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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Nikhat Kazmi, TNN 5 November 2009, 10:00pm IST
The Salman-Aamir comic caper may not have stormed the box office in the 1990s but today, it has devoted fans who don't miss it on its umpteen TV re-runs. Ajab Prem... might not suffer the same fate and may kick up some fun moments in the here and now, rather than the future.

And why not! For not only Ranbir and Katrina, the rest of the cast is in crackling form too. Of course, leading the brat pack is Ranbir's ninth-drop out Prem, the president of the Happy club, who hangs out with all the losers in town, calls a Ferrari a Fawwari and abducts young girls to send them packing to their boyfriends, for a living. He falls in love with Jenny (Katrina Kaif), the prettiest newbie in town, who's smart, sassy, orphaned and in need of a friend. And yes, she's also a vegan, with a penchant for pudine ki chutney with moong dal pakodas. But that's a home truth our hero takes time to learn, along with another fact of life that makes it difficult for him to cross the thin line between best buddy and boy friend. But the Ranbir-Katrina dosti draws its flavour from the other characters too. Like, Ranbir's adorable mum-dad (Smita Jaykar-Darshan Zariwala) who love him any which way and the local don Sajid (Zakir Husain) who has neither a functional cell phone nor a loaded gun. All he has is hot air. The plot progresses like a jolly ride into cuckoo land as Ranbir tries to bring Katrina's love story to a logical end. Of course, he does manage to succeed, despite his bumbling ways and ends up stealing the show with his crazy antics, his witty one-liners and his comic sense of timing. Katrina matches him step by step, creating the perfect tango that has just a few moments of tedium: a tardy middle and a clumsy climax where most of the gags have a been there done that feel.

But that's just a minor irritant. For some of the scenes give you all your paisa-vasool entertainment. Watch Ranbir chaperone Katrina to a dance party, with a permanent waltz in his step and a goofy grin on his lips or see him don her girlie pink top to save her skin and carry on a monologue with Jesus: it's fun unlimited. Add to this Pritam's peppy music score with Neeraj Shridhar, Atif Aslam, Hard Kaur, Sunidhi Chauhan and Mika raising a toast to high-spirited song and dance and Raj Kumar Santoshi penning some of the funniest dialogues in recent times and you have a great escape awaiting you at your favourite audi this weekend. Go, have a ball.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/moviereview/5200397.cms

Rajeev Masand's twitter:

APKGK: A very ordinary film, watchable only for Ranbir's pitch-perfect comedy. Or if you have an appetite for extreme silliness.

Originally posted by: -bluemoon-

Rajeev Masand's twitter:

APKGK: A very ordinary film, watchable only for Ranbir's pitch-perfect comedy. Or if you have an appetite for extreme silliness.

was expecting that😃

If Rajeev says it is ordinary, then it will be a big hit...He preferred Aladin to London Dreams. I think the next big one is Kurbaan but APKGK is looking like All the Best with better starcast and music. If the film is anything close to All The Best, it will score big. The last month has seen doldrums of big movies disappointing in its content except Wake Up Sid.

We cant judge a movie just because of one review people are acting like if all the reviews are out lets wait till more reviews are out then we can judge it probably i think.....

Originally posted by: kuku95

If Rajeev says it is ordinary, then it will be a big hit...He preferred Aladin to London Dreams. I think the next big one is Kurbaan but APKGK is looking like All the Best with better starcast and music. If the film is anything close to All The Best, it will score big. The last month has seen doldrums of big movies disappointing in its content except Wake Up Sid.

Rajeev LOVED All the Best though. So I doubt Ajab is anything like it.

And I also think the only reason he praised Aladin over London Dreams is that he seems pally with Sujoy Ghosh and from his tweets it looked like he had already made up his mind to like the film. I used to think he is pretty unbiased, but twitter is making me question that.

everybody knew it would be not eve 1% of AAA

totally agree. Cant rely on the reviews these days..Judge and merit the film yourself. Too many self-interest and conflicts. It seems like giving glowing reviews and buying media has become part of the marketing strategy. I don't trust Taran, Komal or any of these idiots.

taran is so BAISEDDDDDDDDDDD

he gave ap ka surror 4/5 and a movie like JWM 3?