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What a crock of succulent BS this "film" is., 29 October 2004

Author: Akira-29 from Ann Arbor, MI

Being an Indian, I am always baffled by the ignorance of Bollywood film makers about the globalization of cinema. I really really want to like these films and have refrained from commenting negatively on ANY of them just out of respect... but this one was the the straw that broke the camel's back. I apologize in advance for the scathing and sarcastic nature of this commentary and the sure-to-follow tirade about Bollywood film makers.

Re: The filmmakers. Do they really think Indians don't watch American films? (You reading this Mr. Mahesh Bhatt?) Do they really think that we can't tell when scenes are plain STOLEN from American films? There are at least three scenes in "Mujhse Shaadi Karogi" that borrow liberally from "Anger Management" starring Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler. The film also samples scenes from "Meet the Parents" starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. Their two roles are portrayed in this film by Mr. Salman "Do I take my shirt off yet" Khan and Mr. Amrish "Yet another film where I play a retired Punjabi Army General/Colonel who disapproves of my daughter's choice of spouse" Puri.

While the story is not an exact duplicate of either "Parents" or "Management", the characters in this film are so derivative, formulaic and clichéd that you could have thrown them in any Hindi romantic comedy. I wonder if the producers throw darts at a list of character attributes for "HERO ROLE" and "HEROINE ROLE" when coming up with plots. This film even has the overacting sidekick thrown in for comic relief... although I guess Johnny Lever had a scheduling conflict. Instead, they cast some other guy in a clever "double" role as twin brothers - An astrologer and his "twin"... uh... well... a thuggish motorcycle gang leader. (Yes, you read that correctly.)

Nothing "new" in this film - the usual sacharine acting which keeps the glycerine stock high in Mumbai... Those pathetic song-dance numbers which make one thankful for the existence of the Fast Forward button... and your garden variety soulless love-triangle storyline. I think the script would have had better use if they printed it on toilet paper. I can't believe some of these lines were said with a straight face by the actors.

Here's a question for you educated viewers: Is it any more irritating when a film soundtrack has to cue you how to feel? Every time Akshay Kumar does something slimy we are treated to the whispers of "Wicked Sunny!!" over and over (with another horrible attempt at "copying" 50-Cent's music from his hit "At the Club"). It made my teeth itch!!

I wish more films like the novel "Dil Chahta Hai" were made. At least the predictability factor is a little subdued in that film! Bollywood is the most prolific film producing industry - but it is evident that quantity is DEFINITELY not indicative of quality. And please, my Bollywood friends... stop copying formulaic American films and scenes. I think M. Night Shyamalan and Gurinder Chadha have demonstrated that Indians can be creative without "borrowing". This applies to film plots as well as soundtracks! I wonder if Roy Orbison is getting royalties for "Pretty Woman" from the "Kal Ho Naa Ho" songwriters.

To summarize, I would rather drink a quart of paint thinner than see this film again. It's disgusting, devoid of any true emotion and worst of all - it's "humor" is just artificial and derivative. I wanted to throw things at the screen and didn't laugh once. (I groaned plenty though).

Yes, perhaps I take some if this too seriously... I know the movie is just supposed to be "fun". It tries hard to be that... I know it's just a romantic comedy but I am beginning to loathe the complacence and mediocrity turned out by the Bollywood film industry which consistently underestimates the intelligence of its audience. I just had to write this. I refuse to hold Indian films to a different standard simply because they are Indian.

I'm really cheering for all of you in Bollywood to get it together and make something worthy of international notice. They should be making American versions of OUR films, not the other way around! Turn off MTV for new ideas and realize that the lead actress' navel is not a crucial plot device. Adapt some novels to the screen... scan our history and tell some of the truly endearing human stories.

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Oh my gosh is this a comedy ?, 11 July 2006

Author: Hurdy_Gurdy_Man from Pune , India

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After watching MSK for almost 3 hours late in the night I wondered , "Did I just watch a movie by David Dhawan , the maker of SHOLA AUR SHABNAM , AANKHEN , COOLIE NO.1 , HERO NO.1 , BADE MIYA CHHOTE MIYA , JODI NO.1 ?" Answer: "Yes I watched a movie by David Dhawan , the maker of RAJA BABU , GHARWALI BAHARWALI , HUM KISI SE KUM NAHIN , YEH HAI JALWA" .

