Rating: 2/5 stars (Two-star)
Star cast: John Abraham, Chitrangada Singh, Prachi Desai, Zarina Wahab, Mini Mathur, Raima Sen
What’s Good: Too many good looking people assembled together in the same frame.
What’s Bad: Everything that is related to the cinematic aspect of the film, a doomed script and cluttered screenplay is painful.
Loo break: Washroom will definitely look more appealing to you!
Watch or Not?: A wobbly
screenplay and a faltering script gone terribly wrong, I, Me aur Main
is essentially as narcissistic as the title. Don’t waste your time on
this film which gloats too much over nothing substantial.
Maa-da-ladla Ishaan Sabharwal epitomizes
narcissism. Self centered to the core, the man is his own favorite, the
King of his personal fantasy land. A successful music producer, he is
in a live in relationship with his lawyer girlfriend Anushka.
While his girlfriend dreams to marry
him, Ishaan happily parties around like a school boy in his la-la-land.
One night, an exasperated Anushka breaks off her relationship with this
juvenile delinquent of sorts, after Ishaan exhibits irresponsibility of
the highest order.
Despite what would appear to most as
devastating, Ishaan uses his breakup to inflate his ego. He moves in
next door with his free spirited, chirpy neighbor Gauri, who
automatically identifies Ishaan’s pulse right and keeps him aptly
contained.
Ishaan’s Mom in an attempt to escape
from her imposing husband moves in with him. Trying to sympathize with
her heartbroken child, she nurses his appetite with pyaar bhara
parathas. At work, his obnoxious boss gives him a tougher time! Ishaan
surrounded by demanding women from all sides, must finally grow up!
Does Ishaan mend his three year long
relationship with Anushka? Or chase Gauri, the woman who knows her way
with him like no one else?
I Me Aur Main Review: Script Analysis
The film fails primarily because of it’s
over bearing and over ambitious script. Trying its hands at too many
themes, the film appears shady and inconsistent. The story lacks depth
and is maintained mostly at a superficial level. The story moves
aimlessly without making a point at all. One might be seriously confused
by the end of it! What was it? A romantic comedy? A break-up Satire? A
sappy family saga? Or a multi themed broth gone bland. The film ends
hastily which adds on to the mounting disappointment. The writer, makes
Ishaan’s character even more shallow given his sudden situation based
change of heart. He in fact looks even more selfish in the end than he
seemed all along in the film. The script has sketchy characters who are
far from reality altogether. It does to the film an irreparable damage
which is impossible to be undone.
I Me Aur Main Review: Star Performances
John Abraham does his best at flaunting
his bitable and chiseled hot body. Oh, such hot men shouldn’t be allowed
to openly seduce critics into giving positive reviews! It’s a shame he
can’t act. Though his performances have improved over time, he still
hasn’t learnt the art of imbibing energy or imagination into his roles.
His fans will love the film however, for the extensive skin show. I can
safely put, he is somehow adequate as Ishaan.
Chitrangada Singh is too beautiful to be
wasted on a film like this. No offence, but Singh is a woman of immense
talent. Her acting and looks are both repetitive and this doe-eyed
beauty seems to be losing her spark.
Prachi Desai does a good job as Gauri.
She somehow manages to tower over both John and Chitrangada, in terms of
performance. Bubbly, energetic and vivacious, she keeps her performance
true to her character making it look plausible.
The talented actor Zarina Wahab is left
unutilized. So is Raima Sen. The script leaves little room for their
characters to amply grow, hence they fail to create any impression at
all.
Mini Mathur lives up to her role, giving a boisterous performance of sorts.
I Me Aur Main Review: Direction, Music & Technical Aspects
Kapil Sharma’s directorial debut is his
earnest attempt at delivering a breezy romantic comedy. His effort is
visibly honest, but is held down by the wavering screenplay. The film’s
editing isn’t shabbily done either. The film grossly underestimates the
audiences’ taste of romantic comedies, by presenting a confused,
annoying and unbelievably chaotic plot. The music isn’t bad as well but
surely the end product is quite unimpressive, which fails the rest!
I Me Aur Main Review: The Last Word
I Me Aur Main
is a flashy attempt to bluff audiences by putting together obviously
beautiful actors in ornate celluloid frames in order to conceal a weak
plot and shaky screenplay. Lock up your brains and ogle happily, in case
you decide to go for the film.
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