Gopal (Shahrukh Khan) marries Radha (Madhuri Dixit), his childhood
sweetheart whom he hasn't seen for many years, so it comes as a bit of a
surprise for Gopal that she is deeply attached to pop star Suraj (Salman
Khan), another of her childhood friends she has met only after parting
ways with Gopal back in childhood. So having a private life isn't too easy
for the two, since not only does Suraj stop by at eery opportunity, also
her brother Prashant (Atul Agnihotri) and his sister Neeta (Suman
Ranganathan) are always around and eventually start trouble ... and soon
enough, Gopal gets so worked up by the situation that he hits his sister
in front of everybody and throws out Prashant.
Actually though, Gopal is jealous of Suraj, about whom Radha seems to
talk day-in, day-out, and whom she phones and meets when he is out to
work. Radha's and Suraj's calls and meetings are strictly harmless, still
Gopal can't shake the feeling that his wife might cheat on him ...
eventually the situation culminates in Gopal throwing Radha out.
Now everybody feels guilty, except for Gopal, who thinks he's in the
right, and everybody tries to apologize into Gopal, but to no avail, if
anything the apologies only heat up the situation even more ... and it's
not at all helped by the fact that Gopal now carries a gun.
Enter Sulman (Aishwarya Rai), Suraj's blind girlfriend (who has not
previously figured in the film), who, tired of Gopal's self-righteousness,
scolds him and talks sense into him .... and what do you know, the blind
girl made him seeing again. He hurries over to Radha's new home - and just
in time, as she's about to kill herself with sleeping pills. They make up
in a hurry and drive over to an award ceremony where Suraj is awarded
musician of the millenium - and upon Gopal's request, Radha climbs up and
shares the stage with Suraj.
Happy ending for everyone.
This film makes a lot of promises ... but then falls short to deliver.
This could have been an excellent psycho-thriller about a husband's
undying love to his wife that turns to hatred and violence when not
properly returned. All sorts of situations could have stemmed from this.
Instead hjowever, it is just about a selfrighteous man going a tad
overboard (with some of his reactions totally understandable), but
then enter out of the blue Aishwarya Rai to set things right again ... and
somehow all the whole situation of this 3-hour movie is resolved in the
last ten minutes in what's best described an anti-climax.
Acting wise, Shahrukh Khan delivers another wonderful performance (but
as much could have been expected from him), and pretty Aishwarya Rai does
manage to lend some weight to her brief role, but Madhuri Dixit remains
pale throughout, and Salman Khan doesn't manage to lend any colour to his
admittedly pale character.
In all, this film is rather a disappointment.
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