The only reason I gave this movie 3 stars is because of the music by A.R.Rahman! The script by antique writers Sachin Bhowmick and Kamlesh Pandey has a dated feel and lacks any sort of innovation in storytelling or intelligence in screenplay structure. Subhash Ghai's worn-out direction only makes the proceedings worse and wearisome. The scenes are jumbled with continuity lapses and the dialogues range from clichéd to preposterous. Only Salman Khan can pass off with such ludicrous lines like, " Abhi toh sirf well-done kiya hai, abhi dun-dun karna baaki hai " or " Tumne bharosa kiya , now trust me". Whatever that is supposed to mean! Subtlety is so nonexistent in Ghai's casual approach towards the treatment of the film and despite the magnified melodrama, three is no conspicuous chemistry between the three siblings esp. A psychiatrist explains that mentally deficient humans are always proficient at classical singing. New research? Ghai isn't even able to pull-off the Farah Khan style of cast-crew introduction which he attempts in the end credits. And when you are squirming in your seats with impatience, a song goes to say, " Tu Muskura ".
The screen intermittently shows Hindi subtitles when the characters speak in English. How I wish it could also give captions on what Subhash Ghai wanted to express in the scenes, as most fall flat and fail to deliver. I am intrigued what would he comment if the DVD of the film ever had the director's commentary option.
The performances are as disguised as the mannequins and masks that dominate the art-direction. Salman seems to justify his real-life anger, arrogance and obsession (each of which he admits in the film) through the character of Deven as he goes on a glass-shattering and violin-smashing mode. Anil Kapoor wears his trousers the Raj Kapoor style and repeats his innocent act of films like Eshwar, Beta and Kishen Kanhaiya . You never quite understand whether he is singing or boxing. Literally! Mithun Chakravarthy seems to have shot his entire footage in one day as he appears throughout in the same suit
The screen intermittently shows Hindi subtitles when the characters speak in English. How I wish it could also give captions on what Subhash Ghai wanted to express in the scenes, as most fall flat and fail to deliver. I am intrigued what would he comment if the DVD of the film ever had the director's commentary option.
The performances are as disguised as the mannequins and masks that dominate the art-direction. Salman seems to justify his real-life anger, arrogance and obsession (each of which he admits in the film) through the character of Deven as he goes on a glass-shattering and violin-smashing mode. Anil Kapoor wears his trousers the Raj Kapoor style and repeats his innocent act of films like Eshwar, Beta and Kishen Kanhaiya . You never quite understand whether he is singing or boxing. Literally! Mithun Chakravarthy seems to have shot his entire footage in one day as he appears throughout in the same suit