Though largely incomplete, Ek Mein Aur Ekk Tu (EMAET) was
definitely enjoyable for the most part. Having gone in with a ‘is this going to be a What Happens in Vegas
rehash,’ I was pleasantly surprised. And more, when it instantly struck a
chord, especially in its final moments.
Borrowing its premise from multiple movies including Wake Up
Sid, Udaan, 3 Idiots, Bommarillu and the likes, it sure would have been a bad
decision if it retained its original title 'Short Term Shaadi'. The shaadi is
the last thing in/from the movie that you'll probably remember. Not going into
the wafer-thin premise, one can just say that the debutant director Shakun
Batra follows his end message 'Live every moment, don't bother about the
future' throughout the movie.
Kareena's Ri act closely follows her Geet character from Jab
We Met and probably borderlines Konkana's Ayesha from Wake Up Sid. And no
size-zero-ness (Thank god for that!) Imran’s Rahul Kapoor character is almost
a replica of Madhavan's role in 3 Idiots. And what's with the obsession of
every third movie's male lead character with the camera? It's not that photography is the only
hobby for the metrosexual male.
Ratna Pathak Shah is in a completely different role from
what she portrayed on Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na where she played Imran's mother too.
Boman Irani (Imran's father) has been in very similar roles and I so wish the
filmmakers gave this immensely talented actor more diverse roles.
Amit Trivedi's tracks are quite lively, even though they
closely resemble the types of tracks that Shankar Ehsaan Loy or Vishal Shekar
usually provide for Karan Johar's productions. Aahatein by Shilpa Rao and
Karthik, who makes his debut in an Amit Trivedi's soundtrack, is my pick.
If only Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions could get over
their obsession of filming in a city in the US. Didn’t their own Wake Up Sid
work very well being set in Bombay, oops Mumbai?
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