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AB jr riding high on success of his last three flicks, suddenly finds himself with a solo-release. Thankfully his support team helps him to to the balancing act. Snazzily shot, it starts off like a kid in a candy shop, not sure which candy to pick. After his first con, there's the wedding and the subsequent breakup. It happens too fast. But on the flip side, thats when the story starts. In a bid to leave his past behind Jr decides to groom a sidekick as his worthy successor. To see how the events unfold you have to see the movie. The ending is interesting but instead to ending where Matchstick Men ends, the director prefers to Indianize and justify the climax and falls flat. Jr is in fine form, but badly needs a shave. Its the same look now in a couple of films and he needs to take care. Lady love is a wasted effort. Sidekick is actually a pleasant revelation, playing with his parameters he comes up trumps. Patekar is brilliant and Boman Irani is surprisingly relegated to the sidelines What could have been a brave movie, ends up as an also ran.

Salaam Namaste Starring : Saif Ali Khan, Priety Zinta and Arshad Warsi. It has taken nearly nine years for an Indian Director to be "inspired" by Nine Months. What we get then is a Siddharth Anand meets Chris Columbus in a Yash Raj package. So you could meet Hugh Grant (Khan-competent),Julianne Moore (Zinta-dependable), Tom Arnold (Warsi-getting better) and Joan Cusak (Tania Zaetta- getting worse) and Robin Williams (Abhishek Bachchan in one of his most hammiest cameo) or go to Blockbuster and pick up the original instead. Too much hype little spike. I will be posting a more a detailed review on dus-ka-bees.blogspot.com