Stars: Govinda, Rani Mukherjee
Music: Anand Raj Anand
Direction: Manoj Agrawal

Thirteen Govindas and Rani Mukherjee. The perfect recipe for hungama? Looks like it, going by the preludes. Director Manoj Agrawal may have burnt his fingers with his maiden venture in 1998, Pardesi Babu, but this time he seems to be taking no chances. While Pardesi Babu was predominantly a family film with all ingredients that go with a Govinda starrer, Hadh Kar Di Aapne is an out and out "fun film", as its promotion would have us believe.
"Fun" brings us to the 13 Govindas. With HKDA, Bollywood's funny man is venturing into a realm so far untraversed. While you've seen the immortal Sanjeev Kumar essay nine roles with brilliance in Naya Din Nayee Raat or superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan play triple roles (in Mahaan and English Babu Desi Mem respectively), Govinda has probably struck a lucky patch with the number 13.
How effective his portrayal of 13 roles in the film is, we'll find out on April 14 (the film's scheduled release date). But one thing's for sure - if anyone, it's Govinda who can generate masti as the troublesome 13. Watch out for the family lunch scene where our hero Govinda sits down to dine with the family - his mom, dad, brother, sister, grandpa, grandma et al. The catch, you discover, is it's Govinda playing all the members of the family. By the way, if watching the scene reminds you of one Eddie Murphy and a film called The Nutty Professor, forgive and forget.
Moving on to Rani Mukherjee. It's a Hindi film, after all, and there's bound to be a love story within. Rani plays our hero's love interest in life. There are the usual flavours of roothna-manaana in the air, reason enough for the director to insert some zippy song-and-dance sequences into his script. Rani does look great in the dance sequences and given the sense of comedy she revealed in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and more recently in her minuscule role in Badal, she should strike it out with Govinda.
HKDA, in this context, is an important film because it is the first in the line of several Govinda-Rani starrers lined up for release. It's fate could have a direct impact on the market value of the two stars as a pair. Anand Raaj Anand has come up with a good score for the film. The hummable title song is already a hit, as also the foot-tapping Kudi kunwari, which a goregous Rani brings alive on the screen. The highlight Govinda song here is the dance number Beqaraar.
Anand has come up with good music from time to time, but luck has not been on his side. HKDA looks like the perfect vehicle to launch him bigtime as a music director.

- Hindustan Times