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DIL HAI TUMHAARA - (Reviewed By Komal Nahta)
Director: Kundan Shah
Music: Nadeem Shravan
Lyrics: Sameer
Producer: Kumar S. Taurani, Ramesh S. Taurani
Starring: Preity Zinta, Rekha, Mahima & Arjun Rampal
RATING: 4/10
Tips Films' Dil Hai Tumhaara is an emotional tale of an illegitimate child. Unaware that she (Preity Zinta) is the step-daughter of her mother (Rekha), she realises, however, right in her childhood that her mother loves her sister (Mahima Chaudhry) more than her. The emotional bond between the two sisters is, nevertheless, very strong. As luck would have it, both fall in love with the same handsome boy (Arjun Rampal). The boy reciprocates the love of the illegitimate daughter, but the sister (Mahima) thinks, he is in love with her (Mahima). The mother thinks that her step-daughter is trying to wean away her daughter's love from her. She is unaware that the boy does not love her biological daughter.
The story (Rajkumar Santoshi) is very emotional but the screenplay (Rajkumar Santoshi and Kundan Shah) does not do full justice to its potential. Had the scenes showing the mother firing the step-daughter in the first half been more heart-wrenching, not just the emotional impact but also the base of the film would've been stronger. As it happens, the mother fires her step-daughter but not without reason. The sentiments would've been more touching if she had insulted Preity for absolutely no fault of hers. This is a major drawback of the film.
The screenplay is also not as smooth as it should've been. Several tracks, which have been added to the mother-daughter story, look like add-ons and mar the impact of the film to an extent. For instance, the angle of the 'Refresh' apple juice and the comedy track of the hero's two CEOs have no relevance and are not even worthwhile additions. So also, the angle of the mother's political adversary, raking up the illegitimate daughter issue in the pre-climax, looks out of place, if only because there was no way for him to have known it. The ventriloquism angle has been shabbily treated - the ventriloquist's doll talks even when the former is not holding him in his hand!
The first half has several light moments which are entertaining. Despite a lot of laughter before interval, the feeling the audience gets up with at interval-point is that of having seen a frivolous story. The drama picks up a bit post-interval but the real emotions start once the mother decides to bare her heart out and tell her step-daughter of her real identity.
From then on, right till the climax, there are scenes which make the audience weep. In particular, the scene in which the mother pours her heart out, the scene thereafter in which the two sisters interact and the scene in which the girl pleads with her sister's to-be father-in-law to not call off the marriage are just too fantastic and would move even the stone-hearted to tears. Many of the women, of course, would cry inconsolably in these scenes, all of which go on for about 20 minutes. Again, the climax is quite tame, comparatively. Dialogue (Subrat Sinha) are very well-written - the light ones serve to create the right mood while the emotional ones definitely add to the drama.
Preity Zinta shines in an author-backed role and acts with admirable ease. If she is lovable and cute in the first half, she is absolutely first-rate in the weepy scenes of the second half. Mahima Chaudhry has the lesser role but she too is brilliant. In particular, her acting in the scene when her mother takes out all her frustration on Preity and in the engagement ceremony scene when she realises there's something amiss is superb.
Rekha, as their mother, lives her role and emotes beautifully. Arjun Rampal looks handsome and does fairly well. Jimmy Shergill is very average. Alok Nath is alright in the limited scope he gets. Govind Namdev leaves a mark with his acting. Anjan Srivastava is effective. Gajraj Rao is also very good. Vivek Shauq and Dilip Joshi have been wasted. Sachin Khedekar does well in a brief role. Natasha Sinha, Achyut Potdar and child artistes Raveena Taurani, Karishma Lalwani, Shreya Chawla, Raj Bhatia and Tanvi lend good support.
Kundan Shah's direction is good. His handling of the emotional scenes, especially, deserves special mention. But one wishes, he'd taken care of the aforementioned weaknesses of the screenplay. He could have also paid more attention to the studio scenes; Jimmy Shergill's house on a studio set looks quite ridiculous, more so because it's a film with fairly good production and technical values.
Music (Nadeem Shravan) is very melodious. 'Mohabbat dil ka sukun', the title track, 'Dil laga liya' and 'Chhaya hai jo dil pe' are the best songs. 'Kasam kha ke kaho' and 'O Saaybaa' are also tuneful. Song picturisations could've been much better. Camerawork (Jehangir Chowdhury) is of a good standard. Sham Kaushal's action is functional.
On the whole, Dil Hai Tumhaara has excellent emotions and family appeal to make the audience cry and, therefore, distributors smile.
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