SYNOPSIS: Sameer (Salman Khan) is a youngster who gets heated up at the slightest provocation and brawls . After his girlfriend (sis-in-law Amrita Arora in a 3-minutes role) leaves him , he decides to curb his anger and shifts to Goa as he gets a lifeguard's job . One fine day he is standing in his balcony and notices a curvy girl next door clad just in a towel . The towel comes off and our hero falls down on the road!!!! Love happens but then Hero slaps Heroine's father hard by mistake . Still heroine Rani (Priyanka Chopra) forgives him after he serenades her on the beach . But then the first meeting with her parents goes awry and Rani snaps ties with Sameer .

To add to Sameer's woes , enter Sunny (Akshay Kumar) , a playboy who falls for Rani at first sight . Everything Sameer does goes wrong and everything Sunny does turns up right . Now what ?

Heavens , what was Anees Bazmee smoking when he wrote the screenplay? No scene was linked to the next scene and the climax was pathetic as all run to the stadium for cricket match . It just denied any value to all previous scenes . David Dhawan should have checked Bazmee . Salman Khan cannot act even after so many years in business . I thought things would improve after Akshay Kumar's entry but he too was listless . Priyanka Chopra was alright .

I can mention only 3 instances when I chuckled :

1. Kader Khan turns into a police officer , handcuffs Akshay Kumar and inquires about "Charles' gang" .

2. Amrish Puri baby-talking to his dog, "Chalo Tommy , hum naahi-naahi karenge" (come Tommy , I will bathe you) .

3. Choreography of the title track ... Salman and Akshay dressed in African costumes . Hats off to Farah Khan yet again !

Still there are a few pluses . Technically this is Dhawan's most proficient movie so far . Visual Effects , Cinematography (Sanjay F. Gupta) , art direction are top-notch . It is full of colourful frames and the zingy choreography (Farah Khan , Ganesh Acharya) adds to it . Sajid-Wajid's score is fun once you get into the groove . And yes , the alpha male inside me purred with satisfaction whenever Miss Chopra got into those skimpy outfits and shaked her ... mmmm...

In the end you should watch it for Salman Khan waving a towel under his crotch ... such fun , isn't it ?

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It has problems, but this is a fairly enjoyable, if silly, film, 28 June 2005

Author: Brandt Sponseller from New York City

As long as you're in the mood for a lighthearted, somewhat goofy and self-consciously modern Bollywood romantic comedy, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi can fit the bill. It's often funny, and in many ways it is technically impressive. However, partially due to the necessity of stretching out the film's running time to standard Bollywood length, it becomes quite taxing during the second half. Most viewers' ratings are likely to go down during this period, but director David Dhawan redeems his film in the climax. My final verdict was a 7 out of 10, or a "C".

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi is the story of Sameer (Salman Khan). It was clear since Sameer was a baby that he was headed for trouble. The priest who named him suggested "Sameer" because it means something like "calm breeze"--he predicted that Sameer would frequently have problems with his temper, and in a very funny opening sequence, we see the truth of this as we quickly follow Sameer as he grows up. At one point, he even smacks his high school principle. Of course, Sameer always thinks his actions are justified, that he's just sticking up for people who have been wronged. Unfortunately, people in power, such as judges, tend to disagree with him. And even the woman he loves says she's afraid of him. She marries someone else instead. Sameer decides that it's best for him to leave town and try to start afresh. He acquires a job as a lifeguard in Goa. Once there, he sees and falls in love with Rani Singh (Priyanka Chopra), his neighbor. Unfortunately, as soon as he meets her, he unwittingly assaults her father for a minor transgression. To make things worse, Sameer ends up with an obnoxious, competitive roommate, Sunny Khurana (Akshay Kumar). Sunny is a womanizer who falls for Rani, too, and he continually turns the tables on Sameer to ruin his chances with Rani.

The majority of supporting characters are very funny. Once in Goa, Sameer hooks up with a younger astrologer named Raj Purohit (Rajpal Yadav). I've seen Yadav in a few films now, including Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara (2004) and the excellent Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon (2003). He's had a comic edge in all of them and he's impressed me with his range. Sameer's landlord in Goa, Mr. Duggal (Kader Khan), suffered a head injury that results in him alternately being blind, deaf and dumb on different days. A sign outside of his office lets people know which problem he has at the moment.

Of course, some of this is a bit ridiculous. Ridiculousness is a big theme, actually, and imbues everything from characterization to the music. There is a lot of almost corny hip-hop music and attitude in the film, including a recurring low soul-brother voice that keeps telling us how "wicked" Sunny is in a sing-songy fashion. Such touches are prominent in a lot of modern Indian films. The aim is to draw in a youth crowd. In many cases, such as Lakeer – Forbidden Lines (2004), there isn't a firm enough commitment to this MTV-ish positioning to make it work for the film overall. Here, director David Dhawan keeps up the ridiculous material more consistently, and as this remains a comedy for most of its length, the corny/campy stuff often works. It may be a bit "stupid funny", like a Bollywood hip-hop "Green Acres" (1965), but that's still funny.

