The bollywood pinned all it's hope on Honey Irani's Armaan and what it gets in the return is a dud. Something is really wrong with this Writer-turned-Director's debut venture. Armaan simply fails to impress despite it's quite impressive star cast. The reason, everything is so obvious in the film. You don't need to go to cinema to see the whole film if you are smart enough to unravel the story in it's promos.

For those who couldn't get the so obvious plot, Amitabh Bachchan (Dr. Sinha), is a philanthropist who has a dream of making his hospital a state of art. His 'adopted' son Anil Kapoor (Akash Sinha) is a neurosurgeon and shares his father's dream. There is Miss goody two shoes Gracy Singh (Neha) who reluctantly falls in love with Sinha junior. And then there is Preity Zinta (Soniya Kapoor) who is arrogance personified.

Preity meets Anil Kapoor and finds out that he is the man she wants, come what may. That's why you see her dancing with a knife and fork in her hands and wearing devilish horns. Meanwhile, an oblivious Anil Kapoor and Gracy Singh share some close moments together. But just as things seem to be going smoothly, a dramatic incident changes everything. Amitabh Bachchan, who is already suffering from high stress levels, dies in an attempt to save an injured child.

Now Anil Kapoor has only one goal in his life – to fulfil his father's dream. And also to save the hospital from the financial crunch. Then come the sacrifices. In an agreement, Anil Kapoor agrees to marry Priety Zinta and in turn, her father (Randhir Kapoor) fulfils all demands related to the hospital, while a hapless Gracy Singh signs as one of the witnesses in their marriage. The rest of the story deals with the turmoil of the three main characters.

The storyline is banal. The hill-station backdrop is quite pleasing. Music directors Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy try to salvage the film with their couple of decent compositions. Gracy Singh manages to pull a pleasent performance. Anil seems bit uncomfortable romancing the girls half his age. Randhir Kapoor hams while playing the stinking rich. The only saving grace of the film is stellar performance by Big B himself.