There’s a naturally organic feel to the script in the first hour as the two are repeatedly thrown together before deciding to team up and take light-hearted revenge on the society that’s rejected their dreams. The youngsters meet on a train to the city of Lucknow, where Rakesh has a business scheme rejected and Vimmi misses out on enrolling in the Miss India contest. The son of a lifelong railroad employee (Raj Babbar), naive Rakesh Trivedi (Abhishek Bachchan) lives in Fursatganj, Uttar Pradesh, and doesn’t want to end up like his father nearby, in Pankinagar, self-obsessed Vimmi Saluja (Mukerji) wants to be a famous model and escape a marriage being urged on her by mom and dad (Puneet Issar, Kiran Joneja Sippy). Opening number - a salute by helmer Sahgal to masala movies of yore - crosscuts between the two principals as they express their boredom with smalltown life and yearn for wider frontiers. By then, the film has developed its own personality, largely thanks to the two young leads. ![]() ![]() Coming two hours into the movie, in a hotel bar, it’s a likable enough event, played in relaxed manner by both, but hardly the pic’s highlight. For Indian auds, the film’s main publicity hook has been its first on-screen pairing of Bachchan pere et fils, superstar vet Amitabh and his 29-year-old son, Abhishek.
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