Part of the ridiculousness is realized through references (or less charitably derivativeness) to other films. In the opening sequence, Sameer is fighting with a couple basketball players via Matrix (1999)-like wire stunts, and there's even a bit of "bullet-time" camera-work. Later, there is another Matrix reference, this time to The Matrix Reloaded (2003), as a drunken Sameer fights multiple Mr. Smith-like copies of Sunny in the street. There are also hints of, and even an entire lifted scene from, Meet the Parents (2000). At one point it seems like the plot is going to turn into an uncredited remake of that film, as Rani's father has military background and a Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes-ish disposition. He even has a less than attractive dog that he's obsessed with, but who doesn't like Sameer very much. However, the Meet the Parents material turns out to not be so important, and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi has a more standard Bollywood love triangle/confused identity plot.

The main problem I had with the film, which brought my score down a couple points, was that it's difficult to not become aggravated with Sameer in the later stages of the film. Actually, it's more of an aggravation with the scriptwriting, because the scenarios, and Sameer's odd muteness while he's in the midst of situations that are constantly recontextualized so that they're not in his favor, become overly contrived. At the same time, the character of Sunny becomes annoyingly obnoxious, and the "twist" between the two characters isn't exactly believable.

Part of this is due to the attempt to stretch out the running time to a typical length for a Bollywood film--it clocks in at 2 hours and 40-something minutes. It should have been cut down by an hour. We get a deus ex machina plot device to solve the dilemma in the middle of the film, but it is all for naught, and even given the film's running time, the resolution of the dilemma ends up seeming rushed at the end. The attempt to stretch out the tension was just a bit too over-ambitious.

On the technical side, there is some very nice cinematography, set designs, locations, costumes and such. The film won the Screen Weekly Award for Art Direction, and was nominated for many more.

You shouldn't bother with Mujhse Shaadi Karogi unless you've a strong taste for silliness/corniness/campiness, but if you do, you'll find enough to keep you entertained if you can make it through the frustrating section before the climax.

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MSKaa, 16 February 2005
Author: ram-008 from United States

Mujhse Shaadi Karoge?

Today we watched this comedy flick by David Dhawan sans Govinda for a change! It had Salman, Akshay and Priyanka Chopra taking the lead roles. Prominent among the Supporting cast were Amrish 'Mogambo' Puri and Kadar Khan.

Verdict: General time pass masala. Usual love triangle with a twist. Some comedy elements make you laugh. Recommended watching once.

What's new: Not much.. except Kadar Khan's mysterious brain clot, which makes him blind, deaf, dumb and even mad on different days. He makes it clear to his visitors about his current "state" by writing it on the wall :-)

Noticeable: Priyanka's unrestricted exposure that reveals her great shape; Salman's eyes showing his signs of aging; Kadar Khan gotten really old; Akshay getting to be a more respectable and a more complete star film by film!

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A nice comedy treat..., 14 February 2007

Author: Dingataca from London, England

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi is an exceptional movie with a lot of witty humour. Though very crude at certain times, it has been really funny and a pleasure to watch!

Salman Khan is back on track. He has shown his flair for comedy and he shows off a nice toned body. He performed well, and is very funny, with each expression. However I have seen many roles like this from him - I wish he had done something slightly different. Priyanka Chopra also gives an acceptable performance. She does tend to overact at certain times, and at many serious points she doesn't show more than just her good looks. Her performance brightened near the ending slightly, and did not remain as dull or filmy as it had started off with. However, the biggest applause goes to the inevitable Akshay Kumar. He was the star of this movie, the humour, the comic timing, the facial expressions, and the unavoidable attitude!

Music is fabulous. Each one is great, and they all are different, I especially liked "Aaja Soniye", and "Lal Dupatta".

Not bad from the David Dhawan camp.

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One of the Best Bollywood Movies in 2004, 11 October 2005
Author: stephen fat from Germany

First of all i would say this is a Rip off of the Hollywood Movie "Meet the parents" with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller. But not a 100% Rip off, they have changed it a Little since in This Movie 2 Guys named Sameer Malhotra and Sunny Khurana(Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar)are after a girl (More or Less, you have to see the Movie). OK this is one of the Thousends of Bollywood Movies that have been Rip offs from Hollywood or even elsewhere but i think this is one of the few Good ones. And besides of that 2004 was a poor Movie Year for Bollywood Movies and i think its getting worser every year. After all the Only good Films beside this one were Main Hoon Na, Dhoom which was a Rip off from "Fast and Furious", Musafir which was a Rip off too but i don't remember from which Movie. If there are any other Movies that forgot to Mention, sorry. But you will say it in your Review for sure :). The only thing in this Movie that was very awful was the Laughing of Salman Khan, it really gets on your nerves. The Story is not something new i agree with that but it is a Comedy Movie, so you don't have to expect much from it it should entertain you and it does.

