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So I was looking forward to watching this movie for a while. The concept of a futuristic Mumbai was a very appealing factor for me but when I sat to watch the movie I was truly amazed by how badly the movie has been directed and acted out.
The "hero" looks like a love child of Tusshar Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan. His dialogue delivery is very weAk and tries hard to sound real and that makes it more fake.
Shown to be a daredevil, extreme sports (which included a bike race :S what many of us used to do as kids) loving, devil may care if i die kinda guy. Devoid of love from his dad after his mother's death, the directors try to gain sympathy of the viewers by showing him crying and whining about how sad his life is, which, I doubt , even a 10 year old would do. Although he is shown to be a rich kid, he is always running around on the streets and driving an outdated sports car.
Then comes in our lady love, Priyanka Chopra, who by some divine magic can control how butterflies move , which, I think helped our main guy to fall in love with her at first sight. But again a few scenes later he himself is able to do the same so I dont think it matters. Trying really hard to win over her heart with lame jokes and a completely ripped off wooing sequence from THE NOTEBOOK had me cracking up and gasping for air.
The story crawls forward with the "help" of Winkydinks, two annoying kids, a completely wasted talent of Boman Irani , somewhat funny Archana Puran Singh and Priyanka/ Harman falling in love, just to find Priyanka dead right at the interval.
This is where I was hoping for the story to go up a level when Harman is catapulted in the future with the help of his mad scientist uncle Ya and once again I am dissappointed seeing what a future Mumbai will look like. Future of Mumbai solely depends on technology from movies I ROBOT, FIFTH ELEMENT AND STAR WARS. Indian culture is an urban myth by now. People dress up freaky and the animation and special effects are good just for a video game, an outdated one too. Priyanka is apparently "a woman of tomorrow that the woman of yesterday thought about" or something like that. A red haired "popstar, rockstar, superstar" borderline narcissist with a teddy robot called BOO as an embarrassing excuse for a sidekick doesn't impress much either. And guess what, she falls for our hero once again.
But it doesn't end there, we are reminded it is a bollywood movie with a 90s style Mogambo wannabe villian in 2050, HOSHI. He has a couple tricks up his sleeve to ruin the little perfect world of Harman/Priyanka.
All in all, INSTEAD of spending 50 crores on old age graphics and special effects they should have given Harman some acting lessons and bought themselves a good action director, writer and editor. Priyanka fit the profile of a goody girl. Boman Irani was just annoying, a complete waste of talent. Archana Puran Singh was the only funny one in the movie, sadly. The little kids were pointless and very annoying. Dalip Tahil, as Harman's dad who has no time for his little boy, was unnecessary. Winkydinks and BOO ...no comments.
The movie should be renamed "HOW TO WASTE 50 CRORES ON A TALENTLESS NEWCOMER".
DONT watch it.