A mercurial producer. A smart-ass Writer, who has penned witty dialogues for Munnabhai & Welcome. A fresh-from-the-bakery starcast. Zestful music from a maestro. A good rythym to the movie. And, presto! You have a product that cant miss its mark.
Using an oft-used format of narrative scripting, Abbas opens his cards in the initial cans itself and keeps you hooked right till, well, 10 minutes unto the end.
This is a simple love story repackaged with some intelligence by Abbas, who peels the layers very gradually. The coup lies in the excellent casting and held together with some foot-tapping music by the maestro AR Rahman. Every character actor has been painstakingly selected. And it is plain to see that there is a casting director (Parkhi, wife of Abbas) in place who has understood the subject and worked in close proximity with the director.
The group of motley friends know their parts well and give each other a lot of space; this is where the young script works so well: each character compliments the others.
Imran Khan, Genelia, both stand tall. Though Imran is new to the craft, he manages to a large extent in communicating his tribulations while Genelia, popular in Telugu cinema, looks comfy throughout. Prateik Babbar (playing Aditi's brother Amit) understates his performance and is a man to watch. The other cast are all at ease, esp the redoubtable Ratna Shah. All except Paresh Rawal, who wastes himself silly in a poorly etched role.
