Milenge Milenge is a poor copy of John Cussack – Kate Beckinsale starrer romantic comedy Serendipity (2001) that was about destiny bringing two lovers back together. But perhaps makers Boney Kapoor and Satish Kaushik were not as lucky to quickly encash on its success as their copy took a good seven years to come on screen. Writer-director Satish Kaushik is predictable as usual with his lead characters – love-crazy girl and a naughty but noble boy.

Milenge Milenge is not only badly written and looks like an amateurish attempt but is completely dated in its approach by Satish Kaushik. The way Kareena’s character is established in the opening credits is quite irritating and the subsequent series of events completely bore you. The film is full of stereotyped characters and monotonous dialogues which would have not worked even back in 2005 had it been released then. Himesh Reshammiya’s music also does not click. The film is shot and edited very inconsistently as well.

If one expects at least the acting to be a good thing about the film then there is disappointment in this department too. Shahid carries a huge Shah Rukh Khan hangover and irritates while Kareena is just about passable. Aarti Chabbria hardly gets any scope. Rest all are plain average.

Even if the film had released six years back, it wouldn’t have made much of a difference. Supporting actors like Kirron Kher and Satish Shah are reduced to playing caricatures out of Comedy Circus. Watching the size zero queen with plump cheeks and an oddly bulked up Shahid dressed up in singlets is too disturbing a visual to deal with. Songs pop out of nowhere. Performance-wise while Shahid and Kareena are earnest, they just remind us how far they’ve come from their bad dialogue delivery to the Kaminey and Kurbaan days.

The problem with this film is that it’s lacking in basic logic, and that its characters are complete stereotypes. Add to that the fact that Kaushik’s treatment is extremely outdated even for a film that was meant to be released five years ago.

I’m going with two out of five for director Satish Kaushik’s Milenge Milenge. If you’re thinking of checking it out for Shahid and Kareena’s chemistry after Jab We Met, I have a advice for you – DON’T!

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: Renzil D’Silva

Producer: Karan Johar

Banner: Dharma Productions

Star Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Om Puri, Rupinder Nagra, Diya Mirza

Storyline:

Debutant director Rensil D’Silva’s ability to maintain the intense graph of Kurbaan is the biggest highlight of this film.

Avantika played by Kareena comes to Delhi from USA. In Delhi she meets with Ehsaan played by Saif Ali Khan who is a lecturer of Islamic Studies in Delhi University. Avantika also starts working as a professor of Psychology in Delhi University.

They move to US after getting married in Delhi. But later Kareena Kapoor aka Avantika comes to know that Ehsaan was playing a game with her and he is a terrorist and married her to hide his identity from the world. Ehsaan kept her inside the house. Soon Avantika comes to know about the plans of Ehsaan to hijack an airplane……

After an arresting start, the film gets a little shaky. Post interval the pace slackens and the tension between the lead characters becomes monotonous. In the second hour you often find yourself wanting some more action to give some respite from the talk heaviness. The writers run out of surprises in this part of thefilm. Given its grim plot, two hours and forty minutes is way too long for an average cinegoer. A taut, complex film starts culminating into a routine FBI chase. Things however pick up in a lengthy but well-executed climax shot on a subway station.

The movie seems to be any other movie but it has something that will keep you get engaged till the last moment. Salim-Sulaiman and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have given again their best. Some songs comes up really melodious. Saif has done a very good job. Kareena looks ok. Kareena backless/topless scene just looks in the poster outside of the theater. But in the movie there is nothing too much to watch about the Kareena’s hot scene. The movie’s cost was around 50 crores and that will come back in the producer’s hands easily. No doubt in that. Even the movie is a directorial debut for Rensil D’Silva, he has done very nice job. Surely Karan Johar shared his experiences with him that also looks on screen. The movie is a mixture of love and terrorism.

Kurbaan works in most parts because the director keeps the cinematic coincidences and liberties to the minimum. And wherever you do sense a leap of faith it is not jarring. Secondly, despite knowing how the characters will react, Rensil manages to shock you with his scenes. Note the moment where Saif reveals his identity. You know what it is all about, yet it hits you hard. Rensil doesn’t digress from his core plot right up to the climax – which might meet with mixed reactions.

However it is Vivek Oberoi who delivers a spontaneous performance. His character gives the film some much-needed energy. Vivek’s part has more range than the lead pair’s. Dia Mirza and Nauheed Cyrusi get the most significant guest appearances of their lives. Om Puri and Kirron Kher are clichéd but deliver some brilliant dialogues.

Salim-Suleiman’s haunting tunes add to the stark premise of the film – especially Ali Maula. Technically the production values are top-notch even though cleverly inspired by Hollywood. Inconsistencies aside, Kurbaan is undoubtedly among the most watchable films of the season.

Kurbaan could have been a tighter and perhaps slightly more engrossing film. But considering it is the director’s maiden effort – full marks to Rensil D’Silva. He does well to stay away from any frothy elements at the cost of sacrificing the mass entertainment value. It’s mostly a gripping thriller with several shock moments.

Everybody has been waiting for the 2nd season of Dus Ka Dum, hosted by Salman Khan…. And as it is going to kick start soon, the speculations of, how many celebrities are going to take part in the show, have also increased..

And the celebrities whose names have put a break to these speculations, for the time being, are Karishma and Kareena Kapoor… Yes they are going to be the part of Dus Ka Dum, for its first episode…

Though Kareena and Karishma, both are busy with their professional and domestic liabilities, respectively, the two woudn’t just say NO to Salman Khan’s charm…

Dus Ka Dum, after its first season, has always been remembered for the energetic anchoring by Salman Khan and the way Khan interacted with his participants on the show…

But do you remember Kareena Kapoor when on SRK’s, “Kya Aap Panchvi Pass Se Tez Hai?”???? Yeah… She was only able to answer few questions on the show (only one if I remember correctly)… And most of them were answered by beau, Saif Ali Khan…

But Kareena does not have to worry for Dus Ka Dum, as the show does not require any general knowledge, which definitely our bollywood heroines are unaware of.. (Atleast Kareena proved so,on SRK’s show)…

Anyways thats history… But it would be fun to see the sister duo together, on a show, that too hosted by Salman Khan..