directorashish r mohancastakshay kumar asin mithun chakravarthy himesh reshammiyakhiladi 786 seems to be a conscious attempt by akshay kumar to regain his khiladi brand after more than a decade especially in times when every other star has designed himself as a largerthanlife player also it seems to be a desperate attempt by himesh reshammiya to redeem himself in every possible way as a coproducer he not only subjects us to half a dozen nasal tracks at his own expense pun intended but we also have to endure him as an actor while his father runs a marriage bureau mansukh himesh reshammiya only ends up breaking matrimonies and while bahattar singh akshay kumar seems to be the most eligible bachelor in punjab he gets no bride when mansukh is asked by an underworld don tatya mithun chakravarthy to find a perfect match for his sister indu asin bahattar seems to be the ideal choice hereafter the plot is a mishmash of several akshay kumar potboilers and its likes like in akkis welcome the don tatya wants a reputed family for his sister bahattar comes with his family posing as cops leading to a comedy of errors like in the housefull series the heroine is in love with another guy and the hero volunteers to get them together ala namastey london chaos and commotion leads to a rushed and raucous wedding in the climax like in salman khans or should we say asin ready and if that wasnt enough akshay kumar doubles up in the end as a tribute to his recent rowdy rathore after the deols and more recently ajay devgn akshay kumar tries to cash in on the north indian audience by carrying forward the bollywood stereotype of the flamboyant punjabi munda image the characters are perpetually dressed in blaring and blinding colours and are nauseatingly noisy to deafening levels moreover every female in the family comes from a different nationality so much so that they can hold a un conference within themselves certainly one doesnt expect too much of sensibility in such stateofaffairs but entertainment one surely does expect to its credit the film starts off with a moderately manageable plot but after a while the makers have absolutely no clue on what to do with it so the entire effort is put in glorifying the hero with stylized shots and signature punchlines and even akshay kumar channelizes his energy only in dance and action alas the entire exercise becomes so repetitive after a point that it loses its impact talking about action which is supposed to be the films mainstay the film doesnt even impress in that department actually the raw kickandpunch stunt sequences of such films have become more clichd than its comedy unfortunately actiondirectors show absolute disregard in choreographing anything original and the viewer is served with the same donetodeath sequences in fact like there was an era when cinema audiences used to take loobreaks during songs today people sink in their cellphones when the action