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Thriller sans thrill
 Film:
Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat
Director: Dinkar Kapur
Cast: Sharad Kapoor, Deepak Tijori, Krishna, Deeksha, Viveka
Babaji, Mukesh Rishi and Johny Lever
Rating: 2/10
The height of
Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat is that it is a thriller that simply fails
to thrill! It is indeed just another trite romantic murder mystery,
which has so puzzled plot that you will have to use your grey cells
to the fullest but the sad part is that still you won't fathom the
goings-on. Directed by first timer Dinkar Kapur, the film doesn't
have a proper script in the first place.
The film starts off with Vicky (Krishna) who dresses in expensive
outfits and sashays around in swanky cars. But before you think that
he is some superrich brat, let us inform you that he is a penniless
pauper in pain. He lives in a garage with his friends and since he
wants to earn money the easy way, he somehow manages to deceive a
rich girl, Tina (Deeksha) who in realist y is no rich girl.
 Meanwhile, Vicky
saves Rahul Thakral's (Sharad Kapoor) life and the big businessman
provides him with a queer job in turn. Thakral hires him to follow
his 'bewafa' wife who bears a striking resemblance to Tina.
As part of his job, Vicky begins spending much of his time with
Priya. They get quite close to each other. One day, she insists
Vicky to come over at her house. When Vicky reaches on the fateful
night, he is taken aback to find her in pool of blood.
But then it takes hima trip to Pune to run away from the cops,
followed by the revelation that the poor rich girl Tina is a club
dancer!
He realises that Tina has been impersonating Thakral's wife and in
reality it is Priya (Viveka Babaji) who has been killed. Shrewd
Inspector Balram Singh (Mukesh Rishi) is handed over the case. Vicky
runs away.
On investigation, a casino owner Vijay Pal (Deepak Tijori), Thakral
and Vicky are the suspects in the murder. Who is the real culprit?
 To know more, you
will have to go to the theatre to bear the mental assault that comes
absolutely free with Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat.
To add some comedy, which has become a norm these days, there is the
eternal comedian Johny Lever to make you laugh with his funny acts.
Even in badly made films, at least you expect good performances but
even in histrionics department, the director falls flat on his face.
All the debutants sleepwalk through the film. Worst one first.
Krishna is awfully bad in his maiden venture. He needs to work hard
if he is to get anywhere close to be deemed the bad version of uncle
Govinda. Deeksha does look sexy but she can't act. Model Viveka
Babaji can't even speak Hindi properly, let alone delivering a
decent performance. The Kamasutra model's expressionless face
reveals a lot that she does not in the movie. Perhaps, had there not
been seasoned artistes like Sharad Kapoor, Deepak Tijori, Mukesh
Rishi and Johny Lever, the film would have been more unbearable.
Mukesh Rishi comes up with flying colours yet again, whereas Kapoor
and Tijori bring in their experience to play. The slick background
score deserves brownie points.
 The film has some
heavy flaws. So many questions are left unanswered. First of all,
why the murder takes place isn't clearly told. Secondly, the film
moves at such a fast speed that the viewer get flummoxed. Last but
not the least, the film is so full of clichéd dialogues that one
wonders the writer has been paid his amount.
All in all, the film looks crippled what with the same old theme of
murder, which has been told on screen zillion times, again
unabashedly rehashed to suit B-Grade audiences. Avoid it.
By Shaikh Ayaz
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