Expectations would naturally be up on a Kareena-Shahid starrer post
Jab We Met, but Satish Kaushik’s
Milenge Milenge doesn’t have much to offer.
The story is about Priya (played by Kareena Kapoor), a college-going woman who holds no career ambitions but all dreams about her soul mate who she thinks will meet her soon. Incidentally, that leads her to rendezvous with an illusionist (played by Khirron Kher) who tells her she would soon meet her life partner in some far away land.
To her disbelief, she gets the chance to lead a dance program in Thailand as part of international youth festival.
Whilst walking across the beach, she identifies Immy (played by Shahid Kapoor) as her life partner that the illusionist had mentioned in the cards. They bond together but soon part ways after Priya comes to know that he was fooling around. Immy begs her for a second chance. As redemption, she asks him to write his telephone number on a fifty rupee note and uses it to buy a book on which she jots down her number and sells it off to an old bookstore.
The essence is, if the destiny of their relation still holds true they will surely end up meeting again. Remember the not-so-old Hollywood flick,
Serendipity? A thankless rip-off though.
Three years pass by and Priya laments her decision to put destiny to test. She decides to trace the where-about of Immy and sets off to Delhi. To her disbelief, she finds back the fifty rupee note and puts Immy’s telephone number on dial only to realize that it was his day of marriage. But a turn of incidents lead his marriage being called off. And the rest is
Milenge Milenge. This film is laughably absurd. In between all the drama, one is even forced to take lessons on anti-smoking and drinking that is far too uninspiring. I really hope a non-smoker does not start smoking after this.
A word about the music, Himesh Reshammiya does it again with his mass-produced songs which seem all alike.
Apparently, the film which tells about the power of destiny in life itself seems to have got destiny engraved way too sooner in just about a day from its release.
Milenge Milenge is just a run-of-the-mill movie with a blast of retro-style romantic garbage. Watch it at your own risk.
