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![]() One hit directors have a tendency to stray when making a film. It appears their sole intentions As much as it is touted that love stories are out in Bollywood, many love stories are still released. That said and done, Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai holds its promise on having a twist and tries to be different in its own way, but alas it fails even on that attempt. Rahul (Aftab) has been in pursuit of the amore of Sandhya (Amisha Patel) for some time with no luck. Throughout his pursuit his brother, Dr. Tiwari (Jackie Shroff) has been his sole confidante. Contrasting medium rich with medium poor, Rahul and Sandhya arise from starkly different families, the former of lavish living and the latter of verbal abuse and mistreatment ala a drunken father. Humorously Rahul waits at the bus stop for Bus No. 16 where Sandhya travels everyday. After futile attempts at acquiring the beauty Rahul hopes that Neha (Anupama Verma) will assist him, again to no avail. It takes a horrible incident to open the eyes of Rahul and Sandhya. Thus we approach a climax of unexpected results.
Rahul almost seems like he is going the Fatal Attraction way ala Darr and several other film, but his turn about, again without any divulging into his change of mind, at the climactic portion of the film ultimately leaves us disappointed. The dialogues by Javed Siddiqi, though not gelling with the film at all, work. The conversational portions between Sandhya and her mother, Rahul and his brother are all well written pieces, but are oddly placed throughout the film. Equally playing hopscotch as the theme of the film does as well. K. Murali Mohan Rao’s direction is normal, several portions drags others flow smoothly. Still much better than Kahin Pyar Na Ho Jaaye, Rao shows that he can make a film, but making it work is another field all together. He should have handled the song sequences much better and come up with a better soundtrack from Sajid-Wajid. The songs are surely enjoyable but lack any originality whatsoever. Still, the soundtrack ends up being a saving grace for the film. Each song, though sadly playing no purpose in the film, (and popping up just as irrelevant) has beautiful scenery and come across as appealing. The comedic portions all need to go. It’s time directors try to make hard-hitting films without needless comedic sequences (which is no different for the scenes between the main protagonists either). Rao wastes almost an hour trying to develop a wafer thin relationship with dragging comedy.
Despite the media being vicious to Amisha’s career, it´s clear that Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai will do no harm to it. The actress clearly chooses her films with the intent of picking good roles and “hit” material. She obviously knows that picking non-mainstream films Jackie Shroff supports well in his role as an elder. It is actually Anupama Verma who is the real surprise as she adds some extra panache with her short role. Perhaps we will see more of her? Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai is definitely not the worst of films we’ve seen this year. If Rao had put more effort into his direction and the script we could have had a possible classic (chuckle) on our hands depicting a film, which chronicles the ideals of love vs. reality. But, that’s not what we get thus leaving us somewhat disappointed. However, thanks to some mildly entertaining tunes, Amisha, and some beautiful cinematography, the film still ends up being a watchable, but don’t expect much.
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