I watched Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic last night. It was a good movie after I was suffering Friday Syndrome all day long! This movie was released last week and long with another movie with a similar name – Thodi Life Thoda Magic. I do not understand why people do this? Is it like they are so sure that the movie wont work and the only prospective viewers for the movie are the ones who mistakenly enter the cinema hall wanting to watch Saif and Rani and end up watching Jackie Shroff and Meera Vasudevan!!!
Coming back to the point, this movie was, I guess, supposed to release during summer vacation days. And one very strong reason behind this is that this movie is meant for kids. And they will have hell a lot of fun watching this one. It has four kids troubling their caretaker Saif Ali Khan. Its a perfect movie for kids of all ages (under 16).
But wait… if this was a movie intended for kids, then what was the song – Lazy Lamhe – doing in the movie? The plot of the song is a pool-side party with all firang babes in bikini. I can understand a one or two second shot if it was very much required. But this 5 minutes 12 seconds song!!! I think Kunal Kohli was out of his mind when he was shooting this song. Or probably he forgot that he was making a movie for kids. Or another reason could be that he wanted to impress a few movie reviewers who do not give 3+ stars unless they see girls in chaddis!
From the acting perspective, Saif and Rani were just ordinary. You just cannot believe that these are the same actors who portrayed Langda Tyagi (Omkara) and Michelle McNally (Black). It depends so much on the director and the story line for an actor to get his best out of him/her! All the four kids were awesome… They acted beyond their age and gave out mind-blowing performance. Amisha Patel was a waste of casting anyway. They could have got any female actor in her place as the role demanded nothing out of her.
The movie begins with Saif’s car hitting another car (a BMW hitting a Maruti 800) in the streets of Delhi and the couple in the car (parents of four kids) dying on the spot. Then the court gives a landmark decision and asks Saif to take care of the four kids. They are irritated because they knew that Saif and killed their parents and wanted to take revenge. While doing so they are also frustrated to stay with him and ask God for help. And the God in the movie (Rishi Kapoor) sends his favourite angel (Rani) to help the family. She being an angel does a dozen magic tricks and gets Saif and the kids together. Finally God asks to her to come back to heaven, but these five of them (the kids and Saif) pray to God to give her back and God hears their prayers (yet again!) and they get Rani back… THE END!
If Yash Raj film plan a comeback after the Tashan debacle with such a silly plot, either they are insane or they are taking the audience for granted! I am not sure if this movie will be in the screens for more than 2 weeks!
My Rating: 2/5
My Advice: Watch it only if you have nothing else to do and someone is sponsoring the ticket!
