My take on MAIN AUR MRS KHANNA (Hindi, 2009)
Diwali, Salman and Kareena Kapoor in a love story hasn’t proved too fruitful for Salman last time around either in 2005 with KYON KII which failed miserably at the box-office. While KYON KII had a depressing ending which worked against the film in the festive season (it was fairly well made), MAIN AUR MRS KHANNA is a romance which can only be described as old wine in a old bottle!
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SATYAMSHOT 
October 26, 2009 at 3:47 AM
thanks.. was expecting better here but then with Sohail around I should have known!
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October 26, 2009 at 3:51 AM
Yeah this one is a total dud through and through! A definite let-down after WANTED! Lets see what LONDON DREAMS holds in store…
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October 26, 2009 at 4:08 AM
Even while you state emphatically that this is Sohail’s film and that Salman has only a guest appearance, you still compare it to Wanted. The power of publicity, I guess.
I think you are way too kind on the film.
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October 26, 2009 at 4:32 AM
Well promo’s give off the idea that Salman is the main hero and Sohail is secondary which isn’t the case…this one is worth a miss by all means unless you’re a Bebo freak!
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October 26, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Extended guest appearence. He does appear again in the second half, though his role here is shorter than in NO ENTRY!
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October 26, 2009 at 4:25 AM
A relevant excerpt from Baradwaj Rangan’s review of MAMK:
“…These scenes are staged not elaborately but in a concise, cryptic manner, as if Soni were laying the groundwork for a monumental meditation on the modern-day marriage. We wait for these casual snapshots of Sameer and Raina to accrue into a warts-and-all wedding album.
And then Sohail Khan pees all over the wedding cake. Rarely has there been such a dreadful case of miscasting, and rarely has a film thundered off the rails with such a drastic change of mood and tone.”
http://www.desipundit.com/baradwajrangan/2009/10/24/review-main-aurr-mrs-khanna-blue-all-the-best/
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October 26, 2009 at 5:42 AM
Just added “Preity Zinta is OK trying to ape Ashwariya Rai in the far superior KAJRA RE. Deepika Padukone’s role seems forced”
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October 26, 2009 at 5:45 AM
The dance wasn’t bad. It was the scene before with Sohail that grated.
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