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“Sarbala Ji” is an unnecessarily convoluted mess that becomes tedious in the first 15 minutes of this bland 150-minute film. It’s a dull comedy about two cousins, their love interests, mistaken identities, and a kidnapping. It’s a dull comedy about two cousins, their love interests, mistaken identities, and a kidnapping. Prepare to have your eardrums rattled while watching this annoying film, as the characters spend most of their screen time shouting at each other.  Directed by Mandeep Kumar and written by Inderjit Moga, “Sarbala Ji” (which means “young man” in Punjabi) is set in Punjab, India, in the early 1940s, before Punjab gained its independence in 1947. However, “Sarbala Ji” still contains references to British colonialism due to the involvement of some British military officers, making all Britons look like buffoons. In terms of narrative tone, the film is clearly intended to be a screwball romantic comedy similar to those released in the 1940s, but “Sarbala Ji” is mostly a...