Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kajol | ... | Sapna | |
Akshay Kumar | ... | Vijay Saigal | |
Saif Ali Khan | ... | Vikram 'Vicky' Saigal | |
Saeed Jaffrey | ... | Bhanupratap Saigal | |
Reema Lagoo | ... | Shanti Saigal (as Reema) | |
Achyut Potdar | ... | Dharampal (as Achyut Poddar) | |
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Neena Softa | ... | Sujata |
Deven Verma | ... | Gurdas Bannerjee | |
Lalit Tiwari | ... | Mr. Gokhale | |
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Rajesh Bhatija | ||
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Shanker Iyer | ||
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Bhupinder Sharma | ||
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Goldie | ||
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Vijay Sharma | ||
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Vinod Raut |
Sapna (Kajol) was a frequent visitor to the Saigal mansion as her father was the most trusted driver of the family. She envied the rich, and wanted to be like them. When she is reminded of her social status by the super rich brat Vicky Saigal (Saif Ali Khan), she leaves town to make something of herself. Now she is back as a successful and wealthy model and Vicky sees her in a different light and falls for her. The problem is that his elder brother Vijay (Akshay Kumar) is already in Love with the same girl. Written by Official Source
Sapna (Kajol), the chauffeur's daughter, goes to Mumbai to become a model so that she can earn money and be on equal footing with her father's rich employers. She matures and gains confidence, and as a result turns the heads of both of the sons of the house: Vicky, unprincipled playboy (Saif Ali Khan) and hardworking businessman Vijay (Akshay Kumar) Their mother (Reema Lagoo) is a stickler for social position, and refuses to allow either son to consider an alliance with the daughter of a servant. They woo Sapna in their own way, and when one wins her love, he faces the difficulty of brotherly conflict and parental disapproval.
On the face of it, this romantic comedy (loosely based on Hollywood's Sabrina), is a love triangle that pits brotherly love against romantic love. The story goes deeper than that, though, and becomes an evaluation of social snobbery.
It is a mostly fun film, but to my surprise contained two somewhat steamy scenes that didn't seem typical of a 1990's Bollywood movie, and detracted from the experience. I also had a difficult time enjoying Lagoo's performance. She's my favorite Bollywood mummy, and I'm not used to seeing her in an unsympathetic role. The acting of the three main characters was good, and they had fine chemistry together. The music was average, but there were some entertaining dance scenes. Were it not for the two detractors mentioned above, this would be a 4 star movie, but as a result, I could only find it average.