Although a little long, this turned out to be a delightful musical drama. Initially, this film starts out as a comedy with two young ladies of dissimilar talents getting their new job locations confused and winding up with the employment the other should have had. The comedy then shifts to romance which in turn becomes a musical. After the singing and dance die down it becomes a passionate drama. Now, although I am not a big fan of musicals I must confess that the songs and dance routines were superb and I enjoyed all of them. Likewise, the acting on the part of Akshay Kumar (as "Raj Malhotra"),the attractive Kareena Kapoor ("Priya Saxena") and Priyanka Chopra ("Mrs. Sonia Roy") was first-rate. I should also point out that Priyanka Chopra was incredibly beautiful having won both "Miss India" and "Miss World" in 2000. At any rate, I really enjoyed this film and I strongly recommend it for those who think they might be interested in something of this nature.
Plot summary
Successful businessman Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) has everything going for him, including a lovely wife (Kareena Kapoor). Just when he thinks things can't get any better, Sonia (Priyanka Chopra) - his ex-girlfriend, now the boss's wife - walks back into his life - and she wants Raj. After he rejects her sexual advances, she accuses him of rape. But he soon turns the tables on Sonia and sues her for sexual harassment along with the help of his wife Priya.
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Aitraaz is a remake of Disclosure, quite a hatke topic for Abbas-Mustan however the treatment could be much better. The film starts off with typical comedy, romance between Akshay and Kareena, only when Priyanka enters things look better, the flashback portion is well handled, the twist at interval is good while second half too gets better. Though the courtroom drama could be better, it jars and also suddenly Kareena becoming a lawyer yet the end is good
Direction by Abbas Mustan is good, he could resist however from putting comedy at odd places Music by Himesh is good, Gela Gela is good, rest songs are good too however the choreography is crude at times
Akshay Kumar underplays his part well, Kareena is good too Priyanka in her first author backed role tries very hard does deliver well too though at times her effort shows too much Amrish Puri gets less scope and is okay, Paresh Rawal is superb, Annu Kapoor too excels, Upasna Singh is adequate,Vivek Shauq lends some fun moments,rest are okay
Stellar, Bollywood Cinema should be proud, even if it's a copy!
I believe that would be Hollywood's 'Disclosure' starring Demi Moore to be exact. In its Bollywood makeover, you have Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra as the lead characters. Akshay plays (Raj Malhotra) a business executive at a top mobile phone company which is owned by Ranjit Roy (Amrish Puri). One day, Raj tells a friend/co-worker of his that he needs a house keeper and his friend decides to send him one. Meanwhile, Raj's neighbour Barrister Ram Choitrani (played perfectly by Annu Kapoor) had also placed an ad in a newspaper advertising for a secretary. Priya Saxena (Kareena Kapoor) has just graduated from law school as is searching for a job when she comes across this ad in the newspaper and decides to go and apply for the job the next day. Along the way (and in a very hilarious scene) the housekeeper Raj's friend is sending gets confused by all the lookalike houses and goes to the wrong house (Barrister Choitrani's ) while Priya, who had stopped to pray at a temple then got flustered after wards, goes to the wrong house as well. In essence, the two ladies switch places unknowingly. Raj upon seeing Priya falls in love with her and hires her right away, but unknown to Priya, she is being hired as a housekeeper. The barrister, confused but happy that the housekeeper is happy to work for less, hires her as an co-attorney without even checking her credentials.
Sooner than later though, the truth comes out but Priya forgives Raj and they get married (Don't Miss the Uber hot 'Gela, Gela, Gela' song that is played during their honeymoon) and the barrister as well, marries the maid. After the honeymoon, Priya announces that she is pregnant and Raj, though happy begins to make plans to accommodate the child. He wants to buy a new house, take out a loan etc. etc. But this would require a promotion at work, which in due time news starts to surface. He (Raj) is so sure that he is about to be promoted to a very comfortable position when Ranjit Roy arrives to do the honours. But along with the festivities comes an unforeseen whirlwind in the manner of Roy's new and very young wife Sonia (played by Priyanka Chopra in arguably her most career defining role). Raj soon becomes very uncomfortable when he doesn't get the position he was gunning for but an even higher one when the honours are announced by the new Mrs. Roy with her agendas lurking not too far behind.
Before long, it is revealed that Raj had a past with Sonia and though married and established, Sonia still carries a torch for Raj and is hellbent on winning him back even if it mean destroying both their marriages. Don't miss the ever hilarious and multi-talented actor Paresh Rawal in a special appearance as Advocate Patel, Sonia's lawyer when all goes to the dogs. Kareena Kapoor also turns in a great performance. Don't miss other great songs like 'I wanna make love to you' and 'Tela Tum' both performed by Ms. Chopra who seems to have a knack for these sort of things. Stellar casting and acting!