Nothing
ruins my mood and Friday more than a bad movie and Milenge Milenge
did exactly that! It made last year's Kambakkht Ishq look like a
masterpiece. At least that was fresh; this one's just simply ancient.
It's one of those movies which are so sad that after a few scenes,
you stop criticizing it and feel sad for the entire crew. The plot
of Milenge Milenge revolves around a young girl, Priya [Kareena
Kapoor], a complete romantic at heart who expects the love of her
life to be a guy who falls into the category of a true good boy,
one that doesn't smoke, drink or lie. Priya gets to meet a tarot
card reader [Kirron Kher] who tells Priya about her past and when
Priya starts believing in her she tells her that Priya will meet
her life partner in seven days at a foreign beach. She also tells
her that he will be wearing seven different colors. Immy [Shahid
Kapoor] is the exact opposite of what Priya has been looking for
but interestingly he comes across her diary and reads what she is
expecting in her partner.
He then starts
posing like her dream mate, giving her a completely different picture
of himself. Like in all Bollywood films, Priya gets attracted to
Immy when they go to a festival in Bangkok city and they come closer
to each other. Just when they were about to leave Priya finds out
about Immy's reality and they part ways. As clichŽd as it might
sound, Immy then changes into the man that Priya has always dreamed
of while Priya has moved on in life and is in a relationship. The
rest [as predictable as it might seem] is something you need to
watch the film to find out.
I still haven't
been able to figure out why Satish Kaushik and Boney Kapoor decided
to release this movie? I mean it's understandable that they wanted
to recover the production costs but they shouldn't have at the cost
of their reputation and name.
The major issue
with Milenge Milenge is that it's extremely old, which is why it
can't connect to the audience whereas it is very important for a
movie to click with its audience. It was made for the youth; college
students to be precise, but the college students it was made for
graduated a while back. It wouldn't be wrong to say that it was
made for a completely different audience, with their language, their
slang, their dressing styles and they have grown up now and hence
cannot relate to Milenge Milenge. Today's audience demands freshness,
which is something Milenge Milenge clearly lacks.
Moreover, the
screenplay is extremely clichŽd - hopeless romantic girl, playboy
gu meet and fall in love, guy hides his reality, girl finds out
and then the guy suddenly changes altogether. We've seen it so many
times that bearing it again one more time is just not possible.
The music, done by Himmesh Reshammiya is passŽ and doesn't
really help either. Note that it was made at the time when Himmesh
was quite the in thing. I doubt the youth listens to him now. The
cinematography of Milenge Milenge is just typical and boring as
well.
The chemistry
between Kareena and Shahid is not something that produces spark
on the screen but is not bad either. They are sweet together and
probably the only reason why people would want to watch the film.
Shahid Kapoor has done an average job, nothing compared to his recent
roles though. He looks young and full of life but that's not enough
to rescue a sinking ship. Kareena looks young too but not as beautiful
as she looks now. Justice hasn't been done to Kareena's wardrobe
either.
In short Milenge
Milenge tries to be funny at times but fails miserably. I thought
China Town and Chupke Chupke were two disasters in which Kareena
and Shahid worked together, now I know none of them was the real
disaster. Watch this movie, only if you are craving more of the
duo together. I assure you after this, you will never want to watch
them together again. Also, a piece of advice, don't spend money
on the ticket, just watch it at home because it doesn't even deserve
the ticket price and I doubt you will be able to survive till the
end.
Hafsah Sarfraz
*YUCK
**WHATEVER
***GOOD
****SUPER
*****AWESOME
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