I wasn't planning on watching this so soon, but I was forced to do so and I must say I'm not disappointed. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as filmstar Sahir Khan, Irfan Khan as the failure, Billu Barber, and Lara Dutta who plays Billu's wife.
SRK's role is just a 'tad' more than what we would usually expect from a cameo role. He's got all the songs, but minimum screen time. Even so, whenever he is on screen his presence is inescapable. It's classic SRK. You can't help but love his character. He's still got it and he does an excellent job in this film.
But the film isn't about SRK. Surprisingly, this film's credit goes directly to Irfan Khan, followed by Lara Dutta.
As little as Irfan says in this film, Lara says ten times more. She plays the star-struck wife who just wants one look at filmstar Sahir Khan and flaunts her husband's alleged "friendship" with the filmstar to all the village women. Irfan on the other hand tries to avoid talking about Sahir or explaining how he became friends with the filmstar who he's now avoiding.
It's a very simple story; nothing major, nothing earth shattering. And yet, it has a profound undertone that speaks volumes about 'true friendship' while it takes a few jabs at people who go crazy over filmstars and view them as larger than life. The music is worth a good listen as well. Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Pudokone, shell out some good item numbers with SRK. I'm sure you've probably seen the music videos as they've been playing non-stop on every major indian channel.
However, watch this film for Irfan Khan and for Lara Dutta. They step away from the various roles they've portrayed in the past. What they've done in this film is take on genuine, real-life characters that are simple, at times silly, but lovable and sweet. Overall the film is good. It's got something for everyone. So watch it.
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