They say if it ain't broke, break it! That's what happens with Gayab. It was such a fantastic concept, which could have been made into a rib tickler with a little imagination but ends up into pathetic hair puller, because of lack of it. Prawal Raman, delivers second dud in a row after Darna Marna Hai. Either, Ram Gopal Verma needs to change this strategy of ghost-direction , or change the director for his next movie. Otherwise, his Factory( Ramu's production company) is soon going to shut shop.
The story and screenplay goes so awry in second half (even in the first half) that even a descent family crowd, like that of Inox behaved like we used to do at the screening of movies at hostel TV Room. Sometimes, Vishnu Prasad is Gayab with his clothes, othertimes, though his clothes are visible, he is not. No questions asked, no explanation given.
Performance wise, Tusshar Kapoor does a decent job. He looks as much an idiot, as he looked in Mujhey Kuchh Kehna Hai. However, in this movie he has portrayed such character, while in MKKH he was trying to do exactly the opposite but ended up looking his true self.
Other problem with Ramu is that he is trying to make an Urmila out of Antara Mali, at the expense of the audience. Body looks good on screen when the face is good enough. Over and above that, Miss Mali makes weird faces through-out the movie. At first, I thought she is playing the character of a psycho-mental case. She has over-acted and under-dressed through-out the movie. Most of the times it seemed that cameraman has forgotten to shot the surroundings and kept on rolling camera across her body. Was Ramu behind the camera.? God knows when would he get over his new fixation.
After what seemed like endless torture, a guy behind me made the most apt remark of the evening. When Tusshar Kapoor appears for the umpteenth time, this guy behind me yells full throttle- Koi Isko aur iskey director ko Gayab Kero!
It was the most forgetful experience.