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Producer/s:
Sahara One
Director: Dharmesh Darshan
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Kareena
Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Sushmita Sen, Shamita
Shetty, Manoj Bajpai
Music: Nadeem Shravan |
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 This
is another case of old wine repackaged in a new bottle.
It is a clear cut paste job of a 60s film replaced with
contemporary actors. The result- a boring, unconvincing,
and unemotional film. This kind of story appealed in
the 60s and 70s but to imagine a 21st Century girl behaving
in this fashion is ridiculous. Need we add that the
'Raja Hindustani' director has completely lost his touch.
On the one hand there are filmmakers treading off the
beaten track and making bold films on extra-marital
relationships while there are some (this director included)
who are apologetic about it.
If you have watched
the promos it's not difficult to gauge the storyline
of this disaster. Two sisters - one married and pregnant
(Aarti- Sushmita Sen), and the other (Anjali- Kareena
Kapoor) with a loving and doting boyfriend, aspiring
singer Indian Raja (Akshay Kumar) are blissfully happy
in each others company.
Aarti dies while delivering
a pair of twins and little sis takes it on as her responsibility
to mother them. This is at the request of her NRI parents
(Kabir Bedi and Nafisa Ali) . Didn't know NRIs were
so desperate to prove their Indian roots!. Anyway, the
dumb girl agrees to and even expects ex-bro-in-law (Aditya-
Anil Kapoor) to fall in love with her. She goes to the
extent of modeling herself along her dead sister's look.
When all this fails, she lectures the uncaring husband.
Lo and behold, there
is a transformation in the man. He decides to make up
for lost time and give all his time and attention to
his loving wife and daughters. There are no real intimate
scenes between mother and daughters or between father
and daughters making things look so unreal. But hubby
has to go abroad on an urgent business meeting. There
is a twist in the tale here that the audience will have
to suffer. All's well that ends well.
A film that leaves you
dry-eyed throughout. The only slightly touching scene
is the little twins running to Kareena in the climax
shouting 'mama, mama. Where were you'. Talking about
the climax, it is so weak and clichéd that one
walks out in disgust before the credits start rolling.
Now for the performances.
Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, and Kareena Kapoor are very
plastic. The three interact with each other with the
utmost formality. This is the height of under-playing,
we mean the absolute pits!
Anil Kapoor opens up
a bit later but looks impotent in the first few frames.
Sushmita Sen looks different but shares great on-screen
chemistry with Kareena.
Manoj Bajpai goes completely
over the top. He hams and irritates to the hilt! Ditto
for Shamita Shetty who overdoes her oomph (heaving her
bosom at Kareena) and an attempt to act. She comes across
more as a call girl than the wife that she is supposed
to portray. Both Manoj and Shamita portray themselves
as a high society couple but look like a pair of street
performers. If this was comic relief then we aren't
amused at all!
Kabir Bedi looks a complete
misfit as a father. His Casanova image goes against
him in these sort of roles. Nafisa Ali is alright. Nadeem-Shravan's
music is good. 'Ek Dilruba Hai', 'Pyaar Ka Anjaam',
and 'Ek Bewafaa Hai' sound nice. Dialogues are too heavy
duty for the present times. The film bears a rich look
throughout courtesy the sets. But we have to add that
they look unreal like the film.
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