U, me aur hum

Genre: Drama/Romance

Director: Ajay Devgan

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Sumeet Raghvan, Divya Dutta, Sachin Khedekar, Karan Khanna and Isha Sharwani

Kathmandu

When it comes to two of the best actors of Bollywood coming together, people tend to have a lot of expectations. To some extent U, me aur hum does satisfy you, but one cannot say it is one of their best work so far. When you have a movie from your own production house and roles written just for you, actors tend to have lots of opportunity to showcase their talent. Perhaps because Ajay has donned the director’s hat, he has failed to extract the best from both himself and his super talented wife Kajol.

The storyline and the concept are fabulous, and they could have done much batter if someone

else was focusing on the movie making. Ajay was just plain ‘acting’. Not that his work is bad and shows scope of doing even more in the future, but he needs time for that.

In this recent trend of actor-turning-director, Aamir Khan has done a fabulous job and decided

to take back seat letting Darsheel take all the screen time. If only Ajay had done the same thing: he should either have just been the protagonist or let some other actor take the lead role.

The story revolves around Ajay (Ajay Devgan), who is a psychiatrist and Pia (Kajol) crew member on the cruise that Ajay is on with his friends Nikhil (Sumeet Raghavan) and Reena (Divya Dutta), who are unhappily married, and Vicky (Karan Khanna) and Natasha (Isha Sharwani), who are happily unmarried.

It’s love at first sight for Ajay, and he ends up wooing Pia. They get married and lead their life in marital bliss until the story takes a dramatic turn.

The story is all about love and togetherness and Ajay has done a pretty good job as a debutant director. Kajol as always is impressive and has done good job emoting in difficult scenes and looks convincing. But by far her talent has not been exploited to the hilt. Much more could have been done.

The most memorable aspects of the movie are the cinematography and editing. The first half

is mostly shot on the cruise, and the sea and sunny ambience is well captured and used in the movie. Though first half is more light and fun, it’s the second half that actually catches your attention. Supporting cast has done pretty good job and as for the music, the title track and Jin ko jin ko bhi is will stay in viewers’ memory for long time.