Shah Rukh Khan’s Main Hoon Na is a flashy movie conforming to all the stereotypes of an out and out commercial flick.
The genre of entertainment to which Main Hoon Na belong can be traced to seventies when stories were hyperbolized and then laced with overtly sentimental songs with the inclusion of a special qawwali.
The movie, Farah Khan’s directorial debut, has a little bit of everything in it. It has a youthful setting of a college campus, it has a patriotic angle harping on Indo-Pak relations, it has desi humor, videsi style of filmmaking, it has a good number of songs, it has stunts, action and pyrotechnics for adrenalin rush, it has emotional and romantic moments. But what Main Hoon Na lacks is logical progression of story and believable presentation of its characters.
The movie’s story goes something like: A young Major (SRK) in the army has his personal aim of fulfilling his Mission Milaap to join the hearts of people living in India and Pakistan. But there are some anti-national elements ( Sunil Shetty ) who want to foil this mission. Major’s mission takes him to a college where he indulges in teenage fun and frolic and also falls in love with the chemistry teacher ( Sushmita Sen ). But terror comes closer after the bad guy too comes into college impersonating as a professor.
Farah Khan has taken too much cinematic liberty to tell an overblown story. But the movie will certainly appeal to those who want unadulterated entertainment with a pinch of everything from romance, humor, patriotism, action and songs.
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