This is the FIRST TIME, ali ikram is ON OTHER SIDE OF LAW for SRK film..usualy, VIEWERS improve his 4-5ish ratings, but her MHN case he has been DEMOTED!???

I think, BIWI ke DARR se SRK film ko GENEROUSLY rate kiya to OFFSET his JAW DRP for SUSH!!

just got back from watching this.....mmnnn what can i say that my fellow bro's haven't already mentioned a typical masalla pot boiler for me the highlight among things already quoted by my bro's is its nice to see srk do action since shakti !!!

Are u addressing me THE BRO, Asif Miyan? I am glad!! if So? and if u agreed with my HIGH/LOW LIGHTS..But Man SUSH was TOO MUCH!!!!!hoo hoo!!

even i broke into a song everytime SUSH came on !!!

Which one? Asif miyan?

I am still TRYING to fix my DROPPED jaw!

I would love to see TUJHE JO MAEN NE DEKHA exactly the way, I saw in the CINEMA!

I am SCARED of CRAP, RAMAYAN KINDA DVD EROS will CHURN out 3X in 6 months!!

It'll be cheaper and more enjoyable to see MHN in theatre 3 more times instead of buying MHN EROS DVD that you may not even watch 3 times.

EXCERPTS from British Press

As per Albion Cinemas News Letter:

Dear Subscriber,

Raves for Farah's Bollywood dreams
PARUL GUPTA

TIMESOFINDIA TUESDAY, MAY 04, 2004 06:11:54 PM ]


A Shah Rukh Khan film doing well overseas is no longer news. But this time, his film has won rave reviews internationally, unlike the last time when Kal Ho Naa Ho got far from gushing reviews.

The British press has raved about the directorial debut by Farah Khan, better known as the Bombay Dreams choreographer in the UK.

"It's impossible not to be entertained by this madly over-the-top Bollywood musical melodrama," writes Peter Bradshaw about Main Hoon Na in the Guardian newspaper.

The film section of the BBC website has called it a "bonkers masala movie", marking out its soundtrack.

It's the sheer diversity of the soundtrack that keeps Main Hoon Na 's 179 minutes light on their feet. Skipping from dance anthems to nostalgic love songs, the soundtrack's a zinger," the website says.

However, the music by Anu Malik hasn't impressed UK's Channel 4 website. "The film is let down by unremarkable music by Anu Malik, the climax school prom rock 'n' roll number being truly abysmal," the review reads.

The channel’s reviewer is also unimpressed by actors Zayed Khan and Amrita Rao. “The teen romance strand is hampered by the duff casting of newcomers.” But when it comes to the senior Khan, the website is all praise.

“Worth seeing for Shah Rukh Khan's excellent performance,” reads the bottomline.

I like your IDEA rana!! : Watching, TUJHE JO MEANE DEKHA!! BAAR BAAR ON BIG SCREEN!

I have done so far for only one film, that was 1942 a LOVE STORY, as it was running laterz for $2 a show! and watched film pre interval, left when songs were over..

This is BULL SHIT!! SRK is SAME SRK, I think, new actors brought freshness, rather than seeing, POO/HRITHIK again..I am glad Farah couldnt get Hrithik in first place!

FRED, our SWISS CRITIC(GUY BEHIND FRENCH DEVDAS)

Calls MHN..AMUSING:(VERY COMMERCIAL)

Amusing
Shahrukh dressed as a schoolboy, good songs, Sushmita Sen wearing always more amazing saris, all of it on a funny and lively tone, nothing is to be reproached to this film in the sense that it is what it’s pretending to be : a Bollywood masala like we love them.
On the songs side it’s an average to a rather good vintage. In the genre the choreographies are excellent – one can see that the director is an ex choreographer – and the music is nice, particularly Tumhe Jo Maine Dekha showing a lot of liveliness while being visually very successful.
The main flaw lies in the cruel lack of depth of the plot as well as in the way in which it’s evolving. We feel a lack of control in the narration and in the succession of the events. For long passages one comes to put aside the “dark aspect” of the film and show us sometimes the villain in order to remind one of his dangerous presence. A typical approach for family comedies.
About the comic aspect, of course one must like big jokes but those do not tend to laps into vulgarity or gratuitousness, they just fit into the general atmosphere of the film, one of the funniest things being the relation between Shahrukh and the chemistry teacher (Sushmita Sen). You’ll note some repetitions but nothing very serious except that the movie is inspired by a lot of previous works.
Smiles are on everybody’s faces when we come out, a simple and welcome entertainment, one must go see that movie in a spirit of amusement, laugh and of seeing good songs without forgetting that this is a very commercial movie.

http://www.cinesia.ch/en/reviews/2004/mhn.php

Continued, rana post, re BBC evaluation..


