Timepass 3 Movie Review: Prathamesh Parab And Hruta Durgule’s Film, Not Enough ‘Timepass’

Film:
Timepass
3

Cast:
Prathamesh
Parab,
Hruta
Durgule,
Bhau
Kadam,
Sanjay
Narvekar,
Vaibhav
Mangle,Manmeet
Pem

Director:
Ravi
Jadhav

Rating:
*
*
½

Runtime:
122
mins

The
third
edition
of
Ravi
Jadhav’s
hit
comedy
franchise
Timepass
runs
with
principle
character,
Dagdu
aka
DSP’s
(played
by
(
Prathamesh
Parab)
youthful
foibles
and
romantic
adventures,
yet
again.
The
sequel
in
2015,
Timepass
2,
was
set
15
years
after
the
first
part.
So
this
third
installment,
Timepass
3,
takes
the
story
back
in
time
to
a
younger
Dagdu,
and
his
friends,
Kombda,
Malaria
and
Balbharti.

The
narrative
focuses
a
fair
bit
on
Dagdu’s
‘by
hook
or
by
crook’
attempt
at
passing
his
12th
standard
exams
and
follows
through
with
his
paying
a
princely
capital
of
Rs.25,000
to
get
admission
into
science
with
his
‘distinctive’
36%
marks.

Once
in
college,
Dagdu
wants
to
turn
a
new
leaf
and
almost
succeeds
–
till
he
falls
for
a
boisterous,
tapori
porgi
Palavi
(Hruta
Durgule),
daughter
of
a
don
named
Dinkar
Patil
aka
DP
(Sanjay
Narvekar).
Palavifalls
in
love
with
Dagdu’s
new
fangled
sober,
soft-spoken,
gentlemanly
demeanour.
But
of
course,
the
father
of
his
old
flame
Prajakta,
villain-in-chief
Madhav
Lele
aka
Shakaal
(Vaibhav
Mangle),
is
not
about
to
allow
this
new
‘true
love’
to
run
its
course.

There’s
not
much
of
a
plot
to
work
with
here
–
just
another
set
of
events
meshed
together
with
a
few
punch
lines
and
rhyming
dialogues
to
generate
comedic
moments.
But
more
than
the
slapstick
set-pieces,
it’s
the
mashed-up
lingo
that
earns
a
few
titters.
Nothing
to
laugh
out
loud
here…but
the
first
40
odd
minutes
of
the
runtime
manages
to
earn
a
fair
bit
of
smiles
before
the
narrative
begins
to
get
heavy-duty
and
all
weighed
down
by
contradictions,
misguided
righteous
angst
and
sentiment
–
all
that
don’t
really
make
logical
sense.

Unfortunately
none
of
the
characters
here
play
true
to
type.
In
its
attempt
to
spring
a
few
surprises,
the
scripting
becomes
wayward
with
characters
appearing
opportunistic
rather
than
true.

The
songs
don’t
bring
any
relief
either.
Instead,
they
feel
forced
and
totally
out-of-place
–
especially
the
tasteless
number
that
comes
just
after
Dagdu’s
invite
to
Palavi
to
attend
a
Satyanarayan
puja.

The
Timepass
franchise
that
garnered
an
audience
for
its
blend
of
hit
music
and
riotous
comedy
has
obviously
become
tame
and
uninspired
in
its
third
editon.
The
scenes
featuring
Sanjay
Narvekar
as
Don
Dinkar
Patil
torturing
his
victims
in
comedic
fashion
has
a
certain
appeal
as
it’s
presented
in
a
humorous
way.
The
performances
are
well
suited
to
the
theme
and
the
assorted
actors
manage
good
comedic
timing.

Even
though
there’s
a
fair
bit
of
entertainment
to
be
had
here,
it
does
feel
as
if
Ravi
Jadhav
and
his
co-scriptwriters
have
run
out
of
ideas
and
so
are
basically
making
do
with
mediocre
material
just
to
keep
the
brand
alive
in
public
memory.