Salaam-e-Ishq...

Well another day-out in Bristol. We( the bristol badboys) gave a big farewell to our beloved friend Firu, n then headed to cineworld( the cinema for hindi movies) here in bristol.
I am not a very bollywoodyyy fan but i do join the joy of my frends n enjoy the love movies..
we entered to the hall 5 mins to the showtime. and then...

This 3-hour-45 minute ‘Tribute To Love’ starts off quite grippingly. One after the other, the twelve characters are introduced. And the characters are colourful. There is a young married couple( John Abraham and Vidya Balan ) deeply in love with each other. There is a taxi driver who waits everyday for his dreamgirl ( Govinda and Shannon Esrechowitz ), an gori mem, at the airport. There are two lovers with broken engagement (Akshaye Khanna and Ayesha Takia ). There is an item girl who would do anything to get a role into a Karan Johar film( Priyanka Chopra and Salman Khan ). There is a middle-aged man with unfulfilled desires( Anil Kapoor and Juhi Chawla ). And there is a newly wed couple( Sohail Khan and Isha Koppikar ) unable to consummate their marriage.

In this huge ensemble, ‘Salaam-e-Ishq’ gets tangled in the second half( yah, there was this unusual 10 mins interval). Of the six love stories only three manage to make an impact. The others more-or-less remain bland.

Out of these six tracks, the stories featuring Akshaye Khanna and Govinda are the most entertaining. While Akshaye is simply superb in playing an eccentric, commitment phobic lover, Govinda brings the house down with his trademark humour. Sohail Khan, too, is very funny. But his track with Isha Koppikar is relegated to the background for most part of the film.The Salman-Priyanka track is bland and boring. It is a story without any head or toe. And to make things worse, both Salman and Priyanka have acted poorly.

The Anil Kapoor-Juhi Chawla track works solely because of performances( we all voted them the best). On the other hand, the track featuring John and Vidya lacks any depth. It merely ends up as the story of a man trying to revive the lost memory of his wife. Vidya is natural in her performance while John leaves much to be desired.

Despite too many tear-jerking moments, there are hardly one or two scenes that genuinely stir your emotions.

Of the six stories, four meet together at a big fat Indian wedding in the end. Thankfully, there is some humour in the climax to send the us back home with a smile on our faces.

Watch the longy longy movie when u get time, u will worth it....