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Memorable, crazy movie

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

I am a big fan of the work of Mr Subhash Ghai,a very talented director who makes meaningful films with wonderful music time after time. The story is nothing too complicated, but the film is almost flawless technically. The cinematography is great as is the screenplay. Akshaye's role wasn't for him; someone like Salman Khan or SRK could've made it a great movie. Still a good effort by Akshaye. Anil Kapoor is superb; his performance is great. I never thought Aishwariya had it in her, but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this film. Amrish Puri and Alok Nath are also good. The unique selling points of this movie are: the music, screenplay, cinematography and acting by Ash and Anil. Speaking of music, the music of this film is great; the lyrics by Anand Bakshi are really good.Verdict: you don't want to miss this one. I give it 8/10.

I liked this movie a lot, but the first hour drags and is pretty darn silly. When the story moves to Bombay it takes off, and there's hardly a letup in interest and music video dazzlement until a rather slow and awkward conclusion. The female lead is astonishingly beautiful, I could stare at her for hours, not unlike the male lead's behavior in the first hour or so. (I'm not sure if I'm getting close to spoilers here, so I've checked the option just to be safe).Anil Kapoor is a wonderful supporting character, though his "change of heart" seems a bit weak. But it's the music, singing, and dancing that makes this movie work. Two quibbles, though: first, the choreography of the "chorus line" or backup dancers was very boring and routine except for a few gymnastic feats; second, when the female lead and her father stumble into the middle of a musical number, the editing got pretty annoying, giving you a constant flip-flop between the performance and "reaction shots" of the two characters. I understand that this was supposed to be a significant moment for them, but there should have been a smoother way to "sell" this without chopping the performance into half-second "takes." I've only seen about four Bollywood films, so I can't say too much about how this compares. Certainly you could see a lot of money on the screen in sets, costumes, and stage effects; that was impressive.I watch these films for the music, dancing, and beautiful women, and this film has these in abundance. Good.Alan Nicoll

Aishwarya Rai is stunning as a mountain girl! That's a given. Akshaye Khanna is charming as the rich boy who comes to town and seduces her, hey! I was expecting that! Anil Kapoor as the Tommy Motola type, I'll buy it! The music, the costumes, the choreography are all stellar! Yes! Yes! Yes! But what the hell happened to the script? My 8 stars are strictly for all the things I have praised above. I had not love for the plot though. It just seemed like Khanna's character felt that Rai's character was only worth fighting for after she became a big and successful star! I didn't like that at all. Also, what man in their right sense of mind would give up Aishwarya Rai? Especially one as big-headed as Anil Kapoor's character was in the film? This film was saved strictly by the songs and Aishwarya, and that's the only reason why you should see it!

The scenes reminds me of my school days near Darjeeling. Anil Kapoor (Vikrant) was great and his role is more sympathetic that of Manav. If the movie ended with Mansi (Aishwaria Rai) walking off it would have been closer to Hollywood's standard and then a Sequel could have been done with Mansi confused as she develops a love for Vikrant who defended her virtue by not acceding to Manav's uncle to besmirch Mansi by trying to bribe Vikrant to have her model a bikini for half a million dollars or so. It would have been almost like 'Gone With the Wind' where Rhett Butler walks off with Scarlett O'Hara suddenly realizing how she really loved Rhett but with the hope of tomorrow where she could try to win him over again. Unfortunately, Margaret Mitchell, the author of 'Gone With the Wind', died a few months in a car accident after the movie was completed so Scarlett never had the opportunity to pursue Rhett.