Grievance No. 1 - An old Alzheimer's patient, Kajol, reading a book in the first few reels of the movie, when experts insist that such patients cannot even remember words and languages! Okay, excuse that as 'artisitc liberty'.
Grievance No. 2 - Ajay Devegan? That guy with such depth in his eyes that an India Today article proclaimed himto be the Heathcliffe of Indian cinema? That he could come up with a non-original concept in his debut movie is something I found difficult to swallow. Why should I be served a mixed preparation of 'The Notebook' and 'Fifty First Dates' in the name of art? Okay, excuse that as 'Everybody in Indian Cinema does so today'. Lesson learnt by this young reviewer - Deep eyes and artisitc originality do not go hand in hand.
Grievance No. 3 - Aren't Kajol, Ajay and Alzheimer's enough? Why do we need two extra-idiotic sub-plots? We all know about post-marital quabbles and pre-marital commitment jitters, and we all know how difficult it is for love to survive if Alzheimer's strikes. The poor intelligent viewer didn't need the contrast of widely opposite scenarios to drive the point home and the director could have concentrated more on his central theme. Okay, excuze that as the 'Multi-starrer malady'. Though 'stars' is a wrong description really of Isha Sherwani et al.
Grievance No. 4 - Stilted dialogues. Nearly every line uttered in the first half sounds exactly as if the protagonist is not speaking, but reciting or quoting. Heavy lines, not always fraught with heavy meaning leads to heavy auditory load on the audience. Add to that some odious double-meaning stuff which frankly grated on my ears and hardly elicited the laughter it aimed to elicit. No Mr. Devegan. A better script writer in the next venture, please. Or well, let's excuze even that in the name of 'Adding masala'.
Grievance No. 5 - Music. Is it too much to ask for? Even the Migraine of 2007 (read Saawariya) boasted of a divine soundtrack. Why did the Alzheimer's of 2008 fall behind in this race? Except for the title track, nothing impressed.
So did nothing impress me in this motion picture? Really, I am trying hard to come up with something positive, so that readers do not label me as a potential cry baby complaining about everything.
Well, to be frank, the lead pair did impress. They do have oodles of charisma and talent and they do share a palpable chemistry. They were the reason why we didn't leave the movie midway. And yes, some scenes do deserve merit. Especially those reels in which Kajol is shown to be mesmerised by a wall lizard are nerve racking.
By the way, hats off to the gutsy actress for daring to showcase her calorie-laden body in this anorexia-stricken film industry. This movie is prescribed only for those of us who are crazy fans of the actors or are suckers for a sobby script.
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