Critics’ Verdict: ‘Tere Bin Laden 2’ Raises a Few Chuckles at Best

Check out how critics are reacting to the new comedy ‘Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive’

Film: Tere Bin Laden - Dead or Alive
Director: Abhishek Sharma
Cast: Manish Paul, Pradhuman Singh, Sikandar Kher

There’s more packed into the script this time around, and a little more energy and pace. But the problem of repetition persists: once you’ve slung out a joke, do not bring it up again. Or, if you have to, make it more fun. ‘Tere Bin Laden’, Part 2, generates start-up potential, some smiles, some laugh-out-loud lines, but it keeps petering out. 

Shubhra Gupta (Indianexpress.com)

The original had its share of deliberately cheesy humour and endearing characters, but in their second outing, Paddi Singh and company (including Rahul Singh and Sugandha Garg) are simply not funny any more. Pradhuman Singh is the sequel’s main draw, but since most of his dialogue is in Punjabi without subtitles, it might just fly over the head, just like the raison d’etre of this movie.

Nandini Ramnath (Scroll.in)

A lot of jokes just don’t work; punches fall flat, laboured slapstick – overacted demonstration of overacting, birds bursting into smithereens, we still doing that? Even the presence of a paranoid Obama (Iman Crosson) doesn’t add up to much.If intended to be a spoof on the vagaries of filmmaking, Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive is completely devoid of whimsy. And, if it aspires to be a satire, there’s little bite or ambition in its pedestrian approach and trivial resolutions.

Sukanya Varma (Rediff.com)