LOVE AAJ KAL

TWO - IN - ONE !!

Luv Aaj Kal,was a double treat,and that too, a real welcome one.After a large number of off beat movies in the near past,on terrorism,abstract themes and Bollywood,it was good for a refreshing change,to see a good old poppy love story.The best part of the movie,in fact was that it had two love stories ,one of present times,and one of yester years running simultaneously.portraying the love is eternal !

The story revolves around an Indian boy,played beautifully by Saif,and a girl,acted by Deepika,who are settled abroad,and are just thick friends. Both are ambitious and want to peruse their careers,but while the boy wants to stay put there,the girl wants to return to India and peruse her passion of rerestoring heritage buildings.Confused as they are,about their feeling for each other,they jointly decide to break-up,and formally do so,before the girl returns to India on her dream project.After the split,they realize that they were missing each other,but were either too dumb to understand it,or too stubborn to accept.The girl falls in love with her boss,and is engaged to him.The restless boy,meets a garage owner,superbly portrayed by Rishi Kapoor,who narrates his three decade old love story,and the problems in delaying acceptance of love and making proposals.the narration,is presented as flash back,with Saif playing the young Rishi,the naive gabru jawan sikh in love with a visitor to his village,from Kalkatta.The role of the heroine of this second love story of the past has been played by a Belgian actress ,Gazella.

The two love stories run parallel and are in sync beautifully.It takes not only Rishi Kapoor,but even a counselor to make the two realize that they are in love,and finally Saif returns to India,and proposes to his lady love just in time,exactly as the hero of the older love story ,had developed courage enough to go to Kalkatta ,and express his love,and when denied approval by the girls parents,eloped with his lady love on the day of her marriage.The plot and story were good and so was the screenplay,in spite of giving a feeling of de-ja-vu ,due to the similarity with,Kuch kuch Hota Hai and Jane tu ya jane na ,where in it takes friends,relatives,family and even psychologists,to convince two youngsters,that they are in love and prove that a platonic relationship is just the period between the introduction and the first kiss !

Saif has acted really well,and has brought the contrast in the two characters he played,superbly and in fact has looked real cute as the young surd of yester years.Rishi and Deepika have done justice to their roles and Gazella looks fresh and petite.Deepika has looked charmingly hot in her sexy dresses . The background score is enchanting and the songs heart touching,specially duriyaan,being the top favorite of all ,these days.The direction and picturisation were of great quality and the best was the tact of perfect synchronization and excellent editing,which enabled the two stories to run ,parrallely,with utmost ease.Besides this newness the movie can boost of an uniqueness,where the hero plays another role,of the past of another character from the same movie.

Overall.the movie was real entertainer,with good story,wonderful acting and above all,soul soothing songs and music.

Dr Sanjay Kapok Lucknoq