Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (2002)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

David Dhawan

Writers:

Robin Bhatt (screenplay)
Robin Bhatt (story)

Release Date:

31 May 2002 (India)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

The movie revolves around Munnabhai (Sanjay Dutt) a dreaded but good-hearted underworld don of Mumbai...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Dr. Rastogi
Sanjay Dutt	...	Munna Bhai
Ajay Devgan	...	Raja
Aishwarya Rai	...	Komal Rastogi
Satish Kaushik	...	Pappu Pager
Annu Kapoor	...	Munnu Mobile
Paresh Rawal	...	Commissioner
Mukesh Rishi	...	Pillai's brother
Ashish Vidyarthi	...	Pillai
Shahbaaz Khan
Avtar Gill	...	Inspector Shinde
Ram Mohan	...	Jhammu
Navin Nischol	...	Dr. D.D
Supriya Karnik	...	Dr. D.D's wife
Ali Asghar	...	Bablu (Dr. D.D's son) (as Ali Asgar)

Runtime:

UK:161 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Germany:16 | UK:PG

Company:

Shaboo Arts

Trivia:

Sanjay Dutt wanted director Mahesh Manjrekar to remake this movie after viewing Analyze This (1999), Mahesh Manjrekar didn't feel too keen with the idea. Then Sanjay approached David Dhawan who decided to direct the movie.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Analyze This (1999)

Entertaining copy of "Analyze This"

"Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin" is an entertaining copy of the De Niro / Crystal-comedy "Analyze This". Macho-man Sanjay Dutt is wisely casted in the De Niro role (both performances live from the image the viewer has of the actors) while Crystal's role is played by Amitabh Bachchan. That casting might not be obvious in the first place, but "Big B" makes the character his own rather soon and we go along with it. He is of course not anywhere as funny as Billy Crystal, but Bachchan has other qualities that make his appearance a good one.

Director Dhavan and writer Bhatt ("Ajnabi", "Mela") focus more on the complex web of relations than on the comedy. There are more story lines in "HKSKN" than in "Analyze This", boosting the film's length to a Bollywood-friendly 163 minutes. However, this is not always to the film's advantage. As much as I like Ajay Devgan, I thought his whole plot line is rather unessential to the film. He acts well and I liked seeing him, but if one thing had to go, it would be his role.

That leaves me with one other player: The always stunning Aishwarya Rai. Nobody faints more beautiful than she does - and her dance in a miniskirt will sure amount to a couple of heart attacks among the male audience. She's just a pleasure to watch and acts her part full of life. She's definitely a huge plus in "HKSKN".

However, because the story is already well known and because the ending is pretty weak, I'd stick with a rating of

6/10