So, lets face it.
A typical moviegoer enters the theater, for few reasons.
1)Fun and good time-pass
2)Cinematic Experience
3)Script
4)Presentation
5)Actors
6)Directors repuation
HDKG does not match upto the expectations as it falters on a couple of points mentioned above(Script and Cinematic Experience), but fortunately scores on the rest.
The movie is certainly not for ones who would wanna see the jaunre’s changing.
Aditya [Akshay Kumar, an automobile engineer, is engaged to Sonia [Bipasha Basu], a fashion designer. As individuals, Aditya and Sonia are not on the same wavelength. For Sonia, career comes first. And as much as Aditya tries to overlook those facts, they keep coming in the way.
Though the marriage date is fixed, Aditya has to leave for Canada to learn about the technique of a new car model, to be launched in India; while Sonia has to leave for Paris for a fashion show.
Aditya arrives in Canada where his sister Simran [Bhagyashree] lives. He meets the family, but cannot live with them as the company has given him an apartment close to the workshop. But he makes it a point to meet the family on weekends.
He bumps into Jia [Katrina Kaif] more than once. Jia, daughter of business tycoon Yashwardhan, has come to Canada to shop for her wedding. Her marriage has been fixed with business giant Karan Oberoi [Anil Kapoor].
Jia is a simple girl with simple needs. She had everything she desired in childhood, but yearns to spend time with her ever-so-busy father. Now, the man her father has chosen for her hardly has any time for her. Aditya and Jia manage to spend time with each other and as time passes, the friendship thickens.
However, a misunderstanding with Aditya makes Jia return to India to get married to Karan. Aditya also returns to India to get married to Sonia and does not attempt to meet Jia ever again. But fate makes them meet for the last time -- at Jia’s wedding!
An enterprise that could have been made memorable just falls short due to a weak script.
Editing is another area where the film falters badly. Either the editor must’ve fallen in love with the product and he forgot all about editing/trimming or he doesn’t know his job. The film should be trimmed by 30 minutes at least.
Anu Malik’s music is decent, but you remember them less for the tunes and more for the snazzy picturization. ‘Fanah’ and the title track do leave a mark, but it’s the Himesh Reshammiya rendered/composed title track that stands out as the best piece in the enterprise
Cinematography [Vikas Shivraman] is magnificent. The ace lensman has done complete justice to the eye-filling locales of Canada as also the lavish sets. The styling and the sets are top class. In fact, the producers need to be complimented for leaving no stone unturned when it came to giving the film a spectacular look and also for promoting the film to the optimum.
Performances:Akshay, who by now everyone knows has achieved a superstar status, has done justice to the Sharukh kind-a-role.An actor who has evolved over a period of time, akshay, has answered all his previous critics yet again with a bang.
His performance is certainly not a pathbreaking one, but definitely, something that could make the movie reach the status that bollywood is eagerly awaiting after RDB.
Katrina Kaif, whose previous attempts were in vain(Sarkar, MPKK) has definitely made her presence felt and has delivered a passable, yet sweet, performance.She has the screen presence and the style that can for sure get her the best of roles in this industry.
Anil Kapoor is strictly okay.
A decent comeback from Bhagyashree, who again looks as cute as ever, ina very negligible role.
Helen is wasted. Vivek Shauq is alright. Gurpreet Guggi and Upasna Singh don’t get any scope. The remaining characters [Puneet Issar-Anju Mahndroo-Delnaaz Paul, Ranjeet-Neena Kulkarni, Mahesh Thakur and Manoj Joshi] are hardly there.
On the whole, as mentioned in the begining, the movie is a passable fare and scores on performances, well shot locales, presentation, decent music and most importantly a very fresh, soothing and one of the best good looking pairs, the industry has provided.Watch the movie for the sparkling chemistry between Akshay and Katrina