I, Me Aur Main
Year: 2013
Director: Kapil Sharma
Cast: John Abraham, Chitrangada Singh, Prachi Desai

A first-timer director and a cast like this don’t really inspire much confidence in the film’s potential. So does the film manage to spring some pleasant surprise or just goes to prove your worst suspicions right?

What’s the plot?

Despite a three year-old live-in relationship, a young music executive (John Abraham) has never really acknowledged his girl-friend’s (Chitrangada Singh) love and refused long-term commitment. Raised by a doting mother, (who always told him that ‘He is the best’!), the man has always seriously believed that the entire world revolves around him and him alone! He takes everyone around him for granted and tries to use his macho charm to get his way. Frustrated by his self-obsessed uncaring behavior, the girl chucks him out of her life and out of her apartment. As he moves into a new flat, he finds another attractive independent working girl next door (Prachi Desai). Somehow this new girl makes him look beyond himself and get serious about life and career. But just when this new romance is blooming, he finds himself tied up in a serious emotional knot related to his past relationship. How will he resolve that conflict?

What’s hot?

·         Overall light-hearted and contemporary treatment.

·         Despite his limited acting armoury, John Abraham is likeable in his central role. Zareena Wahab as his over-protective mother and Mini Mathur as his strict elder sister deliver good performances.

What’s not?

·         Uncaring self-obsessed hero brought to his senses by a sensible woman. Now that’s not exactly a novel plot line in Bollywood!

·         Among the ladies, Chitranganda’s strong independent working woman; Prachi Desai’s hyper-cute girl next-door and Raima Sen’s bitchy boss are all clichéd portrayals.

·         Not many interesting or entertaining moments in the plot.

·         An unconvincing ending.

Verdict

I, Me Aur Main tries (rather unsuccessfully!) to find a middle path between a rom-com and an emotional drama. It is an okay film if you aren’t too demanding but don’t go expecting anything substantial.