THE FIRST REACTION ON PROMOS
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Bollywood Hollywood Hmm… sounds very attractive and worth a dekko at the first instance. Then you try and find out the other details. Ohh!! You say.. So this has been directed by Deepa Mehta and what is this??!! We have the damsel beau Lisa Ray along with the handsome Rahul Khanna . You remark to yourself and your chums: ’It’s definitely worth a ’dekko.’
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THE MOVIE STARTS
Just when we are about ready with one hand full of popcorn bag and the other one either tangled with your mate’s hand or acting as a strut for the Pepsi can;
You see the thundering of clouds, the meeting of the rain drops with ground zero, and there in a mansion a young boy promising his dad, who is waiting for the God’s Men to take him away, that he would give his first preference to his family and do the needful to maintain the Indian Family Values and while screen playing this scene…director deepa mehta dissolves some jerky dialogues which aren’t supposedly too much laughter arousing until you have a Nitrogen gas mixed popcorn with you.
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NRI BOY & CANADIAN GAL Vs INDIAN FAMILY
VALUES
The story underlines mainly the superficial love bud between Rahul & an Canadian pop artist ’Kimberly’. Kimberly is called upon by rahul’s family and the hot interview session between them takes place which does spring up an jolly environ in the auditorium.
Rahul’s mother presents a rather hyper acting and she over does things while portraying an NRI mother. Rahul’s grandma, efficiently and effectively, extends hierarchy over Rahul reminding him of the promise he’d given to his father.
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THE PLOT
While all such things happen in a jiffy, ’ kimberly’ is shown to be dead and for all the wrong reasons and also making the world acquainted with a death that has never happened hitherto. Kimberly was deeply in harmony with nature while practicing yoga and suddenly she rises up the sky and falls at a sonic velocity to be square one with the dust. This is how she proceeds her journey towards heaven.
This was a welcome event for Rahul’s mother and she blackmails rahul that she wont let his sister’s marriage to happen if he doesn’t find an suitable Indian girl and marries her.
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’LISA RAY’ RAYS INTO RAHUL’S HEART
This is when the gorgeous, ravishing, sensual femme fatale makes her way into Rahul’s home as an Indian girl and for doing this she’s been paid heavily by rahul.
Now this is a formula that most of the Indian directors have used sporadically since time immemorial. And as it is bound to happen at some time rahul falls in love with Lisa ray alias Su (the American version of sunita)
The rest that follows is conceivable by one’s own thinktank.
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SUCCINCT
There are certain instances that render the film an inherent sad drama look and is followed immediately by a wisecrack that causes difficulty in understanding the film and rendering or casting into an melodrama/serious mould.
The editing is below standards and the attempt to show a biting sarcasm or any other related thoughts falls into a ditch and bites the dust. Music is croony and appealing. Sandeep chowta has been good as far as the music department is concerned. The background music is also not too good as it could have been.
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CAVEAT
Watch at your own sweet risk. Strictly speaking it can be watched only if :
# You are enticed with lisa ray’s beauty.
# You have filed an immigration visa for Canada.
# You want to lament on watching lisa give rahul a peck on lips and that too sporadically and intensely.
# You have enough bucks to spend and you are alone--got nothing to do.
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VISIT AGAIN
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