Milenge Milenge is a tedious watch

Unlike the Hollywood original which essentially highlights the efficacy of romantic impulses and the contribution of New York City in amplifying it to a dramatic scale, Milenge Milenge concocts a hotchpotch of contrived situations and tedious stock characters to drive the point. And that means enduring slobbering daddies, blabbering canteen chiefs, pestering, jobless pals, excitable Parsi aunties, cacophonous store managers and garrulous book-selling chacha types.

Now this extent of hoo-ha would have probably worked during the bell-bottoms era when Rishi Kapoor [ Images ] romanced Neetu Singh and RD Burman's zingy chartbusters worked its magic on the side. But the Facebook generation simply has no patience for this Kaushik-style pandemonium featuring Himesh Reshammiya's [ Images ] blandest soundtrack ever. Nor are they hung up on looking for some forced history in an erstwhile 'It' couple that has moved on and away even as the pressing promos would like you to believe otherwise.

For all it's worth, Kareena delivers a subdued portrayal of a simple girl looking for a fairy-tale. Even when a scene reeks of incredulity, like when she agrees to her dreadfully bad co-star Panini Raaj Kumar's marriage proposal, her graceful conviction is the only thing that holds you from breaking into a maniacal giggle.

As for the other Kapoor, it's hard to enjoy this inadvertent souvenir of ineptitude after having already glimpsed into a future of penetrating performances.

There's nostalgia and there are forgotten chapters. And so, unless you're the type that still harbours ridiculous hopes of a Jennifer Aniston-Brad Pitt reunion, Milenge Milenge will strike you as obsolete and expendable as Kareena's Nokia handset in the movie.