Ashish Kapoor (Akshaye Khanna) and Rani (Ayesha Takia) are a couple madly in love. However, Ashish seems to get stressed at the slightest bit of tension in his life and needs to pop a pill to soothe his nerves and Rani’s parents do not approve of him.
Now comes the best friend – Rohit (Aftab Shivdasani), who also has a crush on Rani. When Ashish goes to visit his doctor (Boman Irani) he misunderstands the diagnosis of hypertension with cancer and his world turns upside down.
Since Ashish loves Rani and wants the best for her, he embarks on a plan to push her towards Rohit.
This is the entry point for none other than the sexy siren Mallika Sherawat. Ashish starts flirting with a model, Sania (Mallika) and Rani is heartbroken. Then comes the realization that Ashish does not have cancer so now the big question is who will Rani end up with?
The story is a mix of several potboilers. Since the plot has been witnessed earlier, little care has been taken to make the screenplay gripping or exciting. The film lacks the by-now-famous gags associated with Satsh Kausik films and the comedy scenes, barring a few, are not worth a mention.
The screenplay does little to help elevate the proceedings. With a solid cast , the writers should’ve come up with gripping incidents to woo the masses. But both the first half and the second half are too routine in content and offer nothing original.
Another drawback of the film is the climax, which stands on a weak drama. The ease with which Aftab-Mallika hand over Ayesha to Akshay comes as a jolt to the viewer since he expects some fireworks. Even the songs and their placement are far from impressive. Barring ’tere liye’, the remaining songs don’t contribute to the plot at all. In fact, atleast two songs -- ’mare dank’ and ’gal kar’ -- have been placed without any relevance to the goings-on. Even action scenes look forced and weren’t required at all.
Akshay is mediocre. Ayesha has no scope at all.Rajpal is irritating. Mallika is as usual. Boman makes his presence felt.Anupam is okay.
Dialogues are passable. Ditto for the cinematography.
Shaadi Se Pehle disappoints and disappoints big time!