Spicezee Bureau
Mumbai, Sept 26: Bollywood flick ‘Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors’, which recently got cleared off by Indian court in a case filed by Warner Brothers accusing it of plagiarizing the ‘Harry Potter’, hits theatres all over this Friday. It has now become official that the film bears no similarity to the English film series and is actually the story of a lonely
home alone kid, played by Zain Khan.
Directed by Lucky Kohli and Rajesh Bajaj, produced by Mirchi Movies, ‘Hari Puttar’ also stars the superbly talented Sarika, actor Jackie Shroff along with child artiste Swini Khara.
Well, not ‘Harry Potter’, but the film seems to be somewhat inspired by hit Hollywood series ‘Home Alone’. It is the story of a young boy fighting two criminals who try to steal a secret formula devised by the boy's scientist father.
The film revolves around a 10-year-old kid Hari Prasad Dhoonda (Zain Khan) or Hari Puttar, as he is lovingly called. His father (Zakir Khan) is a professor and is assigned to work on a secret project at a remote location in Britain. So, Hari is made to move in there from India along with his father and mother (Sarika).
Hari's father, who has an access to the confidential information, stores the data on a chip and keeps it safely in his house. Within days of their arrival in London, Hari's aunt (Lilette Dubey) and uncle DK (Jackie Shroff) visit them with their children. The kids of DK's boss also accompany them to Hari’s house.
Now, accommodating so many children in the house becomes a trouble. After sometime, everything goes out of Hari’s control, and he is bullied, ragged and ridiculed by other kids, before being thrown out of his room.
Hari, who is already feeling discarded and left out, then gets to know that two burglars are trying to steal his dad's secret chip. There comes the moment when he begins to display his valour and humour to win over them.
Actress Sarika, who has returned to commercial cinema after long, feels that ‘Hari Puttar’ is truly meant for children. “It is a film full of fun and there won't be any tears and no sad moments. It is a kind of film which promises a lot of fun and that is there. It is a very sweet film which is truly for the children,” says the actress.
Well, until now, very few children-oriented Bollywood films have been able to make it big at the Box Office, but this one being a part of the legal controversy, is expected to attract some snooping young movie buffs.