Kuch naa Kaho

[tikistitch]

You can tell I've been on Tumblr too much: when the butterfly appeared, I expected it to say, "Bring back 80s speed metal."



So, some of the films I've been seeing, it's like they were produced on Planet P for an audience of space llamas. I mean, just, WUT.

But this one? Take out the dance sequences and carve off the last 45 minutes, and it could be a goofy rom-com starring Jennifer Aniston or J-Lo or some other Jennifer. They'd have to change the arranged marriage plot to a kooky matchmaker, but basically, I've seen this movie.

That doesn't mean it wasn't awfully sweet and romantic. Abhishek Bachchan is an expat confirmed bachelor (in the old fashioned sense: he doesn't wanna settle down) who gets dragged into shopping for a bride when he returns to India for his sister's wedding. His father has gorgeous Aishwarya Rai go along as sort of a chaperone. Well, three guesses who Abhishek ends up falling for? (And in real life: the couple is now married.)

And then we start with the TWEESTS. I'll spoil the first one: she has a kid. It turns out, her husband abandoned them 7 years ago. Both of them need to get over this, but after the video above, where they're singing together in the field, you know it's TRUE LOVE, and THEN they get caught together in a rainstorm, so that's it.

Then the 45 minutes I said they could cut? Yeah. You can tell one of these movies have lost me when they're all crying but I'm checking Tumblr. I think it's partially a cultural thing: divorce is a bit rarer in India than it is in the US, so when I'm screaming "divorce the fucker!" the heroine listens about as well as when you yell, "look behind you!" during a zombie movie.

Overall, I liked it: the first half is *very* funny. In order to fend off the arranged brides his dad has set up, Abhishek acts like he's swept up in a past life, crawls under a table to drink vodka, and conjures up imaginary children, inevitably named "Babloo." And by the end of the movie, YOU will wanna marry Abhishek Bachchan, even if you are already married, he is just so sweet and romantic.

BTW, my husband works with several Indian nationals and Indian-Americans, and he told them I'm now watching all this Bollywood. I was sure they would laugh, but they evidently all think it's awesome.