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'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' will find its mention in the history of Hindi cinema for one reason; any film that attracts many in the industry and gets its remake rights sold even before it's ready. Besides, the remake is released before the original and is a huge hit whereas the original release goes without a nice opening even. Yes, this is the case with 'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar'.

The film was launched years back with Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty and such was the craze for it that southern producers made a queue to get the remake rights. 'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' was remade as Priyakshi and also proved a super duper hit. However, original 'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' despite Salman Khan in the lead, fails to generate any kind of heat at box office. Blame it on the controversies surrounding Salma.

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However, in the past these controversies have only helped him. But, this time problem seems to be with the content and not the cast. 'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' is a weak film from the frame one and Shilpa Shetty's slapping of a press photographer in Kolkata on the eve of the film release has only made the things worse. Moreover, the film treads on a path that has been ruined years back by the southern banners themselves, the ones responsible for family and social drama.

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'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' is a story of two persons of different orientations. One is Aryaan (Salman Khan) and the other Ahana (Shilpa Shetty). Aryaan is a happy- go-lucky kind of boy from an upper middle class whereas Ahana has been brought up in an atmosphere where relations and emotions take a back seat and celebrations are galore. A rich girl meets with a poor boy; they fall in love, sing songs around tress and one fine day decide to get married. Ahana is a modern girl and has ambitions to fly in the sky. On the other hand, Aryaan is a boy who loves his family. Soon, problems start creeping in and the love between them shakes now and then.

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The problem with Aryaan is that he loves Ahana too much. However, Ahana loves her freedom more than that. The clash of values turns into a clash of relations and soon Aryaan and Ahana find themselves at a juncture where just one step further means the end of their love and all relations. Aryaan faces the challenge to keep the love and relations in tact though this is not an easy task for any human being. The climax sees oft-repeated melodrama where one blames another for the past. Finally, the solution arrives but too late.

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Director K S Adhiyaman who earlier made 'Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam' has made 'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' though it was titled 'Dil Churake Chal Diye' in the beginning. The film was stuck in between for the reasons better known to him and the producer Bubby Kent. No film that has got stuck in the making for years could click at the box office (except 'Mughal-E-Azam'). 'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' is not a film of the 21st century; this could have succeeded in 70's though. Such like topics might work on tube operas thanks to Ekta Kapoor. But, Adhiyaman must get credit for one thing that he has remained honest to his story.

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And it is not that 'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' has no entertainment value. Though similar stories have been seen on screen before in 'Jab Jab Phool Khile' and 'Raja Hindustani', his guts to present the story of a clash between a rich and a poor has some scenes where a viewer can co-relate to the story. Rumi Jaffery's script is week at most places but scenes like the first clash between Aryaan and Ahana and Aryaan's emotional outburst after learning the incident involving Shilpa are superb! Music is the weakest link and despite Sajid-Wajid, Daboo Malik and P. Sameer putting their efforts, not a single track is long lasting.

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Among actors, Salman Khan excels in emotional scenes but Shilpa Shetty can see the end of her career if she continues to do films like these. Shilpa has not grown as an actress since her first film 'Baazigar', though films like 'Dhadkan' and few others have pushed her ahead. She has a tendency to come back to square one. Mohnish Behl, Reema Lagoo, Supriya Karnik, Kunika and Shakti Kapoor don't have anything new to offer. So, 'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' comes out a below average affair that does not have any prospects at box office for a week even.