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 Viraj (Akshay) is a Hollywood stunt man who doesn’t believe in marriage
and lives by the belief that women are good for only two things. When
he comes to know that his younger brother Lucky (Aftab) is getting
married, he rushes to break it off. At the same time the bride,
Kamini’s (Amrita) best friend Simrita (Kareena) too rushes in
dissuading her from getting married to a ‘second hand’ person aka a
stuntman. But it is too late as the couple has already made up their
mind.
But not before a war of words ensues between the chauvinist Viraj
and snooty Simrita. The reason why Simrita (who by the way is a medical
student cum part time model) hates men is the examples she has seen in
her own family. She therefore believes men are only interested in
taking women into their beds and nothing else. But then fate keeps
Viraj and Simrita bumping more into each other and their each meeting
only doubling up their hate for each other. Meanwhile, Simrita’s
stubbornness leads Lucky and Kamini to the brink of divorce. While
Viraj tries to stop this divorce from taking place Simrita tries her
best to ensure it takes place. Things get more complicated when during
Viraj’s operation, Simrita accidentally leaves her watch inside his
stomach. What it all leads to forms the rest of the plot.
Kambakkht Ishq is one of the most lavish productions to come out of
Bollywood no doubts about it. But despite involving four scriptwriters
the film still falls short of the expectations where the promised
wholesome entertainment is concerned. The main problem being the wafer
thin plot, then again some really bad jokes that fall flat and finally
the second half. Also many a times the thin line of acceptance has been
crossed in the name of humour which makes it a difficult watch for the
family audience. The first half breezes quickly but the second half
slows down considerably. The serious turn taken though comes in with
the flow of the film, it gets boring as you know it very well where it
is all going to lead to. Though it is applause worthy job by debutante
director Sabbir Khan to helm a film as huge, you sorely miss a David
Dhawan who would have controlled the lunatic moments more effeciently.
To give due credit, ‘Hollywood’ has been well incorporated by Sabbir in
the film. Though Taurus awards sequence has been superbly picturised,
the makers seem to be under the impression that award winners arrive
first on stage followed by announcement of arrival of award presenters
at prestigious international awards.
The film scores high in the technical department with cinematographer
Vikas Sivaraman coming on tops. He has succeeded in imparting the film
an international look. However, barring the Mangalam number the music
of the film is not worth a mention.
Akshay Kumar is back in terrific form as a performer. He is simply
superb in his award acceptance speech. Kareena has never looked so hot
before. She manages to put up her own against Akshay but is saddled by
poor characterization, especially in the second half. Almost 80% of the
time her character has been burdened with a permanent growl on the
face. Amrita Arora is cute as her dim wit friend. Aftab is passable.
Kirron Kher is getting irritatingly repetitive. Boman Irani in a single
scene appearance is hilarious but Javed Jaffrey grates on your nerves
and its high time he realises that his ‘punny’ jokes don’t work every
time. Vindoo Dara Singh as the dumb assist of Akshay is mirthful.
Amongst the Hollywood stars, Sylvester Stallone commands great screen
presence but Denise Richards looks too old but she does enact her part
well.
Watching the promos and the huge hype the makers have managed to create
about their film, your expectation levels are high when you enter but
as you come out you do feel that it is nothing more than a dumb
entertainer that tries to take you too much for granted. It may take a
great start at the box office but the crowds will vanish from Monday
once the hype begins to settles down.
Rating: 2 out of 5*
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Amrita Arora,
Kirron Kher and in Sp. App Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards, Brandon
Routh and Holly Valance
Director: Sabbir Khan
Sampurn Media
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