Basically, HSSH is HAHK without everything that made the latter special.

ChiBron

Sheesh....what a nightmare. What was Sooraj Barjatya thinking?? Is this the same guy that made classics like MPK and HAHK? Hard to believe it is. What mainly made MPK and HAHK so good was the chemistry between the lead pair(SK-Bhagyashree and SK-Madhuri) and the music by Ram-Laxman. HSSH neither has the music and definitely doesn't have the chemistry of the central characters, CUZ THIS STINKER IS PACKED WITH A MILLION CHARACTERS. By the time u get to know whose who, u don't really care what the heck is going on. A huge problem with HSSH is how corny this HUMUNGOUS 'family' is. While MPK and HAHK displayed family values with heart and honesty; the ultra sweet characters in HSSH mouth all the sugar-coated dialogues with such artificiality that u have a hard time liking these guyz. Barjatya's story-telling was superb in HAHK, but here he makes HSSH feel more like a stage drama. The screen play is lacking the juice that would make u care for the characters. Another BIG LETDOWN is Salman Khan. The biggest star of MPK and HAHK is relegated to just being a supporting man in HSSH. He gets to play a shy character who doesn't say much and Salman looks downright uninterested through 3/4 of the movie.

Bottomline: HSSH badly wants to be like HAHK, but is highly lacking the subtlety and charm that made us fall in love with that 1994 classic.

score 4/10

ChiBron 2 October 2004

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0941696/