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Director: Subhash Ghai
Movie review
From Time Out London
Veteran director Ghai’s creative drought continues with this insipid Bollywood rehash of ‘Rain Man’, with eight songs. Camp, drunk and frequently shirtless singer Deven (Khan) decides to befriend his estranged elder autistic brother Gyanesh (Kapoor) when their dead dad bequeathed millions to the latter. No rupees for guessing that they bond in the process; they are 'Indian brothers'. Nothing happens pre-interval; the patchy screenplay just manages to gel two hours later. Hamming equates to emoting, Kapoor’s savant is no Hoffman, AR Rahman’s ditties disappoint and Austria is passed off for the Czech Republic. This would be forgivable if the shallow emotions worked but it’s hard to care about these callous characters. Worst of all is its inability to address 'genius disorder' in any meaningful way.Author: Anil Sinanan
Time Out London Issue 1997, November 29 – December 3, 2008
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- Danyal said...
- Posted on Dec 09 2008 17:47 I LOVE THIS FILM! GREAT ACTING, SWEET SONGS
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- MovieLover said...
- Posted on Dec 02 2008 12:16 i don't know what Subash Ghai was trying to make. He should stop making films for the sake of making it.., Total Nonsense..,
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- harvinder said...
- Posted on Nov 28 2008 12:22 Left half way through. Nothing going on here. Acting poor, no story and songs not even that good.
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- alina said...
- Posted on Nov 27 2008 16:08 wicked film!!!
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- hafsa said...
- Posted on Nov 26 2008 16:40 BRILLIANT
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Cast & crew
Director: Subhash Ghai
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif
Rated: PG
Duration: 160 mins
UK Release: Nov 28 2008
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