Salaam-E-Ishq: A Tribute To Love

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Salaam-E-Ishq
Credits
Producer/s:	Mukesh Talreja, Sunil Manchanda, Jitender Bagga and Chetan Motiwalla
Director:	Nikhil Advani
Cast:	Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Govinda, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Sohail Khan, Ishaa Koppikar and Shannon Esra, Anjana Sukhani, Raina Prithvi Chauhan, Kushaal Paunjabi and Karan Johar
Music:	Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa and Ehsaan Noorani
Lyrics:	Sameer

Let’s warn you right from the beginning that this compilation of six love stories is too much for the audience to digest. It actually stretches into three and a half hours. This is the major minus point of the film. The film has more minus points than plus points, making it a boring film overall. But to give credit to the director, he has handled some sequences very well; the emotional as well as the funny ones. The director should have just stuck to three stories; Govinda- Shannon, Akshaye Khanna- Ayesha Takia, and John Abraham- Vidya Balan.

Although there’s nothing really new about these three stories, at least the actors have given it their own feel. Now for the other stories. The Juhi Chawla- Anil Kapoor-Anjana Sukhani story seems too clichéd. The Salman Khan-Priyanka Chopra is too amateurish. This combined with the over-the-top performances of the two actors makes it very irritating. The Sohail Khan-Isha Koppikar story is too crass. Why are the two there in the film? Their track lends a cheap element to the film.

Now for the stories.

Story 1:
Raju (Govinda), a taxi driver in Delhi, meets his dream girl Stephanie (Shannon Esra). She’s a firang who's come to India to look for her boyfriend, Rohit (Kushal Punjabi). Raju is smitten by her the moment he sees her. As luck would have it, Rohit decides to marry an Indian girl of his parents' choice, while Stephanie gradually falls in love with Raju. The culmination to the Raju-Shannon love story in the climax is superb. Raju carries the climax on his shoulders.

Story 2:
Shiven (Akshaye Khanna) is the most eligible bachelor in New Delhi. He gets engaged to his girlfriend, Gia (Ayesha Takia), but develops cold feet at the thought of becoming ‘Gia ka Pia’. Hilarious! He wants to break off the engagement. And he does so by hurting her in the bargain. Although one has watched him doing something similar in one of his previous films, with the same heroine, he gives it a different feel in this film. But gradually, he begins to realize that he is incomplete without Gia.

Story 3:
Tehzeeb (Vidya Balan) and Ashu (John Abraham) are a madly-in-love couple. They get married and the love is still strong. Things take a horrible turn for them one day. Tehzeeb is involved in a tragic train accident where she loses her memory partially. She remembers her parents but not Ashu!

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