‘7 Hours To Go’: Unintentionally funny, contender of worst film of 2016!

Directed by: Saurabh Varma
Produced by: Nikita Thakur
Cast: Shiv Pandit, Sandeepa Dhar, Varun Badola, Natasa Stankovic
Duration: 2 hours 00 minute
Bollywood Bubble Rating: 0/5

Director Saurabh Varma’s ‘7 Hours To Go‘, which features Shiv Pandit, Sandeepa Dhar, Natasa Stankovic and Varun Badola in lead roles is said to be a fast paced investigative thriller set in present day Mumbai, but this is not the truth. The fact is that this film is a joke in the name of cinema. In the second half of this film, they reveal that whatever played out in the first half was so stupid that nobody will believe something like this might have happened. That’s exactly what this film is – it is so stupid, one can’t believe that you’ve watched a film so stupid that it got made, and got a theatrical release in the first place.

There’s nothing in this film that you can believe could have happened, even in a parallel universe. ‘7 Hours To Go’ is so stupid, it makes the opening sequence of Sajid-Farhad’s ‘Housefull 3’ look better – now that’s an achievement even directors Sajid-Farhad could have ever imagined. The cops investigating this so-called “fast paced investigative thriller” have been played by Varun Badola and Sandeepa Dhar – they are worse than the cop played by Uday Chopra in the entire ‘Dhoom’ franchise. They don’t look like cops, nor do they behave like them.

Leading man (protagonist / antagonist) Shiv Pandit is seen channelizing his inner ‘Shaitaan'( the role in Bejoy Nambiar’s directorial debut that he is still remembered for) or so it seems. Saurabh Varma’s ‘7 Hours To Go’ is one of those films that it is so bad that it is good, almost attempting to join the league of Mithun Chakraborty’s ‘Gunda’ or Akshay Kumar’s ‘Jaani Dushman’. The thing is that it fails. ‘7 Hours To Go’ fails on every count, and it just keeps you cringing and squirming in your seat throughout it’s entire duration. One just wants the nightmare to end quickly.

There is nothing likeable about director Saurabh Varma’s magnum opus, and the most laughable aspect is the cheap visual effects employed by the maker. Every thing about this film is as bizarre as the name of this film itself. The most offensive parts of this film are the 2 random scenes in which you see character artists, Vipin Sharma and D Santosh walking in, while their female counterparts are changing tops that they were previously wearing. There is very little to write about Saurabh Varma’s ‘7 Hours To Go,’ but yes, the film is unintentionally funny – especially the contract killer who talks to his mother.

Stay far away from director Saurabh Varma’s ‘7 Hours To Go,’ as you will be stupefied by the stupidity that unfolds – even kids might not find it funny. Senior character actors like Badola, Vipin Sharma and D Santosh deserve better, but this is the reality of mainstream Bollywood. If you have two odd hours to kill, with nothing to do, please sit outside Mumbai High Court and spend time observing the happenings there – it will be far more interesting than watching this film.

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