This movie is not about you or me; it’s about HUM as a
couple! A film, which deals with a very sensitive aspect of married life -
commitment. The tagline is apt: “The greatest journey in life is the distance
between two people.” How well Ajay(Ajay Devgan) makes you travel this journey
with him and Peeya(Kajol).
*Directorial debut of Ajay and what a coincidence it has a prominent relation to Aamir
Khan’s directorial debut******Taare
Zameen Par**. Both carrying an awareness message about a medical
aliment TZP had dyslexia awareness and this one Alzheimer disease.
Movie
Ajay and Peeya meet on a cruise. He is a psychiatrist on a holiday with his friends
one unhappily married while the other happily unmarried. Peeya is a waitress on
the cruise. The entire story is told in flashback. The beginning is very
confusing and you feel lost as to the person sitting in front of Ajay is Peeya
or double role etc. etc. Ajay falls for Peeya on first sight and tries all
means to woo her to the extent of breaching her room and reading her list of Possibilities
(likes and dislikes). All this pays off and soon both are couple, in between
one can notice clues on the main story line.
Things take a u turn as Ajay confesses to peeya the means he
had adopted to woo her. Peeya puts an end to the relationship later to realize that
she misses Ajay and they get married. All in all the first half of the movie is
a bit drag.
The second half is very comprehensively tied with detailing
and is loaded with emotions. The happily married couple come to know on a rainy
day that Peeya is not able to recall her husband’s name, her address etc. They
visit a doctor who reveals that she is suffering from Alzheimer. The rest of
the movie is their fight against the same.
The movie begins and ends on the cruise, twenty-five years
later, thus showing that it may not always be smooth sailing in a marriage
Two scenes are power packed with emotion: one when Ajay is called
by doctor to the care facility when Peeya realizes herself and second when he
goes to get her back.
Conclusion
I feel that at places camera could have been placed at different
angle’s(too close up at places), the movie could have been a bit short and the
time spent in weaving the puzzle could have been reduced. The topic is has been
used a lot in English movies but all credits to the director that there is freshness
in treatment. I find both of them have done a very good job and so the
supporting cast. I like Sumit for his very natural acting.
It’s a good movie to watch.