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 The
initial portions of CHORI CHORI CHUPKE CHUPKE is a good mix of DOOSRI
DULHAN (Victor Banerjee, Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi) and PRETTY
WOMAN (Richard Gere, Julia Roberts). And the portions with the family
remind you of HUM AAPKE HAIN KOUN.
But first the negative points!
To start with, the first half of the film is plain mediocre. The
love story is hunky-dory till Rani has a miscarriage and the doctor
tells Salman, Rani's husband, that she would never be able to conceive
again.
With Preity's arrival, things start looking up. However, Preity's
initial scenes with Salman aren't in sync with the mood of this
family entertainer. A bar girl resorting to cheap stuff, using filthy
language, is implausible in an enterprise like this.
But the interval point brings the story on the right path. It is
sequences in the second half that make all the difference. Sequences
that stand out are:
· Rani and Preity meeting each other, for the first time,
at the airport;
· The intimate scene between Salman and Preity in the night,
while Rani excuses herself and stays at the church;
· Salman bashing up Adi Irani, who lands up at midnight
to molest Preity;
· The 'goad-bharai' sequence just before the climax;
· The end of the film that is sensitively handled.
In a country where the concept of a surrogate mother is unimaginable,
directors Abbas-Mustan have tackled the theme with care by padding
the narrative with loads of emotions and family values.
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