Satish Kaushik
Anu Malik
Javed Akhtar
Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Kirti Reddy, Amrish Puri & Kader Khan.
The latest offering from the Kapoor - Kaushik stable
is just another masala movie, leaving the heavy-weight
Kapoor to lift the film. The director takes you on a
joyride through a 'make-believe' world.
As the story goes, Chadda (Amrish Puri) &
D'souza (K.Vishvanath) are poles apart despite living
bang opposite each other. Their hatred for each other
would put even India & Pakistan to shame. Quite
surprising, considering the fact that they were once
the best of buddies. Reason, Some 27 years ago, their
children fell in love with each other and got married
against parental consent. Why? Because they belonged to
different religions.
Enters Raja (Anil Kapoor), their grandchild, to mend
ways. But their respective families are in no mood to
compromise even after all these years. Luckily for
Raja, he finds solace in Ghoman Singh's (Kader Khan)
house.
A terrified singer, Ghoman Singh spells doom as his
voice sends everyone in the area, run for cover. Excuse
me, but there's no police station in sight.
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Meanwhile, Raja is offered marriage proposals by the
grandparents after both the families accept him. To
escape the situation, Raja cooks up a story that he's
already married to a certain Banto Betty (Shilpa
Shetty). But in contrast to his wildiest dreams, a
real Banto Betty turns up out of nowhere. To
complicate matters, she is able to convince everybody
that she is his wedded wife.
Finally, Banto reveals her true identity and
questions Raja as to what he's doing in this mess, as
he too, is a fake.
The film goes into flashback mode as you see Raja's
transformation into a fat man (or is it the other way
round?). Here you come to know that the real love of
his life is none other than Florence (Kirti Reddy) and
it is for her that he goes through this ordeal.
The mushy climax with a string of conversions leaves
you guessing as to who belongs to which community.
The music is nothing great to hum about. The script
goes hay-wire a couple of times, with Florence asking
Raja for help, right from solving her maths problems
to making a choice between a temple & a church to
marry. Tecnically too, the film fails miserably as
some scenes are hard to digest.
Of the cast, Anil Kapoor puts in a sincere effort.
He looks cute in that extra flab. You just wish he had
more scenes in that 'Humpty-Dumpty' figure. He is well
supported by Shilpa Shetty as the menacing Banto.
Kirti Reddy oozes confidence but goes overboard at
times.
VERDICT : The best part of the movie is watching Anil
Kapoor move around in that 'Satish Kaushik look'.
The latest offering from the Kapoor - Kaushik stable
is just another masala movie, leaving the heavy-weight
Kapoor to lift the film. The director takes you on a
joyride through a 'make-believe' world.
The music is nothing great to hum about. The script
goes hay-wire a couple of times, with Florence asking
Raja for help, right from solving her maths problems
to making a choice between a temple & a church to
marry. Tecnically too, the film fails miserably as
some scenes are hard to digest.