Cast: Gaurav Kapoor, Hrishita Bhatt, Parmeet Sethi, Vrajesh Hirjee, Govind Namdeo, Archana Puran Singh, Zakir Hussain

Director: Varun Khanna

And then you walk into Bad Luck Govind, and wonder if anything’s ever going to change. This flick about a penniless fellow from Delhi who lands in Mumbai looking for a job, looks like one of Ram Gopal Varma’s left-over films.

It’s got two locations: a chawl, and a hospital. And a bunch of actors trying desperately to do the ‘tapori’ act. Govind (Gaurav Kapoor, of Channel V fame) is convinced that the moment he gets close to anyone, he brings them bad luck So a bunch of goons (Parmeet, Vrajesh, Govind) commandeer his services to put a hex on their rivals.

There’s also a leading lady (Hrishita) who chants, and a bad guy (Zakir) who starts getting in touch with his feminine side by learning to cook ‘nimboo chickan’. And Govind Namdeo in a deep maroon lungi. What luck.

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