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'Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai'

By N K Deoshi
Film critic, ApunKaChoice.Com

“Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai” is a heady and delectable concoction of love, comedy and separation against the backdrop of barjatya-esque family ambience.

The discipline-demanding father (Dilip Tahil) and the slap-happy hero (Tusshar), the young-at-heart Bade Papaji (Amrish Puri) and the bubbly sister (Rinke Khanna) – all make for a milieu of a perfect joint family.

Against

the canvas of these characters Satish has brought this foreign returned gal Pooja (Kareena) who is full of “life-in-the-fast-lane” attitude and clean-bowls Karan on the first sight. Satish Kaushik has kept the basic story simple without delving into much complexities, and strewn it aptly with light-hearted moments. But he has fallen short in bringing congruity in the characters.

Pooja, for instance ought to be doing her thesis on Indian Culture and not jiving in the discos, taking autographs from unknown street Romeos and scaling the college campuses. Karan on the other hand has simply been void of any worth by the director. He is shown seriously uninterested in studies, a shy and callow youth with “easy-come-easy-go” as the indelible credo of his life. Why should Pooja love him in the first place? Just because he is a good dancer!

Wait, there is more incongruity to Karan. Although he is shown pretty confident in all walks of life but he goes mum when it comes to expressing his love towards Pooja until the day he has to beat the street to Airport on the day she is supposed to fly off to the US. And then the oh-so-hackneyed climax.

As far as the performances go Kareena maintains her comfortable poise before the camera transforming with quicksilver delicacy from a MTV-bred hep to a seedhi saadhi Hindustani ladki. She looks dazzling in the song “Rabba Mere Rabba”, literally setting the dance floor ablaze. Tusshar is a natural dancer (thanks to his pa Jeetendra) but needs to spruce up his expressions. His dialogue delivery is ok but there are fewer roles he would fit into.

While Rinke Khanna is wasted in another ‘just-for-the-heck-of-it' role, Amrish Puri truly steals all accolades with his brief cameo.

Thankfully Kaushik has kept the story without much of emotional overflow and situational complications. Film’s music by Anu Malik is easily the saving grace and will particularly appeal to youth. The film, in the nutshell, is an average fare, that goes along just because of Kareena while Tusshar certainly need an introspection before embarking further on his tinsel town journey.

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