The film industry feels very excited whenever any assistant director gets into the chair of director. Though there are numerous occasions when history has been written yet there are sufficient examples when their endeavors have failed. Debutante director Lovely Singh who worked as an assistant to director Satish Kaushik and producer Vashu Bhagnani for years makes his mark as a director with 'Kya Love Story Hai'. Unfortunately, he has failed to hold his grip in their camp as a director and finally it was producer N.R Pachisia who shouldered this project. Even Pachisia had no big experience and expertise in romantic films as all his major releases have been action-packed thrillers. The title 'Kya Love Story Hai' brings out a fresh feel of teenage romance with fun-packed laughter but it disappoints in almost all major departments. The director promised to reveal the mindset of today's pop genre but has messed up with half-baked characterization and poorly narrated screenplay.
'Kya Love Story Hai' is the story of conflicts of ideas between two sets of individuals with different mindsets. The film revolves around the conflict between an aspiring and ambitious career-oriented youth versus a carefree bunch of youngsters. There is a confusing and boring love story that unveils the pros and cons of both. The film restricts itself to 12 reels but still the viewers feel tortured and confused. There are many big loopholes that narrate the poor fate of this semi-baked love story. Indian audiences have been thoroughly fed on the spice and sugar of triangle love stories for decades and there is hardly any novelty that the film can offer. Ironically, every incident looks predictable and worst of all it works so mechanically that it creates boredom in the theatre.
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First and foremost aspect that worked against the script is its chosen locations of South Africa when the story could have easily worked out on Indian locations. The film talks about Indian values and traditions, but there are no Indians around. The film holds modesty in not covering Johannesburg or Cape Town (cities of South Africa) as New York or California as it was done in Suneel Darshan's 'Shakalaka Boom Boom'. Secondly, the producers thought of shouldering the project on the frail shoulders of Tushar Kapoor and Ayesha Takia and promote it with Kareena Kapoor's item song. Thirdly, the film scores a zero on comical quotient as the loosely packed humor irritates and disappoints every time.
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The worst part was the semi-baked acting talents (Rahul Singh, Rajesh Mashalvakar and dwarf actor Shorty) who disappoint in the poorly scripted and played comical sequences. Fourthly, Pritam's hip-shaking and melody fails to find effective grounding and every song decimates the pace of the film. It was Kareena Kapoor's highly publicized item song "It's Rocking" that proves show stellar by initiating the proceeding of the film and by playing it at the end. But, even this flashy number has failed to save the film from its poor fate. Finally, it was confused script and weird screenplay that plays the biggest villain. Director Lovely Singh may have succeeded in mastering the technicalities but has miserably failed in maintaining the flow of the film with effective treatment. It was mediocre directorial debut all the way and the film never rose to the occasion.
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'Kya Love Story Hai' works on a wafer thin plotline that revolves around three major characters. The film is love story about two different individuals with different ideologies. Arjun (Tushar Kapoor) is a rich and carefree young boy who has all the luxuries of life at his command. He has everything he desires and so he doesn't feel to make his living through hard work. Arjun has always been in the company of restless youngsters (Rahul Singh, Rajesh Mashalavkar and African actor Shorty) who ogle at every beauty on street and beach. Kaajal (Ayesha Takia) is a lovable charming college girl who loves and respects the people who make their life on their own. She nurses the ambition of marrying "self made" man and wishes to meet him soon. Love emerges between Arjun and Kaajal but their ideas conflict and finally one day they separate. Arjun leaves for Mumbai to make his own identity. In the meanwhile, a rich and ambitious entrepreneur Ranvir (Karan Hukku) enters Kaajal's life and her life changes completely. Ranvir proves to be her ideal man but still she feels uncomfortable with him. Ranveer shares most of his time in his office and bears a rude and ruthless attitude towards others. This disappoints Kaajal and one fine day Arjun returns from Mumbai to meet Kaajal. Things have changed completely as Kaajal is engaged to Ranvir and Arjun is still speechless about his love. Finally, the love of Arjun for Kajaal wins and Ranvir sacrifices his dreams.
The film has its share of positive points but they are few to raise any promise. Cinematography by Rajeev Srivastava captures the beach and urban locales of South African cities very well. Pritam's music is the biggest positive element but that hasn't materialized. The soundtracks "It's Rocking" is already a chartbuster while others like "Jeene Kya Tere Bina", "Aye Khuda" and "Miss you Everyday" are likeable. Choreography by Bosco-Ceaser in "It's Rocking" will be one major highlight of this year while the rest of them will have a flashy impact.
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Tushar Kapoor delivers an honest performance but it's high time that he should understand his credentials as an actor. It was his comical timing in films like 'Kya Kool Hai Hum' and 'Golmaal' that raised his status as a reliable actor and not his lover boy image. His role in the film brings memories of his debut film 'Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai' with almost negligible impact. Ayesha Takia's plump looks and weird hair style is no big image makeover to surprise her fans or viewers. The actress who showed maturity in 'Dor' wears two expressions in the entire film. Anyway her role never demanded any histrionic and neither has she delivered. Newcomer Karan Hukku has the physique and caricature of a ramp model but his acting skills need lot of improvement. The newcomer has the good looks and charm to lure female audiences but his dialogue delivery needs to be improvised. The rest of the actors simply fit the bill and hardly deliver anything memorable to cherish. Director Lovely Singh disappoints completely and his debut will go unnoticed. Last week it was dark horse 'Bheja Fry' winning over biggies 'Life Mein Kabhi Kabhi' and 'Big Brother', but this week the fate is easily predictable. The multiplex audiences deserve a better fare and this has come as a big disappointment for them.
In nutshell, this may be termed "Kya Boring Aur Confused Film Hai"!
