Credited cast: | |||
Prateik | ... | Sachin | |
Amy Jackson | ... | Jessie Thekekuttu | |
Sachin Khedekar | ... | Mr. Kulkarni | |
Manu Rishi Chadha | ... | Anay (as Manu Rishi) | |
Babu Antony | ... | Joseph Thekekuttu | |
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Tony Kattukaran | ... | Roy Thomas |
Lakshmi Ramakrishnan | ... | Mrs. Thekekuttu | |
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Sriranjani | ... | Mrs. Kulkarni |
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Shyam | ... | Jerry Thekekuttu |
Shruti Bapna | ... | Anu | |
Subbalakshmi | ... | Jessie's Grandmother | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Ashwin Kakumanu | ... | Self | |
Samantha Ruth Prabhu | ... | Samantha | |
Ramesh Sippy | ... | Self |
Sachin is an engineering graduate from a middle class Mumbai family, but his passion is for the world of cinema. He is dreaming and planning for a future as a director, when he sees Jessie. It is love at first sight for Sachin. However, Jessie is from a strict Malayali Christian family, and her parents would never approve of their romance. The other problem is Jessie insists that she doesn't want a romantic relationship, but wants only to be friends. Of all the girls in the world why did Sachin have to fall for Jessie? Written by L. Hamre
Another remake of Gautham Menon from his own Tamil movie. A Telegu version was made after the Tamil one. So, this Hindi version is the 3rd version or 2nd remake of the original one.
Nowadays, a lot of Hindi movies are being remaked from Tamil originals. And, people who follows Tamil movies believes that Tamil movies are big time ahead of Hindi Cinema. So, we see a lot of frustration from those audiences who watched either of the two early versions of Ekk Deewana Tha!
However, I will recommend to those who loves romantic bollywood films and hadn't seen any of those early two versions, should watch. I really loved the movie, though it have some technical issues. Pratiek Babbar did a really nice job with the leading role of Sachin, a wanna be film maker who makes himself a successful one at the end of the story. He falls in love with his neighbor Jassi and chases his love with the struggle of being a filmmaker. The movie has lots of good music by A R Rahman. Amy Jackson played the role of Jassi and did an OK job with her Bollywood debut. She is a stunning British beauty and its really a treat watching her on screen! Kerala is another beauty of the film with some lovely cinematography.
Director Gautham Menon did his job handsomely keeping a good slow pace without any monotonous pause till the end. Overall a good 7/10 romantic bollywood film with some good cinematography and music!