Sooraj Barjatya's "Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon" starred Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Pankaj Kapur, Himani Shivpuri and Johnny Lever.
It was one of the biggest releases of the year 2003,anticipated to be a money churner at box-office like other Rajshri Productions movies.
The film,however, turned out as one of the most uninspired, insipid pieces of work to be manufactured by Bollywood studios in quite some
time.
Abhishek Bachchan stands out in this enterprise. His quiet, introspective performance is the shortest, but most impacting turn in the movie.Three years ago when the three stars in this film debuted, Abhishek was written off while Kareena and Hrithik became the critics' darlings. Abhishek, however, in an understated performance, completely upstages his contemporaries in this film.
The film follows the trials of a young woman, Sanjana (Kareena Kapoor), who lives a picture perfect life with her extended family, her pet dog, and a computerized parrot. Sanjana´s parents begin looking for a suitable husband for her. They find a man named Prem. Sanjana agrees to meet Prem (Hrithik Roshan), and a song and a dance later, falls deeply in love with him. But there´s trouble brewing. It turns out, there is another Prem (Abhishek Bachchan) in town. A love triangle forms, and Sanjana is forced to choose between the two Prem´s. But her choice can have dire repercussions; she has to choose
between her love for Prem (Hrithik) and her family´s wishes for her.
The film's cliché-ridden script may as well have come off of an assembly line, and Barjatya´s treatment is just as hackneyed. And Barjatya´s trademark preaching of traditional Indian values is present throughout; Not an ounce of the tons of melodrama in the film was compelling.
Kareena comes off as very inexperienced, mouthing dialogs synthetically, and going over the top in emotional scenes far too often. There's more to acting than making facial contortions and changing one's pitch, but Kareena doesn't seem to care for the art of performance anymore. The flair and elegance from "Refugee" and "Asoka" are just distant memories now. Hrithik's most unspectacular, boring
performance.
The rest of the character artistes in the film were mostly regulars from the Barjatya camp, and they continually slow down the film with their slapstick histrionics.
The film was packed with some of the glossiest stars in Bollywood. But was loud, superficial, and over-the-top in dealing with stale and tired subjects like love, family sentiment, and responsibility. The only refuge was in Abhishek's subtleness and introspective performance but did not help him in his career prospects.
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