Kuch Naa Kaho Hindi Movie
Leaving for the theatre to watch Kuch Naa Kaho? Don't forget your tickets and that handy meal for Chunnu, Munnu and Pappu. plus, a couple of aspirins. That, in a nutshell, is Kuch Naa Kaho - an extremely long movie that doesn't show any signs of ending.
Raj (Abhishek Bachchan) lives in NY with his mom, a doctor. His cousin is getting married and Raj gets conned into flying to India for the do, where his uncle, played by Satish Shah, persuades him to meet a string of 'eligible' young women. Since the young women won't meet Raj alone - chee, chee, that is not bharatiya sanskar - Uncle convinces his brightest employee, Namrata (Aishwarya Rai) to play chaperone.
A couple of prospective brides later, Raj realises that he has fallen in love with Namrata. But she has a husband who ran out on her seven years ago, even while she was delivering their son, Adi. That obviously means that she cannot see Raj. It takes a couple of stunts on Raj's part - including turning up at Adi's school pretending to be the kid's dad, just so his schoolmates won't bully him - to make Namrata change her mind and agree to marry Raj.
So, hero gets heroine and they live happily ever after? No such luck. Out pops Husband No 1 (the actor formerly known as Mr X), and Namrata gets her chance to play drama queen to the hilt. She huffs, she puffs, and she blows Raj's dream world down.
A few more painful scenes follow, and at the end of it all, Namrata, the independent woman of this day and age, the one who will not be shackled by norms and tradition, declares her intent. Silence. More shocked silence. And the rest? Kuch Naa Kaho.
Rohan Sippy hits the viewer with a world where everything is a billboard - from the way Raj's mom sends money to her niece in India, to the drink the heroine orders at a disc - it's endorsement at its blatant best.
Abhishek Bachchan is good in most parts - he sparkles in the funny scenes. He's funnier still when he attempts to shake a leg. Aishwarya Rai just doesn't cut it as a chaperone, or as the mother of a seven-year old. When she says 'Adi', you're almost convinced she's calling the family driver. The Ash-Junior B chemistry? I blinked. I missed it!
The music's passable, but there's way too much of it. All in all, Kuch Naa Kaho is a must watch, but only if you're an Abhishek Bachchan fan.
