I enjoy movies because they tell stories. I also like to see the creative elements which comprises in telling of a story; it can be the screenplay, music, camera, dance, fight, art direction, etc. When you combine appropriate elements in alignment with a story, it becomes an engaging film. Director Vivek Sharma made a mix-up by adding almost all the aesthetic elements but didn’t concentrate on heart; i.e. telling a story.
Nihaal Singh (Jackky Bhagnani) from Chandigarh has a ‘vision’ to see the future and is interested to learn science in Mumbai (which looks like London or Scotland). He meets a catty arrogant girl Misha (Vyshalee Desai); saves her from a deadly bomb and they both are in love. (After watching the complete film, I always wonder what could have happened if the bomb had blasted? It could have saved lot of lives) Anyways moving on, a physics professor (played by Rishi Kapoor) uses Nihaal in creating a communication network jammer and along with some black uniform people. (Rahul Dev and others; I still wonder who and what were they doing? Terrorists, Gangsters... God knows!! ) This Gang plants bombs (again) at various places in the city and captures Misha. The Kid uses his ‘vision’ power and saves the city and his love both; and in end kills all the gangsters and professor. (You don’t have to be a genius to guess this predictable end.)
As far as technicality is concern the use of camera is decent at points but not always good. Song sequences are projected in a very cliché manner. The music is poor and loud. I personally like to hum merely one song. Choreography is seen and cherished, innovativeness is missing. Art direction has a major goof up; you cannot fool the audience by showing foreign location and calling it some Mumbai college. Screenplay is so poor that it fails to uphold the suspense; making every next step predictable throughout the film.
I personally found casting an issue too; especially the female lead. She is too raw and fails to make a mark. Supporting casts, Satish Shah, Farida Jalal and Archana Puran Singh have nothing much to do. Cameo by Sanjay Dutta, Jhuhi Chawala and Ritesh Deshmukh doesn’t help at all. Even it’s not clear why Rishi Kapoor accepted such poorly crafted role. The lead kid Jackky Bhagnani didn’t make a very impressive debut seen recently with Imraan Khan (Jaane Tu…) or Farhan Akthar (Rock On!). This film isn’t enough to guess his acting skills. But Jackky don’t worry aakhir kal kissne dekha hai.
It is very clear that the producer dad (Vashu Bhagnani) wanted this son to dance, sing, fight, romance, play guitar, ride bike, car, etc… etc… And thus all these activities (read, crap) became the core for the movie and the gaps were filled with a story. Whatever the case, the film is hard to view (forget enjoying). It’s sad that the first film in the theater after the end of producers-distributers-multiplex owner’s strike is not about Kal (tomorrow); but about Kal (yesterday 80’s and 90’s). And am sure no one wants to see or live in past.