Welcome (2007)

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I'm making no pretense about this movie. The fact that Akshay keeps racking up the hits shows me there are an awful lot of people who are eager to spend their money for pure escape. So this movie is an honest transaction with no claims to art. For the millions who want what it offers, they can go without fear they will regret it. To me, the thing I liked best was the female cast. It is rare for a movie to bring together such an eyeful. I was sold by the trailers that showed Malaika, Katrina, and Mallika. And the movie delivered.One comparison I'll make is with Kyon Ki and Garam Masala. When I watched those movie there were many moments when I was stopped by "what in the world were they thinking?" By contrast, I didn't really have those moments in Welcome. Also, Anil, Nana, and Feroze really added to the comedy. All three of them are solid performers. In fact, I'd say Malaika, Katrina, Mallika, Anil, Nana, and Feroze were the best things I found in the movie. No wonder it rang up such high sales.

This film i went especially to see in star city and it definitely was not a waste. This film was brilliant in everything that it had tried to achieve. When i first saw who was in it and the sort of plot line and who is was made by and stuff i thought it would be funny and a good film. When i came out of the screen i had not only confirmed my predictions but realised this was a splitting your sides funny and an excellent film. Katrina Kaif cannot act for dog biscuits and the song Koka Laka Valari was a bit stupid but besides that it was amazing. It was nice to see Malika wearing normal clothes for once and even 2 saris i mean that is brilliant even for her. She looked very nice and that item song by malika arora khan was good and i specially liked the song kiya kiya. Feroz khan was good in this movie and Nana Pateka and Anil Kapoor made me laugh so much. I loved the ending when Lucky jumped out the fire and Akshay Kumar started screaming "Miracle Miracle" lol and when Paresh rawal's wife came and Feroz khan was like wtf is she doing here? and stuff it really was an amazing movie and a brilliant end to the year and start if you saw it after new years.

Sorry ,Sorry to say Nana patekar was a misfit . Could not digest that he was Katrina's brother. Even though he is a gem of Hindi film industry, even though a dialogue in the film tries to justify the difference of the skin colors, sorry we could not convince ourselves. With all due respect for Nana and his meaningful roles in films he should not have been chosen for that role. Who else will fit? Irfan Khan ! Leave it, Leave it.Anil kapoor, the ladla of Indian film industry , tried his level best to transform into Majnu Bhai. The don.Katrina has nothing to do in the film. Makers of her films should not ignore powers of her presence. One must allow her to act and contribute something for the story.Now and then the flow of the story, and scenes slide down ex:-the shooting scenes making Nana an actor.If at all some love and how it developed between hero and heroine was shown, how nice it would have been! It would have satiated the hearts of story listeners who are very much existing in the audiences of any cinema in the world.If only the songs were different from each other in nature?Please! Wait!Don't be in hurry to wipe "Welcome" as a waste. There is a lot more in it which welcomes you when you have spare time, when you do not have any other movie to watch and when you are in a mood to laugh and enjoy the silly but tickling moments of the film.Please do not punish the makers for the drags. Pat them for the entertainment provided.Akshay kumar the present , decent superstar , Paresh Rawal the true comedian , Anil Kapoor the lively , sincere, smooth actor and other small characters do attract us and contribute to the entertainment and about 20 loud laughs which take place automatically without our notice. The match fixing episodes were really hilarious. The presence of Feroz Khan was refreshing and elevates the lighter moments in the graveyard and the hanging house. Mallika"s presence was needed. But really feel sorry for Majnu, when his painting was thrown into swimming pool.If anybody has the patience to accept this light comedy and have the broad mind to pardon the faults of the story which lacks the depth, one can just walk in.

The latest in the inspired comedy series is this laugh riot which is full of stars. The basic plot is inspired from the Hugh Grant movie "Mickey Blue Eyes" (1999). Even the hero's profession is kept same as an art house auctioneer. But then the script takes on indianized plots and tries to make you laugh through comic sequences. No doubt the promotional packaging was superb which surely gave the movie a big initial draw at the cinema houses. But the content is rather not impressive and its like several comedy sequences joined together. The focus of the screenplay keeps shifting from one plot to another. The biggest disappointment is that it has less of Akshay and the viewer keeps waiting for the scenes with his brilliant timing. There is more of Anil Kapoor & Nana Patekar as two dons. Nana is kind of same with his expected mannerisms but Anil is superb and acts like he is enjoying every minute of his act. He even looks a lot younger than his age. Feroz Khan looks graceful but is loud at some scenes. He has more scenes in the climax of the movie and is also introduced after the interval. The heroines are only there for the glamour quotient of the movie and could not ask for more in this heavy star cast movie. The first half of the movie has many unwanted sequences which are only inserted to create laughter and have nothing to do with the screenplay. But the film gains momentum in the second half when Vijay Raaz enters as a phony film director. In fact in my opinion this plot of making Nana an actor in a fake film should have been the highlight of the movie, which could create more laughter's in the cinema. The songs are all inserted as usual and only few are hummable. The best part of the movie comes towards the climax after Katrina accidentally shoots the son of Feroz Khan. The chase and the play with the dead body afterwards is surely hilarious. It is the main highlight of the movie as you get to see some quality comedy scenes and timing in this. In all the film is not as expected but still will brings audiences to the cinemas due to the superb promotional packaging, immensely popular catchy title song "Welcome" and due to the current hot thing in Bollywood – Akshay Kumar.