He does, and it's all songs-in-switzerland
till his illegitimate son from an earlier liaison shows
up a few days before the wedding. Honey Irani's story had
the potential to be a four-hankie tearjerker but the
director, a Yash Chopra proteger, doesn't deliver.
Sareen creates some genuinely funny comic
scenes and pretty, soft-focus romance but in the second
half, the emotional track takes a beating. The biggest
problem is that Aditya Narayan, unlike jugal Hansraj in
Masoom is a typically over-confident. Bollywood brat.
The vulnerability, confusion, bewilderment
and trauma simply doesn't come through. And the hallmark
cute father-son bonding situations - camping trips,
cricket matches and so on - fail to move.
But Salman turns on the charm full blast,
mercifully keeps his shirt on and keeps the film going.
His endearing performance is marked contrast to Twinkle's
awkward hysterics. She needs to take both acting and
grooming lessons from mom.
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