– starring Riaad Moosa as Cassim Kaif, an aspiring comedian with dreams of making it big while toeing the line as a dutiful Muslim and son to his conservative father.comes almost a decade later, and though the sequel tells a similarly heartwarming story, the jokes this time around fall a little flat, despite the film's witty title.sees Moosa return as Cassim Kaif; some years on, he's still performing, all the while caring for his ageing parents , wife and daughter .
What results is a series of unfortunate events for the aspiring comedian that often, unfortunately, feels disjointed in trying to balance the humour and drama while telling a more profound story. And though Vincent Ebrahim, Denise Newman and Riaad Moosa himself all give stand-out dramatic performances once again, the material they're working with here, excuse the pun, just isn't good enough for me to give the film more than a two-star rating.
The slapstick humour just seems amateurish – there's a whole kung-fu scene with the Indian mafia of Suliman's Chicken Bites that had me shook, and not in a good way – the one-liners fell completely flat. Even the sets throughout the film were recycled from Moosa's old stand-up material . I will say, however, I quite enjoyed the film's running joke on the controversial cheese samoosa, the more endearing scenes between Riaad and Hanaa Moosa and some of the other, more humorous storylines that many will find relatable – some piping hot karak tea: not one Indian daughter-in-law the world over gets along with her mother-in-law .
By the end of the movie, I was left wondering about the necessity of a lot of the material, most of which was pretty forgettable, while the film in its entirety was cluttered and fragmented. That said, though it didn't quite live up to the first movie,ultimately leaves the viewer with a beautiful message of what it means to belong, and reminds you that often what awaits you is a destiny far greater than the one you ever could have imagined for yourself.
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