Here's one more rendition by Bollywood's mush factory
It has candyfloss in a liberal dose, puerile situations and dialogues, a pinch of brawn storming, and lovers buzzing off to exotic foreign locales at the drop of a hat--all the ingredients of a typical Bollywood masala.
Salman, Rani and Preity made an admirable triangle in Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega which had the theme of two lasses enamored by the same man (Salman). Abbas-Mastan's Chori Chori Chupke Chupke has the same set up albeit the director duo has put an unexpected twist in the story.
Known for making spine-chilling thrillers like Khiladi, Baazigar the director duo are trying a different theme this time. Unlike their previous films CCCC does not have any villain or vamp. All the negative elements in the story are "circumstantial".
In the film Raj (Salman) and Priya (Rani) play a happily married couple. Their conjugal bliss, however, is broken as it dawns on them that Priya is barren and cannot conceive their child. The problem further bloats as they realize that Raj's bounty of millions needs an inheritor.
Here Madhoo (Preity) steps in to rescue the duo from this quandary. Priya and Madhoo are best of friends and share strong vibes. Priya entreats her friend to bear her husband's baby. Deep inside Madhoo too is besotted by the brawny hunk, although she has never voiced her feeling.
Here begins the cobweb of emotions. While Madhoo succumbs to her friend's entreaties she cannot stop herself being drawn closer to Raj who on his part is torn between the two of them. And then there is Priya who plays an ideal wife and stoically swallows the growing proximity between her hubby and her friend.
Abbas-Mastan are pretty much sure that they have a winning combination with the promising cast ensemble of Salman, Rani and Preity. Anu Maliks' music too has faired quite well on the music charts.
This is not the first time when a film is made on this theme. Bollywood flicks of yore like Doosri Dulhan and Smita Patil's Waaris had the same plot.
The film would have hit the marquee some time back but was stalled following the arrest of its producer Nazeem Rizvi and financier Bharat Shah for their alleged links with the underworld.
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