MOVIE KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA TV

As for Preity, now whatвЂ™s she doing in a walk-on part that seems a pale shadow of Kal Ho Na Ho? Unfortunately, they have very little screen time together. Preity Zinta and Abhishek Bachchan have been relegated to less than supporting roles, although Abhishek has it worse. On the acting front, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is a mixed bag. Catch his throwaway lines and youвЂ™d realise Hugh HeffnerвЂ™s got competition. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna has the requisite rona-dhona and dollops of it. Amitabh and Abhishek once again create magic when they are together, even as the big daddy of Bollywood creates one of the most flamboyant playboys on the desi screen. If the film holds, itвЂ™s because of the few dramatic moments that manage to touch you, a pretty New York backdrop and some fine chemistry between that father-son duo again.

MOVIE KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA TV

And guess what? They end up breaking their marriages and biting into cold TV dinners by themselves.

The duo befriend each other to play marriage counsellor to each other, discussing books and techniques on вЂhow to save your shaadi and stay happy foreverвЂ™. So, on the one hand you have a weak foundation to the extra-marital affair between Shah Rukh and Rani, and on the other, you have a weird reason that brings them together. Is that asking for too much from a roz-roz-morose Miss? All that hubby Abhishek demands from her is a bit of passion in bed, some rock-and-roll in dadвЂ™s (Amitabh) rocking party and a bit of bonhomie in their day-to-day life. Unconvincing again are the reasons behind RaniвЂ™s drift. But is that reason enough to fall in love with a wannabe bride (Rani) he meets on a bench one New Yorky afternoon as she ruminates on this whole marriage business and the grand mohabbat myths? And is that reason enough to pout permanently in the film as he goes through the entire gamut of incompatibility, infidelity, separation and reunion, barking down on anybody who happens to cross his path. Okay, we know that Shah RukhвЂ™s angry because he's got a perpetual limp, he canвЂ™t play football, his wifeвЂ™s (Preity Zinta) more successful than him and someoneвЂ™s told him his pout looks sexy. Primarily because it doesnвЂ™t know why Rani relentlessly sobs and Shah Rukh goes gruff-gruff and all those designer marriages suck.

But this time round, the rona-dhona becomes somebody else's business, the jolly good fella bits seem to be in short supply and the aam janata ends up feeling gypped. Naturally, we the aam janata couldnвЂ™t bear the agony of these bravehearts and broke down copiously, while the box office jingled. It was the viewer who'd do all the crying, sighing and tear jerking 'coz Shah Rukh chose to laugh while he died, Hrithik sashayed to bring his broken family together and Kajol played basketball to drive her dilemma - Salman or Shah Rukh - away. In all his earlier ventures, the characters would hardly need the tissues despite the heartbreak, heartache, heartburn. For unlike his earlier successful celluloid soap operas, the audience doesnвЂ™t get to shed any real tears even though the protagonists keep crying. No, this time, Karan Johar seems to have got the formula somewhat skewed.

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