Kai Po Che gets some things right. Its marketing, for one, was quite spot on. The movie, in spite of dealing with what is now a done-to-death topic of male bonding, was able to create a mass anticipation of its release. Then it put together a cast of reasonably fresh faces, but ones who can act. And, the crowning glory, the editing. The entire movie is crisp, short, to the point and, within the limitations of the script, engaging. Unfortunately, that is where the gravy train stops. The story, by itself, has nothing new to offer. 3 Guys bonding over, well, archetypal guy things - the token sneak peek at *, the rather exaggerated shirts-off-jump-lake sequences (seriously, do all guy friends jump off into lakes from rocks as a rule?), periodic moments of heated times, quickly followed by intense brotherhood. We've really seen it all before. Add to it a cricket angle (Iqbal like without the excitement), documentary like Gujarat events , Gujarat references (ala 3 idiots) and you have a rather stale dish on offer. Even so I would go with the movie as it is definitely leagues ahead of other releases going around, but for the complete lack of humor. For a guy movie, you would expect a good chunk of laughs liberally sprinkled across the screen time. That is almost entirely lacking here. Some extremely basic attempts at humor elicit the odd chuckle but thats about it. So in the end - how does this movie stack up. Standalone, this might be worth a watch, definitely on DVD and perhaps at the theater too. But is this a work to be celebrated - well a resounding no.