Another movie on a three way relationship, a wife caught between her
husband and lover....whew.
The protagonist Anjali (Kareena Kapoor) lives in Montreal with her
Canadian mother ( Nafisa Ali ) and Indian father ( Kabir Bedi). She
shares a great relationship with her parents but has not yet told them
about her relationship with an aspiring singer Raja (Akshay Kumar).
Her sister Aarti ( Sushmita Sen) comes to Canada from Delhi for her
delivery. She is the wife of Aditya (Anil Kapoor), an affluent businessman
in Delhi.
Aarti
meets Raja and promises Anjali to present the issue to their parents
when the time is right. But she passes away delivering twin babies.
Anjali is forced to marry Aditya for the kids sake and she leaves for
Delhi without even informing her lover.
Life in Delhi is drab for her with Aditya so immersed in his work and
has no time for her. She plays the role of the wife to the tilt but
to no avail. It takes an accident to make him realise things and he
flies off to Germany promising to make up with his wife after coming
back. But in the airport Anjali meets Raja, now successful, who's come
down to Delhi for a show. Soon after, they revive their relationship.
The rest of the story deals with Aditya finding out about them with
an imminent ending.
The treatment of the theme is outright phony especially at this time
when films like Black, Page 3 etc has tried to take our Cinema to new
levels. The only relationship that shows some warmth is the one between
the sisters. Others doesn't seem to connect at all nor develop
any bonds. On the surface, the film has slick sets and the cast wear
designer stuff but inside it has no soul. The ending is outright predictable and
unbelievable as the heroine walks out of her lovers life stating that
it is impossible for a mother to betray her children when in actual
fact the bond between the children and her is never shown in the movie.
Music by Nadeem Shravan is ok with one or two hummable numbers..
Performances wise the actors doesn't have a chance as their characters
are not well defined. Kareena looks beautiful and that's about it. Akshaye
Kapoor with his new look tries to do justice to his part. Anil Kapoor
is okay. Manoj Bajpai in his supposed to be comical role, as Anil's
friend is extremely loathsome as well as Samitha Shetty playing his
wife. Nafisa Ali and Kabir Bedi are ok though their family dance leaves
much to be desired.
Overall verdict is just average, nothing more, nothing less.