Maine Yeh Film Kyun Dekha?

When I walk into a Hindi movie, I'm usually prepared for the worst.

Fortunately, we appear to have had a pretty good screening mechanism, relying on a combination of online reviews and reviews from friends; our "signal to noise ratio" has been quite good this far. There have been a few stinkers - "Jaanam Samjha Karo", "Yaadein" and "Gadar" spring to mind, but on the whole, I have been enriched and entertained.

And then we went and spoiled our record.

One of Sa's friends sent her an SMS message on Saturday evening, highly recommending the new Salman Khan starrer - "Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya" (the title was probably a take on his debut hit - "Maine Pyaar Kiya"). This was the first time she was recommending a movie to us, but her review was so glowing, we decided to check it out. Not to mention the fact that online reviews seemed to suggest it was worthy of a watch.

So on Monday night, after hastily gobbling down our dinner, we rushed down to Bedok, to see what everyone was talking about.



In short, the movie was a disaster. Remember, I'm usually prepared for the worst - this came close. The acting was over the top, the lyrics for the songs were ridiculous (more on that later), and the plot was, well, never mind. There has been only one movie that I've walked out of. This came close to becoming the second.

I rate Hindi movies on a scale of 1 - 10, starting at 0, and add points. This movie got 3 points: 2.5 of those for some rather silly jokes (add one brilliant one) in the first half of the film, and a half point for Sushmita Sen, looking amazing as ever.

And now the songs. You can check out the music here: Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya.

Sample lyrics:

"Teri meri love story ka angle yaad karegi duniya pal pal,
Hey ruk jao sambhal jao, is angle mein hai triangle."

Of the 44 lines in this song, a full 32 (or 75%) are composed of these 2 lines. Song-writing must be the easiest job in the world.

Please don't watch it.