The story is old wine in new bottle. It reminds you of the immensely successful comedies of yore, of the 1960s and 1970s to be precise. But to give it a contemporary feel, Satish and his writer have added enormous glamour quotient .Ashish (Akshaye) believes that he’s dying of cancer, so he has to take the bad boy route to break it off with his staid fiancée Rani (Ayesha). To scramble things up, pouty Sania (Mallika) sashays in and falls head-over-heels in lust with Ashish, drinking through a straw in the disco.
While he’s disentangling himself from her, her beefy anna (Sunil) who is a Bangkok don, muscles in. Now Ashish has to fob them off and get his Rani back from his rival Rohit (Aftab).
The first half of the film has several hilarious moments and Kaushik does leave an impression in a few sequences. The second half begins equally well and the narrative continues to hold your interest till Sunil enters the scene. Thereafter, the narrative gets tedious, slow-paced and lengthy before it reaches the finale, which fortunately is very well executed.Directorially, Kaushik has extracted fine performances from the main cast .His handling of the comic moments and dramatic sequences deserve kudos but the pace at which the story moves dilutes the impact to a major extent.
Music is just about okay. Barring the Mundeya track and ’Aakhiyon’, the remaining songs are mediocre. Dialogues are wonderful at places. Cinematography is fairly impressive. Editing is loose. The film is very lengthy towards the second half and if trimmed, would only help in enhancing the impact.
Akshay’s sincerity shows in his work. The actor is improving with every release. Mallika takes a step forward with this film. Her performance is better than his previous works.Ayesha Takia has been wasted. Suneel is so-so. Aftab and Rajpal lend adequate support.
On the whole , Timepass stuff nothing more!!