Whosoever may have enjoyed the movie, they must be saying thanks to the humming tunes and fresh presentation of not-so fresh concept. You will fool yourself if you go in search of any conceptual story as the movie trailer clearly warns you not to. It’s the story of the two young birdies moving in their late twenties. The boy has spent all his years being sandwiched under the societal and professional sophistication portrayed by his cool mom Ratna Pathak-Shah and his demanding dad Boman Irani. The time for which Ratna shares the screen, you are sure to feel that she is dragged directly from the sets of Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai and so she has refused to act for any other character. And in Boman, you can see Mr. Veeru Sahastrabuddhi in his upmarket, urban avatar, this time demanding something else. Under the influence of such persona-carrying parents, the boy has been pressed so much that he imbibes the habit of passing on the pressure even to his underwears and socks before wearing. The girl on the other hand is blessed by overly chilled-out parents and has been brought up with such freedom that she can now become a successful flirt-consultant. She is seen open and vocal enough to embarrass such gullible guys like our boy and yes, she very much does. They bump into each other at psychologist’s office; then hung around and finally unwittingly get too drunk to have the knowledge that they get married. Both want separation but in process the guy falls in love with the girl and the girl who has been toying with all sorts of boys to find her love since she was 15, says no to this poor guy. The story ends with novel note of their turning into good-friends from their wedlock. The girl is happy to have an ex-husband who she thinks loves her as a friend and the boy is happy to have an ex-wife who he thinks would love him one day.
The director has tried hard not to slip into the predictable zone and keep the audience glued to the seats but still the movie toggles between pieces of predictability and a small area of unorthodox plot including climax. Imran Khan pulls off his character nicely but Kareena looks better on screen. This all-charming and bubbly Bebo manages to attract eye-balls with much ease. Contrary to my genuine doubt, she doesn’t look much older against the youngest Khan of B-town. This age-gap apparently looks bridged but if you observe closely, you can’t imagine this couple romancing intensely, you know! They were fit for the script but my imagination gets blocked if I even try to imagine them otherwise. Even the director knew the limits of their chemistry and so he has allowed them to part ways when they got unintentionally married.
Overall, a good time-pass for close to two hours, I can say. In the rare moments when you struggle to stay in your seat, they have a good number for you to stay seated. You don’t like this movie if this has breached the understandable tolerance level of two hours with the same content. It’s watchable in leisure time.
