Khatta Meetha

Direction: Priyadarshan
Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Makrand Deshpande, Rajpal Yadav, Neeraj Vora
Rating: * * *

Priyadarshan and Akshay , together work of these two great personalities is enough to let the viewers increase their expectations from a movie before watching it. Although, this is the weakest outcome of their effort, yet it will leave you with a smile on your lips.

The movie is about Sachin Tichkule (Akshay Kumar), a road construction contractor who doesn’t get success and has taken many loans. Trigun (Manoj Joshi) and Suhas Vichare (Milind Gunaji) are Sachin's corrupt brothers-in-law where Trigun works in the municipality and married to Sachin's second sister, Suhas, is a road contractor. Kulbhushan Kharbanda is Sachin’s father and Anjali (Urvashi Sharma) is Sachin's sister.
A bridge collapses because of improper construction, taking many lives. Figun, Suhas and others who were involved in the constuction, tricks Vishwas Rao (Tinu Anand) , who is a driver of the Tichkule family, to let him become the cause of the mishappening and later kill him. Azad Bhagat (Makrand Despande), who has lost his wife and son in the incident, knows the real criminals and decides to bring justice. Sachin’s ex girlfriend Gehna Ganpule (Trisha) adds to Sachin’s problems as she turns out to be the new municipal commissioner.
The story keeps on changing with every scene, which is the feature of Priyadarshan’s flicks. He doesn’t offer any constant story. Unlike its title, the movie neither has any Khatta nor Meetha scene but it still keeps its viewer sticked to the chair. Akshay Kumar is a real comedian. His frustrations are believable. His way of presentation is outstanding. Trisha Krishnan does her role with ease. Urvashi Sharma is sweet and has done really good job. Her expressions are impressive. Rajpal Yadav gives his best. Johney Lever, in his guest appearance is funny.
Kalbhushan Kharbinda is usual in his act. Markand Deshpandey justifies his role. Actors playing roles of Akshay’s brother and Brothers in law are decent. A few double meaning are really enjoyed by majority.
The music is average and keeps the flow of the movie. The comedy is excellent. It is much better than Akshay’s recent movies like de dana dan and housefull. The dialogues are sharp. The movie is very much relevant, as it revolves around the problems of common man. Akshay kumar and Rajpal Yadav are the centre of attention. Dress up of Sachin Tichkule is awesome.

Khatta Meetha is neither sour nor salty but a decent comedy.

Milenge Milenge

Production: Boney Kapoor
Direction: Satish Kaushik
Star Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Satish Shah
Rating: * * 1/2

Shahid and Kareena are back together with their superb chemistry in Milenge Milenge, after Jab We Met. But this time their effort failed to spread the magic among viewers. Boney Kapoor’s Milenge Milenge was stuck for five years and brought excitement in the fans of this cute couple.

Movie deals with the love story of Priya (Kareena) and Aman (Shahid). Priya, an orphan who is in search of her prince charming, meets a tarot card reader, Sunita Rao (Kirron Kher). Sunita predicts that Priya will meet her Mr. Right in next 7 days in foreign. Next day only she gets a chance to attend Youth festival in Bangkok. Aman steals her dairy in which she wrote about the qualities she wants in her partner and starts working accordingly. He meets Priya at 7 am in 7 colors clothes, Priya finds Sunita’s predictions true. To get Priya, Aman starts pretending to be a guy who doesn’t drink or smoke. But actually they both own completely different natures. Aman is a smoker,drinker and loves to flirt but Priya is a old traditioned girl who believes in true love. The only thing common in them is their belief on destiny.

When Priya comes to know about Aman’s reality, she leaves everything on destiny without giving Aman, a chance to prove his true love. Rest of the movie deals with how they get back together inspite of not knowing even each other’s address or contact numbers.

Satish’s work will surely raise your belief on destiny. Milenge Milenge has less appeal to the young crowd. The only thing interesting in the movie is, Shahid and Kareena are seen together on screen after their breakup.

Shahid's and Bebo’s Chemistry is credible. Shahid is mild blowing. Kareena does well, the role of old traditioned girl. Music by Himesh is lovely. Satish Kaushik is good in his small role. Delnaaz Paul’s act is remarkable. Aarti Chhabria is mediocre. The most important message of the movie is, don’t worry if you lost your love, just leave everything on destiny.

Milenge Milenge is an old fashioned and average love story.