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Good Comedy - Family watching, 4 August 2004
Author: Tina (talkkkkkk) from Los Angeles, California, USA

We really enjoyed the movie. Worth watching. Akshay Kumar acted wonderful. Even Salman Khan did a good job. The jokes were funny and timed well.

It is a comedy with no emotional drama - suspense was kind-off predictable. Priyanka Chopra did a good job too. Only think was that the movie had a bit too many songs. She could have dressed a bit better (conservative, but now a days that's what sells. Kadar Khan and Amrish Puri both performed well and their roles had plenty of laughter. Amrish Puri is excellent. Akshay Kumar's gay acting & dances were really fun. His timing is fantastic and the conviction with which he carries off the evil streak in his personality was well sequenced.

The Astrologer friend Rajpal Yadav did a fantastic performance too. The movie does not have much story line. It's a light easy comedy.

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Avoidable... Thoroughly Avoidable, 2 August 2004

Author: Chintan Shah from Harrison, NJ, USA

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This movie started out with great promos... Seemed to be an out and out comedy. Starting on a very promising and a expectant note, the movie drops incredibly. At one point in time, you want to - as Joey put it in an episode of FRIENDS - pull your arm off, so that you have something to throw at it.

The only reason why someone would want to watch the movie is to see the HOTTTTT Priyanka Chopra in action. Trust me people, even that reason isn't good enough to watch this trashy excuse of a movie

SPOILERS - Predictably, neither of the two suitors - played by Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan - gets the object of their affection played by Priyanka Chopra. The movie is utter trash and is best avoided. Watch it at your own peril.

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A love triangle that is so funny., 11 December 2005

Author: husnain ali from Peterborough, England

This film is great. The casting could not have been much better because Salman Khan,Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra were great.Kader Khan,Rajpal Yadav and Amrish Puri were hilarious. Rajpal Yadav is hilarious in all of his films like Kal ho na ho and waqt. Salamn Khan and Akshay Kumar are childhood friends but when they grow up Salman Khan forgets Akshay Kumar. Salman Khan likes Priyanka Chopra but everything goes wrong for him when he is the goodie type and everything goes right for Akshay Kumar who is the naughty type. Who is Priyanka Chopra going to go for the naughty one or the good one? If you want to know watch Mujse shaadi karoge.

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Entertaining comedy for the whole family, 18 August 2004
Author: Asif Huq from London

The film's sets are spectacular. I have to admit I don't even know if the film is actually taking place in a set or Goa itself. Huge budget for the film. The sets look absolutely spectacular.

The film itself is pretty entertaining. Lots of laughs all round from many of the characters of the film.

Salman Khan is on a role. After last year's hit Tere Naam, his box office draw is higher then ever. Even his lackluster film Garv drawed the masses with his star power. His spectacular performance in the film must be noted. Even Salman admitted in an interview that he did not expect much from his last film. Salman is great at comedy, and this film should be no surprise if one has seen his performance in films like Andaz Apna Apna, Biwi No.1, Judwaa, Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge and Yeh Hai Jalwa. The last 4 title being directed by the director of this film. Salman Khan has admitted he is temperamental and as it happens so is his character in the film. Therefore Salman is easily able to understand his character's weaknesses. Salman invokes a lot of sympathy into his character.

Akshay Kumar has shown great comic timing. Fantastic performance. Again his no stranger to comedy as has shown his skills in films like Suhaag and Awara Paagal Deewana. Akshay's best comic performance ever!

Priyanka Chopra is one of the most charismatic actresses today. She is full of confidence. Extremely beautiful, not surprising since she is a former Miss World. Her debut in Andaaz was impressive. Unfortunately her role is not as big as Salman or Akshay but her presence is felt.

Amrish Puri is great. Very rare to seem in a comedic role in recent times. He shows such anger yet you laugh as he is so funny. His altercations with Salman will bring down the house.

Easily the best David Dhawan film ever. I have to admit I'm not a big fan of his when he makes with films with Govinda. His films with Salman are always a riot.

The best film so far this year, leave your mind at home and enjoy. Laughs guaranteed.

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