Bizarre and Cute

silvrdal

'Main Hoon Na' is just plain weird and I loved it. It's sort of 'Beach Blanket Bingo' meets 'Grease' meets 'Die Hard'. Shahrukh Kahn is amusing and self-deprecating in the same charming way that Jackie Chan is. I'd heard of Khan and Bindu, but I've never seen a Bollywood film before this one. Now I'm hooked. I'll have to check out a whole mess of other movies.

'Main Hoon Na' is very, very silly, but thoroughly enjoyable. The musical numbers are delightful. There are a few hilarious swipes at American films. The bits of English scattered throughout were amusing. The movie often pokes fun at itself and knows that we're in on the gag. It's well worth seeing, whether you like musical action flicks (wha...?!) or not.

I laughed. I cried. Now I've got to learn Hindu so I can sing the songs -- Chori chori chori chori Kabhi kabhi Kahin kahin!

score 8/10

silvrdal 15 March 2005

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