Cast
Aishwarya Rai - Namrata Shrivastav
Abhishek Bachchan - Raj
Satish Shah - Rakesh (Raj's Uncle)
Suhasini Mulay - Dr. Malhotra (Raj's mother)
Jaspal Bhatti - Monty Ahluwalia
Director: Rohan Sippy
Producer: Ramesh Sippy
Written by: Rohena Gera , Naushil Mehta , Nidhi Tuli
KUCH NAA KAHO is a movie I had completely dismissed at the time of it’s released, I didn’t hate the movie as such, but it didn’t do much for me, and I admit this isn’t a genre that usually “works” for me. However upon the insistence of a friend I decided to give the movie another try, and ended up enjoying it quiet a bit. Don’t get me wrong folks, KUCH NAA KAHO has it’s share of flaws, however the movie is a refreshing, spirited and extremely likeable due to some endearing performances and a lilting musical score; Rohan Sippy made a worthy debut and in many cases it doesn’t feel like the work of a debut film-maker.
Raj (Abhishek Bachchan) lives in New York with his beloved mother, Dr. Malhotra (Suhasini Mulay), who desperately wants her son to settle down and get married, Raj on the other hand doesn’t believe in arranged marriages nor does he have any intentions of getting married.
When Raj visits India for his cousin's wedding, his maternal uncle (Satish Shah) emotionally blackmails him into agreeing to meet some eligible girls. To make matters worse, the person his uncle chooses as the matchmaker and go-between for these meetings is the same person Raj has already antagonised earlier.
That person is Namrata (Aishwarya Rai), an employee of Raj's uncle. After a series of meetings with potential brides, it becomes apparent to Namrata that finding a match for this particular suitor is not only a nightmare, but an exercise in futility as Raj ends up scaring all his potential brides away. As fate would have it Raj ends up falling in love with Namrata…problem solved? Not quiet…Namrata is a solo mum who was abandoned by her husband a while back.
Rohena Gera has done a great job with the story. Her take on the subject matter is not only refreshing, but she handles the theme with the much needed mature touch that it needs. A theme like this is often shown in the most over-melodramatic light with our heroine weeping and crying, however Gera has been careful to ensure that Namrata never comes across as weak, but as a confident, strong-willed, and more importantly independent solo mum who is surviving and happy on her own.
Neeraj Vohra’s screenplay is the biggest culprit here. Infact the promo’s of the movie show Vohra struggling to write the screenplay as part of the movies publicity, and I actually wonder if that was actually true, as Vohra’s screenplay comes across as jaded and clichéd diluting the impact of Gera;s wonderfully fresh story. The first half has it’s fair share of laughter and light moments while the second half has plenty of emotional moments, though a lot of these sequences have a “been there seen that” feeling. The finale with Arbaaz Khan showing up at the last minute is a clunker and had it not been for the amiable chemistry between the leads the movie could’ve fallen flat, but thankfully it doesn’t.
