Simply pathetic..... Review on Shaadi Se Pehle

Comedy is serious business. The moviegoer has to laugh at the right places and situations and Satish Kausik has mastered the art .But he seems to have gone haywire this time around!

Ashish Kapoor (Akshaye Khanna) and Rani (Ayesha Takia) is a couple who are pretty much in love with each other. Ashish has a problem. He tries to stop even the slightest level of tension, by popping a pill to control his shaken nerves.

This comes to the notice of Rani’s family members who in turn try to separate them. And if that was not enough for Ashish, there is his friend Rohit (Aftab Shivdasani) who also loves Rani. Despite all these, Rani genuinely loves Ashish and sticks to him.

However, when Ashish goes to visit his doctor, he misunderstands the doctor’s diagnosis of hypertension to cancer. Ashish’s world is turned upside down. And now before dying he decides to do the right thing. He wants the best for his love Rani, so he embarks on a plan to make Rani hate him, so that she will not have to suffer the ordeal of his death.

He now starts flirting with another lady Sania (Mallika Sherawat) who is sister to don (Suniel Shetty). Seeing Sania in Ashish’s arms, Rani gets dejected and dumps him.

Down hearted Rani asks her family to choose her a suitable groom. Her family chooses Rohit. And as fate would have it Ashish realizes that he does not suffer from cancer at all. So now he has to break up Rani and Rohit's wedding.

Will Ashish succeed?

Will Ashish be able to convince Rani of his true feelings and clear up the mess?

Will Ashish be able to convince Rani's elder goon brother Anna (Suniel Shetty) who wants to get him killed?

Will he be able to get the sexy Sania out of his life?

The basic plot of the film is interesting and the makers have tried to make the proceedings look different from the run-of-the-mill types. The narration is quite exciting in the first few reels, mainly the scenes between Akshay Khanna and Rajpal. Scenes like these are ample proof that director Satish Kausik knows his job well. His flair for light moments come to the fore in this film . Although the first half of this enterprise abound in illogical moments, they are yet captivating and the viewer looks forward to an equally gripping, exciting and entertaining second half.

But the drama goes haywire in the post-interval portions. To start with, the story deviates from the main plot and concentrates on various sub-plots like underworld don track in Malesiya. Nothing wrong with that, but the these trackss are cumbersome and look forced in the screenplay. The villains' characterisations too leave a lot to be desired.

The script is the sole drawback of Shaadi Se Pehle. The writer's inability to come up with a tight script is visible in the second half. It seems he wanted to pack all commercial ingredients, from comedy to emotions to romance to drama, in those fifty minutes. He should've concentrated on the main plot, rather than confusing the viewer with a hotchpotch screenplay.

Anu Malik's music does not elevate the proceedings one bit. Nor does it help in salvaging the show. Barring the tere liye track , the remaining songs are plain mediocre. In fact, the placement of songs is equally disturbing. How one misses a synergy between the songs and the goings-on in the second half. Cinematography is inconsistent. At times good, most of the times average. Dialogues are witty and natural.

Akshay seems comfortable in light moments and depicts a flair for comedy, but is repetitive in the second half. Ayesha is dependable. She looks lovely and does her part with sincerity. Rajpal is enjoyable in the early portions, but is relegated to the background in the second half. Mallika and Aftab are okay. Sunil is not comfortable enough.

To sum up,Shaadi Se Pehle lacks a cohesive script and the outcome is far from satisfactory. Below average.