Producer:
Vicky Nihalani
Director: Apoorva Lakhiya
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta, Chunkey Pandey, Aditya Lakhia, Yashpal,
Daya Shankar Pandey, Akhilendra Mishra and Rageshwari
Released on: August 22, 2003
SYNOPSIS
- India
is a land of a billion people, 60 percent of whom are living in over 500,000
villages spread around the country. Despite
the best efforts of the Indian Rural Department about 87,000 of these villages
to this date do not have electricity. "Mumbai
Se Aaya Mere Dost" takes place in one such village.
The film deals with a month in the life of Kanji (Abhishek Bachchan) whose innocent gift to his grandfather's recently electrified village results in laugh out loud humor, which, then, sparks a power struggle and ends up with laugh out loud humor. The modern world takes over the lives of these villages, which had been alien to them so far.
The film is about the old and the new, the rural and the post - modern. At the core of the film is a simple drama of the heart, enriched with acute observations of village psychology, an acurate portrayal of the little known aspects of Indian culture.
"Mumbai Aya Se Mera Dost" was a film that was suppose to break or make Abhishek. Critics kept saying how different it was going to be. Sure, it could have been....but it wasn't. The beginning was different, a new direction...then the story was so predictable after Abhi and Lara's forbidden love came out. I just wish Abhi the best in choosing his future coming films. He does a good job in all his films. It's just that his films are not worth watching and/or keeping.
Lara
was really wasted in the film. She looked gorgeous! She really can
dance. I wonder if the Miss Universe are cursed for only doing sexy dance
numbers. She has a sexy dance number in her forthcoming flick "Khakee."
Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994, had several films but had more famous dance
numbers and supporting roles than Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai. I hope
Lara Dutta, Miss Universe 2000, doesn't go that same route because Miss World
2000 Priyanka Chopra has more films coming her way. They both starred
together in "Andaaz" but Priyanka walked away with the fame (but she
deserved it).
Definitely worth a miss. The songs didn't grab my attention to listen to but they are nice to watch. Just watch this film for Lara's sexy dances and Abhi's cuteness. Otherwise, you're not missing much.
3.0 out of 10
NiCKi