Film Review: Aashiq

PUJA (KARISMA KAPOOR) is the daughter of rich parents who are forever at loggerheads with each other. The affection-starved girl falls in love with the tall, dark and handsome Chandu (Bobby Deol). For a change, she woos him, hi-tech style... using a cell phone. Chandu too falls in love with Puja. His father (Anupam Kher) instantly accepts her as his `bahu'. Then follow songs shot in lush locales of Europe and Australia.

Now will Puja's parents (played by Anjan `Mr. Wagle' Srivatsav and Smita Jayakar) accept Chandu? No way. How can a girl from a `unche khandan' (read very rich) marry an advocate's son? (if she did, there would be no film at all!)

What about the villains? Oh yes, they appear just about the time Puja's father plans to get her married to somebody else. This time, the villains take the form of the mean and lean (read muscled) Baba Rao (model Rahul Dev makes his debut) and his aide Jai (Nasir Husain).

They kidnap Puja and try to `sell' her to a sheikh. Chandu is blamed for it and the cops are after him, especially Mukesh Rishi.

Well, that just about sums up Shweta International's ``Aashiq'', directed by Indra Kumar and produced by Anil Sharma. The film has no redeeming feature. The music generously borrows (or should one say `is inspired'?) from the ``Godfather'' theme.

The acting? Less said the better. If Indra Kumar's earlier ``Mann'' was a failed attempt at ``An Affair To Remember'', then ``Aashiq'' is most definitely an affair to forget!

SAVITHA PADMANABHAN

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