'Main Aisa Hi Hoon' Could’ve been better than this
By Nitika Desai Film critic, ApunKaChoice.Com
The portrayal of imbecility doesn’t come natural to Ajay Devgan, just like the remaking of Hollywood hits doesn’t come deftly to Bollywood filmmakers.
In Main Aisa Hi Hoon Harry Baweja has tried to make an Indianized version of Sean Penn starrer ‘I Am Sam’, and Ajay Devgan has tried his level best to play a mentally retarded father. Sorry to say, but both of them fail miserably.
Ajay,
who is one of the finest talents of our industry, proves there is one role he can’t play. His portrayal of a mentally abnormal man borders on buffoonery and hardly arouses any sympathy (or even empathy) in the mind of viewers.
Add to this the inaptly written dialogues and a barrage of songs that are absolutely unnecessary. And the courtroom scenes that could have been the backbone of the film’s second’s half, simply lack vigor and emotion.
Main Aisa Hi Hoon tells the story of Neel (Ajay), a grown up man who has the brain of a child. He falls in love with a girl named Maya (Esha) who walks out on him after the birth of their daughter. Neel raises his daughter Gungun on his own. But then, on her seventh birthday, Maya’s father comes to claim Gungun’s custody. The case for the girl’s custody is fought in the court. Sushmita Sen plays the lawyer Neeti who fights Neel’s case.
Main Aisa Hi Hoon could have been a better film than it turned out. The father-daughter relationship that might have been the emotional dynamo of this flick is plainly treated and hardly plucks any strings at heart.
Sushmita Sen excels in her role of a neglectful mother who, quite ironically, fights Neel’s case in the court. Baby Rucha Vaidya suits Gungun’s role perfectly. It is Ajay Devgan who unexpectedly disappoints. It is not that he doesn’t try. He tries his best. But the acting of a retarded man doesn’t come naturally to him.
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