who looks like the husband gets involved.
Gangsters also think the double is pretending to be someone else.
The film had a story that could have become a funny dark comedy.
However, the review says the jokes are weak and the story is confusing.
Many scenes involve people shouting or making strange accusations.
The movie also uses too many fart jokes, which the reviewer did not find funny.
The talented actors are said to be wasted by the writing and direction.
Overall, the review calls it a mediocre comedy that produces almost no laughs.
The review says the film fails to use the comic timing of Arshad Warsi, Vijay Raaz and Brijendra Kala.
Its insurance-fraud plot involving a doppelgänger is described as promising but poorly executed.
The comedy relies heavily on toilet humour, including a character who constantly farts.
The crowded plot follows a debt-ridden couple, an alcoholic double, gangsters and a suspicious insurance agent.
The review criticises the loud performances, muddled storytelling and lack of effective jokes.
- Who
- Jeevan and Yojana, played by Arshad Warsi and Sanjeeda Sheikh, are at the centre of the story; Arshad Warsi also plays Bheema, Jeevan's doppelgänger.
- What
- A comedy about an insurance-fraud scheme complicated by mistaken identity, gangsters and domestic conflicts.
- Where
- Most of the drama takes place inside the couple's rented house.
- When
- Why
- Jeevan and Yojana attempt the insurance fraud to obtain money to pay their debts.
Key facts
- Director
- Abhishek Dogra
- Earlier title
- Jeevan Bheema Yojana
- Central characters
- Jeevan, Yojana and Bheema
- Main conflict
- An insurance-fraud plan involving an alcoholic doppelgänger
- Gangster characters
- Vinayak and Manu, played by Vijay Raaz and Brijendra Kala
- Reviewer's main criticism
- Weak jokes, excessive toilet humour and muddled storytelling
- Setting
- The couple's rented house




