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| Director
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Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Starring
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Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty,
Abhishek Bachchan, Dino Morea, Bipasha Basu,
Amrita Arora, Neha Dhupia, Himanshu Malik,
Yana Gupta. |
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The
film is an assortment of all sorts of weirdos! To start
with there is a Tarot card reader, Dhrishti (Bipasha
Basu) who looks anything but that. Then there is her
friend, Tanya (Payal Rohatgi), a mother of a 6-year-old
but dresses up and behaves like a teenager. She is obsessed
with men and money and is already thinking of her third
marriage even while she is in the process of almost
tying the knot for the second time.
This is supposed to
be funny. Sunny (Dino Morea) is the neighbourhood wife-beater.
Wonder whatever happened to Dino's good looks. We agree
his acting was never great shakes but he seems to have
lost his looks too somewhere. His wife, played by Neha
Dhupia, keeps popping in to Dhristi's house to have
her cards read. Dhrishti advises her to walk out on
her husband. Instead Dhrishti should have asked her
to lose some of her unwanted fat, dress up in a more
becoming manner and use better makeup. It could have
almost been the end of Neha's problems.
We also have Mohit (Suniel
Shetty), who seems mentally challenged and the owner
of the local garage. He has only one friend in the world,
Dhrishti. He keeps calling her 'dost'.
A lawyer, Abhigyan (Himanshu
Mallik), too is around.
Rahul (Sanjay Dutt)
is the principal of the local school. His character
seems too subdued but is a surprise in the climax. His
fiancée, Natasha (Amrita Arora), is sleeping
around with almost half the town. By the way, she has
also released a music album. But nothing is heard of
her singing career or aspirations later. She seems too
busy with the men.
This is the unfolding
of the various screen characters along with 2-3 songs
till the interval. So one can imagine how ill-etched
the characters are. So we are not surprised when the
film leaves us completely uninvolved with the characters
or their sorry plight. It is like watching a Hollywood
film. More precisely put, this frame to frame remake
of 'The Gift' is gripping but leaves the viewers emotionless.
It is well shot too.
Due has to be given
to the director for not even trying to Indianize it.
So one can sit through the film. The film gets a little
interesting when Natasha disappears from home for almost
two days. What happens after that would be giving away
the suspense element of the film.
Now for the performances.
Bad! Don't know if any film has ever boasted of an assortment
of bad performers. Sanjay Dutt, who gives off his best
given a good director too is lackluster. The only saving
grace of the film, surprisingly, is Abhishek Bachchan.
He has one song, 'One Love' and a couple of scenes.
But he excels in them. He also seems like a breath of
fresh air when he makes his appearance in the end. He
is surely gaining in strength with every film.
Music is good
especially 'One Love' and 'Oh, what a babe!' but they
slacken the pace of the film. Overall this one is not
a film that is a must-watch. You could quite easily
give it a miss!
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