Review: 'Miley Naa Miley Hum' is simple family fare!

Film: Miley Naa Miley Hum
Directed by Tanveer Khan
Cast: Chirag Paswan, Kangna Ranaut, Neeru Bajwa, Sagarika Ghatge, Poonam Dhillon & Kabir Bedi
Rating: * 1/2

Going by the promos, one expected this to be a romantic flick. Sure enough like a lot of half-baked ingredients added to the film, romance is one of it, but then there’s the family track and a sports track too! It’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that and unfortunately these little bits of everything don’t make up for a wholesome entertainer. It’s like a good-looking buffet, but with all dishes half-cooked.

So there’s Chirag (Chirag) who grows up torn between his divorced rich parents played by Poonam and Kabir — two diametrically opposite people — who try and mould their son their way in the one-month that he spends with each of them. So, while he wants to pursue his passion for tennis, mamma disapproves, as it’s a passion with her former husband too. Papa dearest meanwhile is completely anti mamma-spoiling-the-son-with-too-much-pampering bit. Trying to one up on each other, the warring parents try to get him hooked to two different girls of their choice.

Mom goes for the NRI types, while dad’s choice is a Punjab ki kudi. But while Chirag tries to grapple with the parents and the two ladies,  Kangna steps in. What follows is rather predictable right till the end.

This film is Chirag’s debut vehicle, but while you see specks of sincerity in some of the emotional scenes towards the end, the hero fails to impress completely in the first half. He seems too camera-conscious and his body language is more like the stud-looking types who step out straight from the gym. He has a good face, but he really needs to work in the expression department and uff, please get rid of that hunky body-builder walk.

What he desperately needs are some acting classes and a good director, and may be then he can hope for a Bollywood career that extends beyond his first few films.

As for Kangna, she needs to fire her hair-stylist and do it quick.

That apart she tries hard to do a Sreedevi-ish comic act, but manages to make you laugh only in parts. Diction classes will help too. Kabir and Poonam do a far better job than their young counterparts. Like the story line and the performances, the dialogues are average too. Overall, watch if desperate, but taking a pillow along won’t be a bad idea.