by Sneha Hazarika

Cast- Debutantes Rajveer Dutt and Neha Julka, Chhavi Hussein, Kunal Kumar, Aditi Govitrikar
Director- Mohit Hussein
Rating*1/2

This one is no different from any other formula romantic film in more ways than one.

It's a boy meets girl tale wherein they quarrel, fall in love, have a loyal set of friends who provide comic relief as well as do everything to help them out and later on, like in any other love story there are complications, misunderstandings and twists and turns.

However, here first time director Mohit Hussein has tried to focus mainly on complications faced by modern day-big city relationships in today's fast times. In doing so, the film does come up with a share of nice moments. But there are quite a few loopholes which outweigh the honest and sincere efforts involved.

Trying to insert a bit of everything and too many commercial elements than required has not helped the film much.

Rahul Choudhry is a successful rich London Banker who falls for pretty and ambitious TV journalist Radhika Rao (Neha Julka). They live with their best pals (played by Kunal Kumar and Chhavi Hussein and interestingly lead life king-size (that's cinematic liberty) in London.

After some petty squabbles the twosome fall in love (though the way they do is clichéd and doesn't look convincing enough) and after their pals get married decide to move in together.

However as time passes (two years here), the pressures of their demanding professional lives take over and there are misunderstandings galore which pull them apart by and by. The girl decides to move to Mumbai when she gets a big promotion.

Strangely the girl appears as the more dissatisfied one and makes most of the complaints here. Her mistakes are kind of overlooked by the boy.

But she keeps feeling through out that the guy doesn't care for her in spite of his making up to her each time, flying down from London to Mumbai for a day to celebrate her b'day and then planning a dream like surprise dinner for in London, all that in the course of two months of her going away.

They end up breaking off for good in spite of the girl's mom Zarina Wahab hoping for a patch up and advising the girl to try save the relationship. In the end, despite the presence of his hottie boss Aditi Govitrikar in his life and a small fling/ one night stand (whatever) with her, the guy ends up lonely while the girl finds that special someone in her life.

The ending of the film seems abrupt with a forced Yana Gupta item number which has most likely been inserted to showcase our hero's dancing talent.

Looks like Rajveer Dutt is a hardworking and dedicated actor but the problem is, it seems he tries really hard to act. He doesn't come across as a natural performer. Neha Julka is competent but it seems her abilities are limited by the script.

Aditi Govitrikar should stick to what she is best at- modeling. She looks good (in a mature way)but her role has no scope and it seems its there just for the heck of it. It's confusing as to whether she is trying to seduce or be friends and help the hero work at his relationship.

The director's wife Chhavi Hussein has quite a parallel role and this can't actually be termed as a special appearance (as the credits say). She suits her part. Ditto for Kunal Kumar. The talented Zarina Wahab however has a very small role.

Interestingly producer Smita Thackerey makes an appearance in the film as her real self. The co- writer and co -producer Pakash Pange plays the part of the hero's boss. Director Mohit Hussein also makes a fleeting experience in the film. Must say quite an intelligent use of one's own platform!

Pritam's music isn't bad and the movie has been filmed well too. The director has made some of the emotional sequences (including the live in, physicality factor) true to life and some relationship problems talked about in the film appear genuine.

Only the film should have been a little shorter and should have been more to the point. The styling is good. Abhishek Bachchan's commentary in the beginning is a plus point.

‘Kaisey Kahein' does try to delve into complex relationship issues but looks like a more straightforward and simple approach (towards analyzing relationships) would have worked better.