Jul 01 2008
Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic Movie Review Rani Mukherji
Yashraj Films brings in with caution Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic after a spate of box office disasters. This time around they have come up with a family entertainer that would appeal to the kids in a bigger measure. The film bears a seeming resemblance to the Hollywood classic ‘Mary Poppins’ and a dash of couple other flicks.
We start of with a child Ranbeer who has lost everyone he loves –parents, teacher and childhood girlfriend in the process lapping up all the laurels at the boarding school. Ranbeer (Saif Ali Khan) grows up to be business tycoon with charisma, but as destiny would have it, his car rams into a vehicle leading to the death of Mr.& Mrs. Walia. Ranbeer is arrested and the court sentences his to the guardianship of the 4 kids who have been orphaned for a certain period. The kids – Vashisht (Akshat Chopra), Avantika (Ayushi Berman), Aditi (Shriya Sharma) & Iqbal (Rachit Sidana) move in with an intention of seeking revenge. They hate him and he too cannot face them. As things get unpleasant with time, the kids ask God for his help. God (Rishi Kapoor) hears the plea and decides to send his most cheerful angel Geeta (Rani Mukherji) on a mission to help the kids and their guardian to love each other. Geeta enters the house like a nanny to the kids. The Pyar & Magic start working when a man who has lost love, the four orphans who need love and an angel who does not know what love is, are set on roller coaster ride. Do the kids get love of the man they hate; through the kids does the man get love which he has lost always and does the angel return post her mission?
The director – producer Kunal Kohli has kept the script simple and has stuck to the basics, mixing fun with fantasy, without complicating the storyline. Music from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is not great except for the item number ‘Lazy Lamhe’. Near to perfect cinematography by Sudeep Chatterjee.
Saif Ali doesn’t seem to be acting in this flick, but simply gets into the character with quite ease. Rani Mukherji is in after a break, her performance is positive and bubbly. Amisha Patel as Ranbeer’s girlfriend has nothing much to do. Rishi Kapoor in his cameo is appreciable. But the show stealers are the 4 kids and Kunal has really got out of them the deliverables.
The flick is family entertainer to be watched along with the children.
