release date:
11th May, 2007

director: Ashwini Chaudhary

gast:
Emraan Hashmi (Raju)
Tusshar Kapoor (Raj)
Isha Sharwani (Rashmi)
Tanushree Datta (Dinky)

music director:
Himesh Reshammiya

singers:
Himesh Reshammiya
Akruti Kakkar
Himani Kapoor
Vinit
Alka Yagnik
Sunidhi Chauhan
Zubeen Garg

A few decades ago, the Dilip Kumar starrer RAM AUR SHYAM worked big time due to its novel premise, among other things. The concept of a seedha-saadha guy and his street-smart twin brother and the incidents that follow kept you thoroughly entertained.

GOOD BOY BAD BOY bears an uncanny resemblance to RAM AUR SHYAM, since GOOD BOY BAD BOY is also about the sharif [Tusshar] and the not-so-sharif [Emraan] and how the confusion of names brings the best out of the two in the end.

Unfortunately, this good idea is highly under-nourished, which results in a fare that's pointless, emotionless, dramaless, humorless and impactless.

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