Shilpa's Reviews

Sanam Hum Aapke Hain

Going by the long title, its easy to guess that this post is a review of a Bollywood movie released sometime this year. I had never heard about it and did not remember reading a review of Rediff either.

It was another boring day in Arlington and Karuna and I decided to pick up a movie from the desi store. Maitri mart had no new movies as usual and I picked a few movies at random. The guy at the check out counter had no clue about the movies either but he recommended this movie. So we trusted his judgement. We had no expectations from it ofcourse. Yet, it turned out to be quite entertaining !

If you are wondering who has acted in it, I have no clue. I have never seen any of them before and hope that I wont have to look at any of them in future ! I think all the actors paid the director to act in his movie. I think this movie was made on a "lower-than-low" budget. I would be surprised if the producer had to shell out more than $200 in making this movie. After all, I am sure the actors paid him to act in the movie, the clothes are really awful; maybe the actors brought their own clothes. Or maybe they got it for free. The songs are not worth watching even in fast-forward mode. What about locations ? Well, the whole movie was shot in some village in India. But the director is very creative and resourceful; the script requires scenes to be shot in London and South Africa; yet he uses the same village to portray these places !!
LOL ! More about it in the story.

Believe it or not, there is a story; about three friends. I don't remember any of the names so I will just use alphabets. The hero of the movie, A, supposed to be very handsome (hahaha), studies in some city, is an orphan, is looked after by an uncle who is a boatsman. A has a younger sister and a very annoying granny. Throughout the movie, her nasal " aa beta aa" can be heard and had us all in splits ! The heroine, B, is the daughter of the village head. A and B are in love and they get married in a temple (yawn). Here is the crux of the movie, there is no witness to the wedding. Then, a tiger roars somewhere and the newly-weds get busy.

In the meantime, we are shown London ( yeah, right), a haughty mom, patriotic dad and a dutiful daughter (ugly and fat), lets call her C. The daughter decides to go to " Hindustan" to get married. I will spare you the tortorous cliched script. So, the whole family lands in India and are in the look out for a prospective groom. Ofcourse, the groom they select is none other than the handsome A (hahaha). And because they are very rich, they offer A a job in their company. The girl C is his boss and they work " closely".

By now, it is obvious that the A-B marriage is a secret. The nasal granny does go with a proposal to B's dad, but he turns her away because A has no job. So, now you know why A takes up the job with C. Anyway, A leaves the village and goes somewhere. Because the director keeps showing the same village for any place, we kinda lost track of what it was supposed to be. Now A and C are sent to South Africa with regard to work. A ofcourse does not inform anyone and just disappears ( I think its easy to get visas to S.Africa). So do they show S.Africa ? Hahaha, yes they do, it is the same village with some huts in the background. We expected some tribal people to jump out and start dancing; but I guess that was beyond the budget.

Story shifts to the village now and as any of us would have guessed, B is pregnant. The village doctor is indeed gifted because he can judge any ailments by just checking the pulse. So, he tells B's dad about her condition. Ofcourse, we are again tortured with filmi dialogues. Then B decides to commit suicide. And lo, she is saved by D. Whos D ? D is yet another handsome guy (hahhaha) who is in love with B. He is the son of the richest lady in the village. So, to save her izzat (yawn), D marries B (how noble ! ).

In the meantime, C's dad has arranged for his daugher's engagement party without even asking the guy (duh). Ofcourse, A reveals that he is already married and suddenly remembers his family and wife. He returns to see that his friend,D, has married his wife and they have a child too ! He confronts them. Oh yeah in between, D goes to meet A and sees him having fun with C and mistakes the situation. He is so traumatised (so were we), that he has an accident and is crippled (how creative). So, when A hams his dialogues, B realises that she is D's wife because...and this is the essense of the movie...the marriage with D took place in public (in comparision with the secret marriage with A) ! The logic just blew us away ! Then, comes the climax. D eats sleeping pills so that A and B can be to-gether again. So, when B comes dressed as a bride (so that she can have a fresh start with D), she sees him choking. What would a normal person do in this situation ? Call a doctor ofcourse ! But because B is more intelligent than others, she runs to the temple and starts hamming ! Mere pati ko bachao ! Woman, which pati are you talking about ? Even we were confused. Anway, A brings the village doctor , who ofcourse checks D's pulse to guess that he took sleeping pills; saves him. So, when B returns home after her praying, she finds her husband (D) alive. She now yells at A and asks him to get out of her life. So, she lives happily ever after with D. A and his family move out of the village. C and her family go back to London (they show the same village ofcourse).

Moral of the story : Get married in public !

So, should you watch it ? Ofcourse ! The story is stupid, illogical and has no sense. But, if you watch it with a whole bunch of friends, then you will be ROFL through out !

Starring: G. Laya, Gagan Kang, Jeet Goswami, Ritika Punjabi
Producer: Sugandhi A Ojha
Director: Ajay K. Ojha
Music: Manoj Vijay

"The story is about 3 charachters of village and their tryst with destiny."

posted by Shilpa @ 3:34 PM