"Mohabbatein" is a Bollywood version of "Dead Poets' Society" about an elite school with strict rules and a young teacher set out to teach a sense of love and individuality to his students. However, depite the lush sets and the obvious amount of effort taken to turn this into a hit movie, it is mostly a disappointment.
The script is simply weak; the love stories aren't particularly convincing and look like rehashed versions of things we have seen a thousand times before; the college concept is not really credible because the focus on Narayan Shankar and Raj Aryan is such that we could almost believe they are the only two teachers there; Shankar's change of heart seems unmotivated and out of character; and the no less than five love stories seem utterly unfocused.
Add to that an abysmal score by Jatin-Lalit, who seem to have simply recycled music from other movies for this one.
The plus point are strong performances from Amitabh Bachchan and, surprisingly, Shahrukh Khan, who really shines in this movie. The interplay between the two is particularly good (and much better than in KKKG, I might add), but sadly, that's not enough to make a movie.
The script is simply weak; the love stories aren't particularly convincing and look like rehashed versions of things we have seen a thousand times before; the college concept is not really credible because the focus on Narayan Shankar and Raj Aryan is such that we could almost believe they are the only two teachers there; Shankar's change of heart seems unmotivated and out of character; and the no less than five love stories seem utterly unfocused.
Add to that an abysmal score by Jatin-Lalit, who seem to have simply recycled music from other movies for this one.
The plus point are strong performances from Amitabh Bachchan and, surprisingly, Shahrukh Khan, who really shines in this movie. The interplay between the two is particularly good (and much better than in KKKG, I might add), but sadly, that's not enough to make a movie.