Product: Chalte Chalte
Rating: 5.0
Khaned again?
Having reviewed a few movies for Amazon.com, I thought I knew something. I DO NOT! I started watching Chalte Chalte as a critic-wanna-be, not as a viewer. Although there are some genuinely sweet and funny scenes in the first half of this film, I saw no reason to have two high-powered actors (Khan and Rani) in what initially looks like a well done but kinda milk-toast production. The first half of the film is the fantasy of falling in love and getting married. Then I got hooked. The second half is the reality of marriage and learning to live together. Where there is love there is passion and sometimes fire!Khan turns in the acting performance of a life time in the second half of the film. At one point I was so mad at his character that I wanted to slap the snot out of him. Priya (Rani) delivers the much needed slap at just the right moment. Unlike some scenes in Hindi films where combatants miss by 5 inches it really looks like Rani lets him have one (in slow-mo, not really) keeping the scene real.Rani is her usual perfect self (Who wouldn't love her?) and the supporting actors are excellent throughout the story - acting 5. Although the music and dance scenes are good and integrated well in to the film, they are not (in my opinion) big-time productions leaving the urge to watch over and over such as in movies like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Bunti Aur Babli and Dhoom 2 - so 4. The story doesn't seem that unique but it is told well so - a 3, maybe. It pains me to give this movie an overall 4 given the excellent performances of Khan, Rani and others so I give it a 5 anyway.