Waste of Money.

Not even bad in a good way

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Many times novel concepts get beaten up if not handled well Madhoshi is one such film, the film brought back the hit pair of John-Bips that time who were in a relationship after Jism(hit) and Aetbaar(flop) The film had a bit of a different story but sadly it was ruined by inept handlihg The film does remind of A Beautiful mind, Face/Off The story actually takes off when John-Bips track starts before that it's boring, The John track is well treated and there is a twist in interval point The second half starts well but the pre-climax is such an anti climax, but the climax makes a mockery right from Priyanshu's re emergence and John's sceneDirection by Tanveer Khan is good in parts but ruined due to writing Music is okayThis was John's first film after Dhoom success, his acting is good though but the film flopped, Bipasha does well in her role, their chemistry is fantastic however Bips does overact a bit in parts. Priyanshu is decent in his role however his talent is wasted in such a role Vikram Gokhale, Rajeev Verma and others are good, Shweta Tiwari is decent

Madhoshi (inebriety) is the first Indian movie made after the unforgettable horrifying terrorist event in USA on 11th September, 2001 known as 09/11 event. The pregnant elder sister of the heroine Anupama (Bipasha Basu) and her brother-in-law were in the WTC and talking over to phone to herself when the terrorist plane struck the building and both got killed alongwith several others in that attack.That mishap had a severe adverse effect on the heart and mind of Anupama and a kind of hatred started developing in her somewhere deep down the surface of her subconscious. After a couple of years, Anupama, doing a painting course, gets engaged to Arpit (Priyanshu Chatterjee) who is the son of the friend of her father. However shortly thereafter, she comes across a stranger - Aman (John Abraham) who calls himself as the member of an anti-terrorist organization. She, being attracted to him due to his mission and his daredevil profession, keeps on meeting him at his residence. This interaction of Anupama and so-called Aman covers several things and has several facets.After some time, when the issue of Anupama's marriage with Arpit arises, she refuses saying that she's in love with Aman. But Aman is nowhere. Nobody can see him except Anupama. Nobody can hear him except Anupama. But being a painting student, Anupama has made many sketches of Aman's persona. Now Arpit is in a fix. Everybody says that Aman does not exist but the sketches say that he exists at least for Anupama. Being deeply in love with Anupama since they first met, Arpit decides to do something for Anupama who is going lunatic, being considered schizophrenic and being forcibly given psychiatric treatment with confinement in an asylum. What he does and what finally turns out due to his endeavours is the remaining part of the story which is completely unbelievable.The movie entertains and engrosses the viewer in the first half which is very well directed. Just watch this movie without prejudices and you won't get bored even for a moment in the pre-interval session. The trouble comes with the advent of the post-interval session whose screenplay could not be written interestingly. The scenes of Anupama in the asylum are very difficult to tolerate and the climax involving the plastic surgery issue is a complete letdown leaving a feeling of having been cheated in the viewer. The final scene, unfortunately, reduces the whole movie to a laughing stock.Despite the profoundness of the subject and the treatment given to it, the movie presents healthy comedy also in its first half. The painting class scenes involving Anupama and her close friend Shabnam (Shweta Tiwari) as well as the scenes of the first meeting of Anupama and Arpit and thereafter Arpit's remembering her while being in his home are no less than laugh-riots. And they are able to generate plenty of laughs sans any use of vulgarity which is a very commendable thing in my opinion.Bipasha Basu has performed excellently and turned her unusual role into a believable one. Both John Abraham and Priyanshu Chatterjee have done well. TV actress Shweta Tiwari has got a meaty role and she has generated ample laughs for the audience by her innocent mannerisms. The complete supporting cast is well in place.This movie does not appear to be a copy of another known Indian or foreign movie to me (inspiration might have been there though). However the theme of this movie appears to have inspired a Hindi movie that came a couple of years after this movie. That much acclaimed and commercially successful movie is Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). Believe it or not, the basic grains of both these movies are the same though on surface they appear to be entirely different stuffs.The way Anupama's illusion of seeing Aman in Madhoshi has a sound and logical basis, the same way Munna's illusion of seeing Mahatma Gandhi in Lage Raho Munna Bhai has a sound and logical basis. The way Anupama is not believed by anyone and taken to psychiatric treatment by others (because none else is able to see or hear Aman), the same way Munna is not believed by others and taken to a psychiatrist (because none else is able to see or hear Mahatma Gandhi). However I don't think that anybody other than myself has noticed this subtle similarity of the basic premise between both these movies. Lage Raho Munna Bhai is termed as a movie based on the Gandhian principles and rightly so. This is an example how the same story idea can either be developed into a great movie or wasted. Rajkumar Hirani could do with this idea in Lage Raho Munna Bhai what Tanveer Khan could not in Madhoshi.Despite the fact that Madhoshi not only badly flopped but also was torn apart by the viewers and the reviewers alike, I am recommending it because I like it and despite flaws, do not consider it as something like trash. Since Lage Raho Munna Bhai was a huge box office hit and got great critical acclaim as well, I advise those who have seen Lage Raho Munna Bhai to watch Madhoshi and contrast these two movies in terms of the basic story idea.

She is always upset in her films and this always leads her to deliver nothing short of stellar performances! If you doubt this, then make sure you don't miss her in Madhoshi ('Intoxication' in English) where she plays a seemingly normal college girl who embarks on a dangerous affair with her imagination. Real life boyfriend, John Abraham sizzles as this very imagination that is slowly leading her (Bipasha) to the nearest asylum or eventually death. Priyanshu Chatterjee plays a handsome young director who comes into her real life and saves her from sure damnation and hell. The songs are excellent, the acting is superb (especially on the part of Bipasha) and the costumes are super hot! Nice sets and funny lines also round out the equation and create the necessary comic relief some people may be looking for when certain scenes get too intense.

Bipasha is most definitely the scene stealer in this movie. Yet to adorn the conventional role, she plays a way out-of-the-ordinary character that demands as much of her as Bhoot demanded from Urmila. Now I don't know if Bipasha did as good as a job as Urmila, but it was pretty darn close. The story is excellent. There are a couple parallels between this film and "A Beautiful Mind" in that the protagonist's condition is the same and the ending is very similar. However, I feel that the similarities end there. John Abraham was OK. Priyanshu wasn't impressive. Music was pretty okay; the title track was good. The film does a great job of maintaining the suspense and shocking the audience with sudden twists and turns in the plot.