Movie Review | I Me Aur Main

Kapil Sharma's debut film written by Devika Bhagat had all the ingredients to be a breezy romantic-drama. But the unnatural dialogues, the mediocre acting and a lack of nuance only scrape the surface. This superficiality stems from the shallow lead character Ishaan, played by John Abraham.

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Director: Kapil Sharma

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes

Rating - **1/2

Cast (in alphabetical order)

	John Abraham	...	Ishaan Sabharwal
	Mukul Chadda	...	Adil
	Krish Chatterji	...	Rishi
	Prachi Desai	...	Gauri Dandekar
	Arlette Evita Grao	...	Shona
	Deepti Gujral	...	Mrinalini
	Sai Gundewar	...	Rafiq
	Micky Makhija	...	Mr. Narayan
	Errol Peter Marks	...	Tarun Mehra (as Errol Marks)
	Mini Mathur	...	Shivani
	Raima Sen	...	Beena Chandok
	Sheena Shahabadi	...	Amala
	Prianca Sharma	...	Taruni
	Chitrangda Singh	...	Anushka Lal
	Amar Talwar	...	Mr. Sabharwal
	Zarina Wahab	...	Nisha Sabharwal

Produced by
Goldie Behl	....	producer
Shrishti Behl	....	producer
Niraj Kothari	....	line producer
Sanjeev Lamba	....	producer
Anup Poddar	....	executive producer

 

Original Music by

Pritam Chakraborty

Jigar

Sachin

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  There's an interesting premise at the heart of debutant director Kapil Sharma's 'I, Me Aur Main', which tells the coming of age story of a 35-year-old. But despite giving us a believable protagonist, Sharma and writer Devika Bhagat fast run out of interesting ideas to keep us hooked. The moment you see two heroines plastered on the poster with a hero, there is an assumption the film would be a love triangle. However, debutant director Kapil Sharma's I, Me Aur Main strives to break the norm as it attempts to tell a contemporary modern day storydealing with issues like live-in relationships, unwed pregnancy and infidelity. John Abraham had said in his promotional interviews that he was confident that the content of the film will ensure its success but alas, his confidence was misplaced. Kapil Sharma's 'I, Me Aur Main' had a promising premise but the execution left a lot to be desired.

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I, Me Aur Main - Poster

Story - I Me Aur Main

Ishaan's life is full of gorgeous women but he loves 'I, Me Aur Main' best - which girl makes him change his mind?

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Movie Review - I, Me Aur Main

Like the promos have made it abundantly clear, Ishaan Sabharwal (John Abraham) is a "man-child", self-obsessed and narcissistic. Encouraged from childhood to believe that he's special, Ishaan, played by John Abraham, is a self-centred man-child with commitment issues. He lives with his girlfriend Anushka (Chitrangada Singh) in her apartment, but never offers to share either the workload, or household expenses and is too self-absorbed to notice that she is desperately in love with him and wants to take the relationship to the next level. Three years into the relationship, tired of being taken for granted, Anushka dumps and throws Ishaan out of her home and her life when she realizes it's unlikely he'll ever change. Unfazed by the break-up, Ishaan moves into a modest apartment, and soon makes a friend in his feisty neighbor Gauri (Prachi Desai). Inevitably, the pair falls in love. Around this time, however, he loses his job at a music company, and receives some life-changing news. And to slow the already snail pace of the movie, pointless melodrama ensues. Ishaan has to essentially evolve through the length of the film but the transformation is so superficial that it doesn't really strike a chord. 'I, Me Aur Main' never really picks up pace, the narrative plods along giving us very little to cheer about. The humour falls flat most of the time, there's nothing wrong with it but it is not all that funny either. It's not a very long movie but the pace is so slow that it drags at even a 108 minutes runtime. The music doesn't really help lift our spirits. John Abraham is convincing as a man in love with himself but his character is too linear. Chitrangada Singh is effective as the mature female lead who refuses to let her heart overrule her mind. Prachi Desai sometimes overdoes the bubbly optimistic girl bit, especially when she comes up with a plan to go to Paris almost refusing to see how complicated the situation is. Zareena Wahab is spot on as the indulgent mother and manages to make us smile every time she is onscreen. Raima Sen has a bit role but all I can remember about her is her garish eye make-up.

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  When John had produced a film with an unusual subject like 'Vicky Donor', I had hoped that this one would be a good fun watch but I was quite disappointed. I, Me Aur Main has a tight first half leading to an unconventional climax. Watch it if new-age romance laced with a good looking ensemble is what gets you ticking.

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