LIFE PARTNER REVIEW

Director: Rumi Jaffery
Cast: Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Genelia D'Souza. Prachi Desai, Anupam Kher and Darshan Zariwala
Release Date: 2009-09-14 08:00:00
Quick Take: Fun, only with ear plugs



Considering how everyone shouts out their dialogue in this movie, you‘d think microphones had not been invented! Govinda is a loud (clotheswise and dialogue-deliverywise) divorce lawyer and although he is shown to be a blonde babe magnet, he believes in loving ‘em and leaving ‘em. He has two friends: one who has a steady girlfriend and the other who is single and saving himself for his wife. Govinda plays Narad Muni in the lives of his friends and pushes them into getting a divorce. Genelia D‘Souza plays the steady gal to Fardeen. She is close to brilliant when portraying a demanding, spoilt, rich girl who plays at being a painter, a singer, an interior decorator et al. Her clothes are fabulous and she has some of the funniest lines in the movie. She burns her apartment down trying to work the washing machine and she yells at her husband, ‘You don‘t ever appreciate my efforts!’

When you are not smiling at the demands Genelia makes of Fardeen and horrified when he fulfils them, you are grinning at the virginal Tusshar Kapoor who excels at playing the coy Gujju boy who is saving himself for his wife. He probably has the best comic timing in the movies today. Prachi Desai is forgettable as his good little wife. The movie has been written to elicit laughs from the audience and attempts to make a comment on the social situation of non- resident Indians. Darshan Zariwala plays the controlling dad of a Gujarati family (Tusshar‘s dad), and his unreasonable demands on his family (sons should be obedient, women of the family should be seen and not heard and so on) wipe away his gentle Gandhiji image.

The story runs out of steam however when Amrita Arora shows up as an item number (she seriously needs help!) who turns Govinda‘s pathetic life around. This silly extension robs the film of all the fun. Just take ear plugs if you wish to see it in the theatre