Jaaneman

Navneet "Last night I watched the movie Jaaneman"
Prasun "How do you like it. Is it worth watching ?"
Navneet "Man, I was almost feeling sleepy in the first part. The movie was not in any angle well-directed. I do not know what was in Shsishir Kunder's mind when he directed it.The story however was good and with that story even I could have made a hit:). Even the songs were pathetic"
Prasun " What is the story?"
Navneet "Well the story starts with Agastya Rao(Akshay Kumar) narrating the story of his friend Suhan(Salman Khan) to his fellow astranaut(a blonde female whose identity is revealed at the end of the movie) in a space capsule orbiting round the earth. I initially thought it might be a science fiction type of movie where there will be a rendevous with the life forms from other space. But later it turned out to be a love story. From the space it directly goes to a flashback on earth where Suhan wakes up to a bad news. His divorced wife Piya(Preity Zinta)sent a notice to pay her a final sum of Rs 50 Lakh in lieu of the alimony which Suhan could not pay for the last one year due to his poor financial condition. Suhan then consulted his Chacha(a dwarfed Anupam Kher) and both of them started thinking of a solution when like a Farishta(angel) Agastya walks in. In his college days Agastya was very attracted to Piya and was in love with her. He could never express that love because Piya was in love with Suhan and Agastya, used to be called Champu in college was not very impressive for her.He was a simpleton but was sharp in studies. But now he has changed, he is an astronaut now and his physical apprearance also changed a lot. He looks pretty smart. Suhan and his dwarf uncle hatched a plan to help Agastya get his lost love back ,in that way Piya will get remarried to Agastya and Suhan will not have to pay the alimony per the laws of Indian Marriage act.

With this plan in mind Suhan and Agastya flies to new york where Piya moved to be near her parents after the divorce. Agastya started making efforts to impress Piya using Suhan's words and style. Suhan helped him in every step and in the process he came to know that he is a father of a daughter. This finding changed Suhan's mind and now he wants to start a new life with Piya and their daughter. But things have gone far enough and Piya got engaged to Agastya. All this time Agastya was not aware that Suhan was Piya's divorced husband.

Then follows a sentimental, emotional series of events, a story of love and sacrifice.

The second half was relatively better than the first half.

Prasun "So do you suggest watching the movie"

Navneet "It is probably worth a watch at home. At least you will come to know who the fellow astranaut of Agastya was. That was a surprise revealed at the end of the movie.There are few commedies which were very well acted by Anupam Kher and was enjoyable. You can also see Salman in the guise of a female. He does not look bad as a female."