Main Hoon Na is yet another Shah Rukh Khan film since Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.. to open among the top 10 in England.

The movie set a record for a woman director (Farah Khan) in India. None of the desi women directors has come anywhere near the success of Main Hoon Na.

In America, just as Main Hoon Na drew huge audiences, the Broadway musical Bombay Dreams which has choreography by Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan was withstanding critical drubbing by some of the major newspapers including The New York Times.

"The show is a survivor," says associate producer Sudhir Vaishnav. He added that the producers had redesigned the ads. "We are having repeat audiences," says Vaishnav.

The $14 million musical has some $6 million in advance and has been getting about 75 percent of the 1,760-seat Broadway Theatre full. Huge full-page advertisements for the show are going out next week with quotes from favourable reviews in Daily News, Variety, Entertainment Weekly and Newsday that have a combined circulation of about 3 million.

Even The New York Times had a few wonderful things to say about the choreography in the Shakalaka Baby song.

'A gorgeous, glamorous, feel-good fantasy,' wrote The Times. '"Delirious, divine madness that reaches dizzy, surreal heights.'

In London, the BBC assessed Farah Khan as a director and choreographer in a review, which dubbed Main Hoon Na a crowd pleaser. 'It's the sheer diversity of the soundtrack that keeps Main Hoon Na's 179 minutes light on their feet. Skipping from dance anthems to nostalgic love songs -- the soundtrack's a zinger,' reads the review.

'Directing the dance routines with a choreographer's eye, Khan uses the musical range to deliver some memorably original sequences, like the school prom beefed up by a 50s-style rock'n'roll band, or the chemistry lab sing-along that comes complete with exploding desks.'

The review singled out starlet Rakhi Sawant: 'And keep an eye out for supporting actress Rakhi Sawant (Masti) as the school's beauty queen. She may not have much of a part to work with, but the actress struts her stuff for all she's worth -- dancing everyone else off the screen. It's the naked ambition of a lass determined to see her name up in lights some time soon.'

If the movie does not go for a steep fall in the second week and sustains a 40 to 45 percent downtick, it could earn at least $2.8 million in North America and England. And that means the film is a super hit but it also means that it has to fight very hard to make more money than Kal Ho Na Ho that grossed about $4 million on both sides of the Atlantic just a few months ago.

Steep Fall?? They are increasing # of screens in the second week. It's all set to cross KHNH collections from overseas.

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN MBBS AND MHN

We all know both start with letter 'M'.

But, did you know of other connections/ similarities:

http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/0 ... nabhai...'

Besides the back-to-school theme, there are some other similarities too. Shah Rukh was actually the first choice to play "Munnabhai..." And Boman Irani who found such richly deserved fame as a professor after "Munnbhai..." is cast again as the principal of the school in "Main Hoon Na".

Also, did you know that SRK role for Sunny and Zayed's role for SRK was contemplated:

"In fact at one point when we couldn't get the right actor to play the younger brother I suggested to director Farah Khan that I play the younger brother while Sunny Deol play the older man. Luckily, we found Zayed Khan just in time. He's perfect for my brother's role."

i'm not too sure Sunny would have done the film ......i believe there's some bad history beteween SD & SRK that stems from the day's when they shot for DAAR !!!!!

I think, u forgot, HRITHIK, being forst choice for BRO..he SNEAKED out, second was SOHAIL KHAN, fir bhi bat nahin bani, tou SISSY khan was ropped in!

Sunny would be atleast BETTER AUTHENTIC COMMANDO, than being Sisyy Comando!!, par, how he could have done without BAD MOUTHING? Theme was not SUITABLE for him anyways!!