Kal Kisne Dekha

Film critics have something against Punjab hence whenever anybody other than Yash Chopra chooses Punjabi backdrop, they start to lambast the movie.

After a drought of over 2 months, I went to watch the first big film released on Friday - Kal kisne dekha and boy, was I floored with the effortless ease of Archana Pooran Singh?

KKD, sorry for the fixation with abbreviations but producer pappa Vashu made a film for his sonny boy Jackie who in all earnestly and truthfulness hasn't let his pops down at all.

From a fatty of 130 Kgs with typical rich Sindhi written all over him, Jackie has transformed in to a really trim, good looking and smart dashing youngster. A perfect for college going kid roles along with Imran khan and Ranbeer Kapoor.

The music of the film, a surprise by Sajid Wajid, has already made the presence of the film felt. Remember the promos hit the TV and then went off air, thanks to multiplexes.

Vashu has been a favorite producer for a lot of actors because he indulges and pampers so well that they have a blast and he spots the talent early. I don't think that he will go wrong with own son whom he have launched surviving every single day of struggle for last 3 months trying to find a release date. Bravely he wanted to release it in single screen but better sense prevailed and he waited saving KKD from becoming another Aa Dekhen Zara.

Hollywood has had some success with the films based on clairvoyance but none of the Hindi films ever made a mark. Knowing that we wake up early to catch our Bhavishyavani or tarot reading done by some ghastly looking women and men on tube, KKD captures the essence of clairvoyance and yet doesn't over do it. Akshay's 8 X 10 Tasveer was an example of cinematic excellence and Nagesh surely impressed me with this film which can give any Hollywood film a run for its money. But, Tasveer didnt print itself clearly because of lack of publicity of its music which a suspense whodunnit thriller in India warrants. KKD makes no such mistake. Tere Bina sung by Wajid or Alam bahakne ko by Sonu are surefire hit and are doing well on our station.

Vaishali or whatever the lass is known as is not the most appropriate fit and that's where we encounter the first flaw in the film. She seriously needs acting lessons, wish someone could just tell her that voice modulation is different than screaming. She is a pretty sight no doubt but she doesn't remotely resemble a college student and her acting abilities are limited to wearing fancy designer clothes, wear strange make up to college and trying to be sexy and sultry.

Jackie dances well and has a cute face to go with and hence I don't see any reason for him to not come of age soon and emerge as the next star. Remo's choreography suits him well. The song Soniye Billori despite of being in a cliched situation has some really good moves. Oh by the way Jackky boy's fight moves and other action sequences are away from perfection. The mixture of rustic earthy moves and slo-mo modern fights was strictly ok.

Outstanding performance by Rishi Kapoor is another highlight of the film. He effortlessly slips in to two different personalities that I thought he suffers from MPD but then give it to the sweater kapoor and my favorite Rishi Kapoor has done classy roles in off beat films too and recently in Delhi 6 too, he stole the show from Abhishek in the Billiard room scene.

Rest of the support cast are fillers and do the needful kind of roles and some of them are fit for the job. Cameos by Vashu's old actors Sanjay Dutt, Juhi Chawla and Rajpal Yadav could have been avoided.

Surprise package of desi don Riteish is a crazy laugh riot. He is just outstanding and his comic timing needs no endorsement.

Director of the film Vivek Sharma is honing his skills film by film and with Johny Lal's excellent camera work adds to the beauty of the film.

Over all, its a must watch for the following reasons

1. Jackky
2. Music
3. Sweet storyline without complication and yes last but not the least, after a long gap if I don't get to see a classic Hindi film in its conventional presentation, I would really be doing injustice to Vashu and Hindi films.

Must watch for the fact that Jakky is not Uday Chopra or Tushar Kapoor, this boy has potential.