 Sanjay Dutt loves Arshad Warsi. No two ways about that. After watching ‘Anthony Kaun Hai’ you’d agree with me 100% on that Bond. The good news is that you wouldn’t mind Warsi’s heroics as he never makes exaggerated attempts at ‘Hey-I-am-the-Hero-Look-at-Me-Dude’. He just chills and Sanju as an elder brother lets him tell the story and take the audience for a ride. A pleasant ride I must add, lest you take it other ways. Also a special word of acknowledgment for director Raj Kaushal (Who till now was known as sports anchor noodle strap Mandira Bedi’s husband). Well, dude you’ve managed to make something ‘Different-Different’. ‘Anthony Kaun hai’ is a decent film that has a pretty good chance of making a killing at the Box Office.
 Champak Chaudhry (Arshad Warsi) lands up in a soup when Master Madan (Sanjay-The Rocktar-Dutt) corners him in a plush hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand. Champ (As Champak is known as) tries convincing him that it’s a case of mistaken identity as he is not Anthony Gonzalves, the man he had come to bump off. The trigger happy Hit Man having a fetish for Yash Chopra brand of sob-stories, agrees to listen to Champ’s story. And the fairy tale henceforth is indeed told in an interesting manner.
Raghu (Raghuvir Yadav) is a thief with a heart of gold. He loves his little daughter Jiya so much so that he decides to steal the full-n-final time and go back to India and hopefully live happily ever after. Although he succeeds in stealing priceless diamonds, he is unable to hide himself from the hawk eyes of the police. For fifteen years he stays in the jail as a mute-mad man. It’s there that he comes across Champ, a small time thief with a mastery over forging documents. Champ on his part was heartbroken as his hot girlfriend Rosa (Anusha Dandekar) marries his best friend leaving him in the lurch. Together they become partner-in-crime and escape the jail through dubious means. Raghu’s daughter Jiya (Minisha Lamba) grows up into a ravishing beauty. She is unable to spend much time with her father due to the new identity of Champ. There are gunmen thronging their life thereafter.
 I wouldn’t want to steal the suspense by telling anything further. The best part about ‘Anthony Kaun Hai’ is the narrative style as it covers several dimensions and breaks the monotony repeatedly. Although Himesh Reshamiya’s music is rocking most of the time, a few of the songs stretch this two hour movie needlessly. Apart from that I would want to advice Arshad that he is definitely good as the main lead. But if he’d like to do it more often then he must hit the Gym with a vengeance. The ample flab doesn’t look good, especially when you are romancing a Hot Body like that of Anusha Dandekar (By the way she sizzles in her brief role as a tempest that jumps into the middle of a sea just-like-that, but yeah, do pardon her accented Hindi).
Continuing on Arshad, I must say, this guy is having a fabulous 2006. ‘Golmaal’ hit the bull’s eye and his comic timing is one of the main reasons in the film’s success. ‘Anthony Kaun Hai’ may not go on to be a huge hit, but it stands a good chance both with the ticket paying public as well as the critics. And then he has big films like ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ and ‘Kabul Express’ coming later this year. If he continues with the form that he has displayed in ‘Anthony Kanu Hai’ then the day is not far when he shall emerge as a Brand in his own right.
His love interest Minisha Lamba can easily consider this as her best work till date. She not only has a beautiful face, there’s something else in her which is hard to find in other wannabe actresses these days. The effortlessness with which she puts her soul in her acting is her uniqueness and it shows in the genuine emotion she is able to portray. Full credit to her dress designer too for she has a fantastic wardrobe filled with colours of
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