Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (Drove Me Mad!!) - A review

The translated version of the title would best describes your mood after watching this C grade trash from director, Raj Kanwar. At the end of the movie, I was left wondering how so many (like me and two of my friends) decided to get fooled into wasting Rs. 90 and also a good part of the Sunday evening by merely going through publicity material in the medias. The plot is something we have probably watched a zillion times in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil movies. A boy-meets-girl after bumping into each other at frequent intervals. (By this time we had in fact begun to yawn!!)Akshay is engaged to Bipasha Basu, who unfortunately is reduced to making guest appearance throughout the movie - the beginning, the middle and just before The End. Bips is a high-flying fashion designer, who is interested in her career more than her would-be, Aks. Tired of waiting, he flies to Canada, where he meets his ultimate dream babe. Enter Katrina Kaif, a cute-looking lamb waiting to to-be-married (halalled) to a rich and crazy industrialist, played by the vintage-looking Anil Kapoor. Kat dislikes Anil, who incidentally looks like he's just walked out of a horror movie set without removing his makeup. Poor Kat tries to make amends to her lack of acting abilities by displaying more skin than necessary. As the movie progresses (at snail's pace), Kat's hemline too progressively rises, while the neckline progressively plunges. (Incidentally, that's when the menfolk, including me, actually began to take "notice" of Kat). The movie is interspersed with the now ridiculous song-and-dance routines on snow-peaked mountains. Both Kat and Aks frequent tumble into irritating dream sequences that never seem to end. To make matters worse, there is Aks' sister, played by Bhagyashree. This sister loves to frequently utter a one-liner: "Very funny", which after a certain point time, fails to tickle the funny bone of the audience. Sufficient attention could have been given to Bhagyashree's clothes Her dress appears a bit too small for her size while the inspiration for her dress design pattern seems to have come from curtain makers.Anyway, the cinematography is insipid; the dialogs horrendous. In fact, the emotional scenes are the worst, since they tend to evoke laughter and tears of joy.Vivek Shauq as Ak's Pakistani friend, who has a problem keeping his drink, mouth and mojo in check, fails to lift the film or the sagging shoulders of the by-now drowsy audience.As the film finally progresses towards the end, Anil realises what "true love" is all about only after marrying her. He forgives Kat and Aks. The "highlight of the movie" comes at this point of time, when Anil Kapoor snatches his wife's mangalsutra and flings it away, saying that she is free to horse around with Aks. Bips too realises that Aks is no longer in love with her. (What a great coincidence that Bips turns out to be Anil's designer for his wedding clothes!!) The credit line appears after Bips spews profound words of wisdom about Aks and Kat: "They were not made for each other, they were mad for each other". Then comes the best part of the movie - THE END.BOTTOM LINE:Katrina's plunging neckline and rising hemline is not enough to keep the audience awake.STATUTORY WARNING: Proceed to watch the movie at your own peril.