| Cast: |
Sohail
Khan, Sameera Reddy & Sanjay Dutt |
| Director: |
Sohail
Khan |
| Music: |
Daboo Malik |
This
week surely looks a bad week for Bollywood. What to
expect? The filmmakers in Bollywood themselves are
blamed for making losses. Now what was wrong with
the Khan’s to pick a story like this which has
been used in Bollywood for umpteen times. There is
absolutely no novelty in this film. Though the 1st
half creates bit of impact with the rugby match scene
and other action scenes. Sohail can sure act but the
way they have shown him like a Superman is funny.
Breaking glasses and hero flies from great heights
to attack the enemy again may just excite the kids
(or would they too laugh at it?).
The
comedy and light moments are terrible. Take for instance
Sameera’s little school going sis wants to know
if Sohail has a brother, she can wed too!
In
the heart of cosmopolitan Mumbai, resides business
tycoon Mr. Verma (Kabir Bedi) whose pride and joy
lie in the happiness of his two daughters who he has
single-handedly brought up with utmost care and protection
ever since their mother died many years earlier. Though
his love towards both remains undivided, he is overprotective
of his elder daughter Ayesha (Sameera Reddy) due to
her shy and innocent nature.
Ayesha
is exposed to the fast-paced Mumbai life on her first
day of college where she meets Ajay (Sohail Khan),
an orphaned student studying in the some college.
The college is the today generation kind of college,
which sees healthy rivalry in the form of various
groups all of which vie to be recognized as the top
group of the college. However, it is Ajay's group,
the ARYANS, who are considered as the most popular
group having been entrusted with the important task
of handling the security of the college, protecting
it from negative outside influences and drug peddlers.
Ajay
forms a friendship with Ayesha and in many ways, helps
her to fit in with the Mumbai college life. It is
this selfless and helpful quality in Ajay that draws
Ayesha towards him. And in her simple beauty, compassion
and humane values, Ajay rediscovers love and hope.
Ajay
and Ayesha's fondness for each other comes under the
watchful eye of Chopra (Dalip Tahil), a conniving
business associate of Verma, who wants to get his
son married to Ayesha thereby furthering his business
prospects and stature in the business community. Chopra
takes no time in cautioning Verma and paints a very
poor and negative picture of Ajay. Verma gets convinced
further when at a function he unknowingly gets into
an alteraction with Ajay both unaware of each other's
identity.
The
dark side is unleashed when Chopra, without Verma's
knowledge, calls upon the widely notorious Bhaijaan
(Sanjay Dutt), to rough Ajay up and thereby warn him
to keep away from Ayesha. Bhaijaan, who is given the
wrong impression of Ajay heads to the college to supervise
his henchmen but is mistakenly hit by Ajay. This enangers
Bhaijaan but due to the commencement of Ramzan month,
during which he is to abstain from violence, is unable
to retaliate. Now Bhaijaan takes the task of setting
Ajay straight, upon himself but can do so only after
Chand Mubarak, which marks the end of the Ramzan period.
Not
wanting to waste more time, Chopra takes advantage
of the Ramzan month and instigates Bhaijaan's ambitious
henchmen Chotte (Sarfaraz Khan) and Munna (Rajpal
Yadav) to take immediate action promising him enormous
wealth which would help in realizing his secret desire
to overthrow Bhaijaan. As a result, without Bhaijaan's
knowledge, Ajay is mercilessly and brutally roughed
up and thrown out of the city limits, warned to stay
away from Verma's daughter. With the strong belief
that Verma is instrumental in getting him beaten up
and consumed with anger yet his unconditional love
for Ayesha, Ajay challenges Verma that he will get
married to Ayesha in 24 hours.
Verma
gets taken aback and promises that he will use all
his power, even at the cost of losing his empire,
to prevent Ajay from even coming close to his daughter.
Also, blinded by his self-respect and dignity, he
decides to get his daughter married within the next
24 hours to Chopra's son.
Now
Ajay, unarmed yet determined, is left with 24 crucial
hours to win over the only woman he has ever loved
but is prepared to overcome any hurdle placed by Verma
or Chopra. But now, oblivious to Ajay, the month of
Ramzan is over and Bhaijaan's first instinct is to
kill the boy who dared to hit him in the college campus.
In
the crucial 24 hours, does Ajay prove successful in
standing up to Chopra' s negative forces?
What
happens when, at the end of the Ramzan period, Bhaijaan
finds Ajay?
Story
wise, the movie suffers as the 1st half only revolves
around the romantic scenes which hardly evoke any
excitement. The 2nd half has Sanjay Dutt in a special
appearance, which has a good impact on the film, but
again you wished there was a better script to it.
On
one section they succeed is action, it look natural
though the flying scenes are bit too much.
Sohail
has not got the look of a star but a very good physique.
But then you cannot bear this beef cake for very long.
He tries to ape Salman in the dance sequence.
Sameera
looks charming and sweet. Her problem is her dialogue
delivery, she needs to improve on her pronunciation
or else she should play the role of an NRI girl.
Both
Dilip Thail and Kabir Bedi impress with their roles.
The music is nice but the choreography is bad, not
even the foreign locations create good frames.
On
the whole this movie hardly creates any impact and
value for money. Skip it without any hesitation.
