Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya

Article Updated 19 July, 2005 11:30:43 AM IST

Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya

Here's another clean comedy from David Dhawan although there is no unnecessary gloss. Thankfully no double meaning jokes too! This light, breezy entertainer is no masterpiece but will surely appeal to the gallery. It will also prove to be a good family entertainer and of course Salman fans will lap it up. Salman is in his elements in the film, so is Sohail Khan.

The slightly intelligent audience will find this film nonsensical but hey who cares! At the end of the day it entertains and is total paisa vasool! This love triangle has been inspired by a 60s film, 'Cactus Flower'.

Samir (Salman Khan) is a romantic Orthopedic Surgeon. He can't resist women and the women too can't stay away from this handsome doc. He makes sure that none of the women get serious about him by telling them that he is already married. There are two women in his life. One is Naina (Sushmita Sen), the other is Sonia (Katrina Kaif).

Naina is a workaholic and a nurse by profession. She works as a receptionist cum telephone operator cum secretary in Samir's clinic. She is in love with him but never tells him. She has no life of her own and is makes sure that he keeps his appointments with his patients and girlfriends.

There's trouble brewing in Dr. Samir's life as his latest love, Sonia, accepts him despite his marital status. There are a couple of attempts to kill herself too when she gets frustrated at the hopeless nature of her love.

Enters knight in shining armour, the friendly but nosy neighbour, Pyaare (Sohail Khan), a struggling actor. The problem arises when Samir realizes that he has fallen in love with Sonia and asks her to marry him. Of course, he tells her that he will divorce his wife. But she has one condition: She will marry him only after she has met his wife! Now he is stuck! This leads to a lie followed by many more! Adding to the confusion is Samir's brash mother (Bina Kak), who has a penchant for slapping people before starting a conversation. There is also Samir's friend Vicky (Arshad Warsi) and a silly patient Thapa (Rajpal Yadav).

There are a few really hilarious sequences especially involving Salman, Sohail, and Katrina. Sanjay Chel's dialogues are simple and good. But the second half of the film is a bit of a disappointment and has the potential to be better.

Music is okay but Sushmita's 'Chunari Lehraye' is outstanding. 'Just Chill', and 'Dil Di Nazar' are peppy numbers.

Salman and Sohail's real life chemistry is visible on screen. They have perfect comic timing. Sushmita blends in well with their brand of comedy. Katrina too adds to the proceedings in her own way. Surprisingly she seems to have mouthed her own dialogues.

Bina Kak is hilarious. Arshad Warsi and Rajpal Yadav are okay. Ishaa Koppikar gets no scope at all. This film should do good business and is a safe bet for entertainment.

*** (THREE STARS)
*poor; **average; ***good; ****very good; *****excellent

Print this Article

http://www.bollyvista.com

http://www.bollyvista.com/article/a/29/5254