Cast - Sharman Joshi, Chitrangda Singh, Sanjay Suri, Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani.
Director - Onir.
Rating - ****
Review - Siddharth Mathur (Sharman Joshi), a shy young scientist, travels to
Mauritius for his elder brother Harsh's (Sanjay Suri) wedding.
Accompanying him is his Ma (Shabana Azmi), a reluctant traveler since
she is angry at Harsh for deciding to get married without consulting
them. Also traveling is Siddharth's cheery father (Boman Irani), whose
sole entertainment is pulling Ma's leg. Harsh, already occupied with work,
can spend little time with his family and it is left to his fiancée
Aaliyah (Chitrangada Singh) to show them around Mauritius before the
wedding. However, Ma's anger at Harsh ensures that she takes an instant
dislike for Aaliyah, and it is Aaliyah and Siddharth who end up
spending loads of time together. This, added to the fact that Aaliyah
feels neglected by the career-obsessed Harsh, leads to them being
irresistibly drawn to each other. A horrified Siddharth battles this
attraction desperately, but Aaliyah has fallen madly in love and
pursues him with single-minded determination. When Siddharth's defenses
start crumbling and Ma starts getting suspicious, all hell breaks loose
in the Mathur family. We did see Onir's last movies & even those were
absolutely fresh & well made. But Onir strikes back again & in-fact he
strikes back at his best. Not only he gives us a soulful movie, but a
movie, which also is totally entertaining as well. It has every kind of
moments in the movie. And adding to Onir's wonderful direction, are the
amazing performances by all the actors of the movie. Be it Sharman,
Sanjay or Chitrangada, or Shabana & Boman, all of them are just
excellent in their places. The two leading actors of the movie Sharman
& Sanjay (Another two under-rated actors of Bollywood) display their
work of perfection yet again & along with them is Chitrangada Singh who
is back after a while. She looks stunning, gorgeous & beautiful
throughout the movie & performs very well. Also Shabana & Boman's
chemistry clicks yet again. Watch the movie for some soulful moments &
performances. A well made & a different movie. Recommended highly for
quality movie lovers.
Mania!Meter - 86%
