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Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai (Romance Movie ,2001)  Starring
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Synopsis
“Jumping Jack” Jeetendra’s son Tusshar makes his tinsel town debut opposite the willowy Kareena Kapoor in the Satish Kaushik directed
“Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai”.
The film, made under the banner of Pooja Entertainment, is produced by Vashu Bhagnani and co-stars Rinke Khanna, Dilip Tahil and
Amrish Puri.
Karan (Tusshar) is a happy-go-lucky lad with an ‘easy come easy go’ attitude. He is the only son in the flourishing family
constituting a loving mother, a stern, fuddy-duddy father (Dilip Tahil) and a friendly uncle (Amrish Puri). While Karan’s father
strictly wants him to focus on his future and doesn’t approve of any kind of romanticism, Karan’s uncle has a mellower heart and
always forgives his nephew’s juvenile pranks.
Karan’s life goes topsy-turvy after he falls head over heels in love with the foreign returned Pooja who has come to India to trace
her roots and learn about the traditions and rituals. Now Pooja is a fast girl who keeps Karan on his toes. The shy and meek Karan
plays the puerile games (which Pooja dismisses as anything but love) and just keeps saying “Mujhe Kuchh Kehna hai” without actually
saying what’s in his heart.
Enter Karan’s sister-cum-friend the bubbly lass Rinki ( Rinke Khanna) who matches Pooja’s vivacity. While Karan hopes that Rinki will
convey to Pooja all that he couldn’t, things go awry when Rinki, instead of bringing them close, drives them apart. Misunderstandings
arise and create a rift between Karan and Pooja. How will the twosome get over this misunderstanding and find each other’s love forms
the crux of the film.
“MKKH” is Kareena’s second film after her much-talked about debut in “Refugee” (in which she was seen in the non-glamorous role).
Well, she has shown her histrionics in her first film and in this one she aptly displays her aptitude for bump grind too. Tusshar
however doesn’t seem to have her sleekness.
Satish Kaushik’s deft direction and Anu Malik’s music promises to be the highlight of the movie.
Review
“Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai” is a heady and delectable concoction of love, comedy and separation against the backdrop of barjatya-esque
family ambience.
The discipline-demanding father (Dilip Tahil) and the slap-happy hero (Tusshar), the young-at-heart Bade Papaji (Amrish Puri)
and the bubbly sister (Rinke Khanna) – all make for a milieu of a perfect joint family.
Against the canvas of these characters Satish has brought this foreign returned gal Pooja (Kareena) who is full of
“life-in-the-fast-lane” attitude and clean-bowls Karan on the first sight. Satish Kaushik has kept the basic story simple without
delving into much complexities, and strewn it aptly with light-hearted moments. But he has fallen short in bringing congruity in the
characters.
Pooja, for instance ought to be doing her thesis on Indian Culture and not jiving in the discos, taking autographs from unknown street
Romeos and scaling the college campuses. Karan on the other hand has simply been void of any worth by the director. He is shown
seriously uninterested in studies, a shy and callow youth with “easy-come-easy-go” as the indelible credo of his life. Why should
Pooja love him in the first place? Just because he is a good dancer!
Wait, there is more incongruity to Karan. Although he is shown pretty confident in all walks of life but he goes mum when it comes to
expressing his love towards Pooja until the day he has to beat the street to Airport on the day she is supposed to fly off to the US.
And then the oh-so-hackneyed climax.
As far as the performances go Kareena maintains her comfortable poise before the camera transforming with quicksilver delicacy from a
MTV-bred hep to a seedhi saadhi Hindustani ladki. She looks dazzling in the song “Rabba Mere Rabba”, literally setting the
dance floor ablaze. Tusshar is a natural dancer (thanks to his pa Jeetendra) but needs to spruce up his expressions. His dialogue
delivery is ok but there are fewer roles he would fit into.
While Rinke Khanna is wasted in another ‘just-for-the-heck-of-it' role, Amrish Puri truly steals all accolades with his brief cameo.
Thankfully Kaushik has kept the story without much of emotional overflow and situational complications. Film’s music by Anu Malik is
easily the saving grace and will particularly appeal to youth. The film, in the nutshell, is an average fare, that goes along just
because of Kareena while Tusshar certainly need an introspection before embarking further on his tinsel town journey.