
When
Samir [Salman Khan] falls head over heels in love with
lovely Rani [Priyanka Chopra], little does he know that his
happiness will soon be sabotaged.
And the culprit is none other than Sunny [Akshay Kumar],
with whom Samir shares his room and who has fallen for
Rani's charms as well.
The two Romeos try desperate measures to win their lady
love. As luck would have it, whatever right Samir tries to
attempt goes spectacularly wrong, while Sunny emerges
trumps!
Adding to the mayhem are Rani's disciplinarian army officer
father [Amrish Puri] and Samir's astrologer friend [Rajpal
Yadav].
MUJHSE SHAADI KAROGI falls in the same genre as David
Dhawan's Anil - Govinda starrer DEEWANA MASTANA. The game of
one-upmanship, which was the premise of that film, is
precisely the essence of MUJHSE SHAADI KAROGI as well.
MUJHSE SHAADI KAROGI has its share of sprightly moments. The
stage is set at the very start of the film, when Salman
bumps into an astrologer [Rajpal Yadav] as he arrives in Goa
to start life afresh.
But the film actually takes off when Akshay lands up at the
house and starts sharing the room with Salman. In fact,
Akshay's introduction in the story only elevates things and
the cat and mouse game that the two actors indulge in
subsequently is simply howlarious!
The two Romeos' interaction with Amrish Puri specifically is
amongst the high points of the enterprise. And the
strategies Akshay adopts to outsmart Salman may seem
asinine, but are amusing nonetheless.
The post-interval portions move at an equally brisk pace,
not giving the viewer time to blink an eyelid. The climax -
when Salman expresses his love for Priyanka on a cricket
pitch - is truly different. And the presence of cricketers
will only catch the viewers unaware, with Navjot Singh
Sidhu's expert comments in English bringing the house down.
As to who gets the girl in the end, it wouldn't be fair to
reveal it here!
Verdict: Escapism at its
best.