Viewed at Budapest Bollywood Film Week, October 2016. Star vehicle of 1994 featuring young pre-musclebound Salman Kahn and gorgeous Madhuri Dixit.
PLOT: Two well off families ~ one has two marriageable sons, the other two marriageable daughters. number one son marries number one daughter. At the wedding number 2 son (Salman) falls madly in love with Number 2 daughter (Madhuri) ~ She gives him a hard time but we know she really digs him -- number one daughter (Puja) gets pregnant and delivers a baby boy then dies -- (the so-called plot thickens) -- family enjoins number 2 daughter (Madhuri) to marry widowed husband to make sure orphaned baby has a mother. For the sake of the baby Madhuri agrees but we know she is really in love with his younger brother (Salman = Prem) ~ At the second wedding widowed number one son, having intercepted a canine borne message, realizes that number two daughter really loves his little brother, (number two son Salman) so he gallantly bows out And the lovers Really meant for each other -- (Salman & Madhuri) -- are united in nuptial bliss. The End. Sickening white dog is a major supporting actor, uncredited.
Assessment: Colorful bullshit with lots of good percussive music and dances but a plot and characters thinner than the paper it's written on. Not one of Madhuri'd best dance vehicles, either, but she was never more beautiful. Surprisingly agile Anupam Kher in family father role. Altogether, highly overrated. Okay time pass at best. Six out of ten twinklers ******mainly for the glossy showcasing of the two undeniably attractive superstars, Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit. Alex
PLOT: Two well off families ~ one has two marriageable sons, the other two marriageable daughters. number one son marries number one daughter. At the wedding number 2 son (Salman) falls madly in love with Number 2 daughter (Madhuri) ~ She gives him a hard time but we know she really digs him -- number one daughter (Puja) gets pregnant and delivers a baby boy then dies -- (the so-called plot thickens) -- family enjoins number 2 daughter (Madhuri) to marry widowed husband to make sure orphaned baby has a mother. For the sake of the baby Madhuri agrees but we know she is really in love with his younger brother (Salman = Prem) ~ At the second wedding widowed number one son, having intercepted a canine borne message, realizes that number two daughter really loves his little brother, (number two son Salman) so he gallantly bows out And the lovers Really meant for each other -- (Salman & Madhuri) -- are united in nuptial bliss. The End. Sickening white dog is a major supporting actor, uncredited.
Assessment: Colorful bullshit with lots of good percussive music and dances but a plot and characters thinner than the paper it's written on. Not one of Madhuri'd best dance vehicles, either, but she was never more beautiful. Surprisingly agile Anupam Kher in family father role. Altogether, highly overrated. Okay time pass at best. Six out of ten twinklers ******mainly for the glossy showcasing of the two undeniably attractive superstars, Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit. Alex