Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002) Reviews

• I loved this movie

  husnain_052005-11-19

  This movie was very funny. Sanjay (Uday Chopra) lives with his roommate Ria (Bipasha Basu) and one day the phone rings. It's his childhood friend Anjali (Sanjana) and she is getting married. At this time Sanjay realises that he is in love with Anjali.Sanjay wakes up to this reluctantly but surely sets off to Dehradoon on a noble mission-to break Anjali's wedding. In Dehradoon he is overjoyed to be reunited with Anjali – till he meets the groom to be – handsome, charismatic – Rohit (Jimmy Sherjil). Nevertheless, Sanjay's love for Anjali impels him to take on the world and he sets off on his crusade of poisoning the family's mind against Rohit. On realising that Sanjay is behind these seemingly innocent coincidences Rohit confronts him – a clash between the good and the not so good. Both men decide to give each other a fair chance, letting Anjali be the decision maker and at the end she marries Sanjay.

• Welcome to the wedding of the "Yaar"!

  Manuja2004-10-14

  I was impressed by this movie. The acting was very good, and newcomer Tulip Joshi, or Sanjana??, was quite impressive for a new actor. Uday Chopra is very entertaining as always, and Jimmy Shergill injects some life into the character Rohit, who is supposed to come across as a goody two shoes, but that is part of the charm of his character. He is the "perfect guy", so much so that Sanjay (Uday Chopra) feels unable to compete with him on that level. The music was great, especially the song "Sharrara" which accompanied a great dance by Shamite Shetty, and great choreography. The story moved very well, and the family sequences created a lot of lighthearted fun and comedy. BUT the best part of the movie was Bipasha Basu. I was SO impressed by her acting, and she did such great justice to the role of Sanjay's long suffering friend Ria. This is so unlike the roles she has done in the past, that I was very impressed with her for trying something new, and being intelligent enough not to care about not being "the leading lady" of the film. In some movies the supporting characters are a lot more interesting, than the leading roles, and obviously Bipasha saw the value of this character. Smart girl! The story line was inspired by "My best Friends Wedding", but with gender flips! But beyond that there was nothing in common with the Hollywood version at all, and the outcome of the movie was totally different. All in all I really liked the film, and would recommend it to anyone who thinks that friends make the best lovers!

• A fun-filled film with great songs and good performances

  pdasgupta252002-06-14

  Director Sanjay Gadhvi in his second film has done a good job by sticking to the Yash Chopra (the film's producer) formula. Even though the story is hardly original (a mix of My Best Friend's Wedding, Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai and Dil Waale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge), this deficiency is made up for by excellent songs, picturesque locales, great sets, and fairly good performances. Sanjay (Uday Chopra in his second movie) realizes that he has been forever in love with his childhood pal Anjali (debutante Sanjana) only when he gets to know of her imminent wedding with NRI-doctor Rohit (Jimmy Shergil). He rushes off to Dehradun to try and stop the wedding and to win Anjali's heart. Rohit sees through his motive and the two suitors decide to compete with each other while leaving the final decision to Anjali. Bipasha Basu as Sanjay's friend Ria, is cast in a role very different from her earlier appearances and does a great job as usual. The film is an optimum mix of romance, comedy, emotion and drama. The performances of the main as well as the supporting cast are pretty good, even though Uday Chopra tends to go overboard with his dialogue delivery and Sanjana looks quite plastic in the emotional scenes. To it's credit, the look and the feel of the movie is fresh. The songs (e.g. Jaage Jaage, Ek Ladki and the title song) are very hummable. All in all, it's a very watchable movie provided your expectations are not too high.

• my best film...

  sweet_azee2006-11-02

  i have watched it more than 25 times its really a great movie .......my best movie in fact i like every thing about the movie . Uday's performance was superb and the songs........they are great jimmy was looking great in the movie and Sanjna i cant believe it .........i just liked her role in the film she is looking cute and pretty The movie is so enticing nd good to watch my best scene is where Anju is telling Rohit that she loves her child hood friend Sanju ........ at the end of the conversation she said "that's just why i called u here" imagine "just" is addressed to a breaking marriage Rohit loves Anju ,Anju loves Sanju and this time around Sanju also love Anju wat a love story!

• Great Bollywood music and dance numbers

  T-272005-07-06

  I recently discovered Bhangra music and Bollywood films/music videos and am a fan of both. This movie is well worth it just for the dance/musical numbers. The bachelor party dance was praised in an earlier comment. The dance contest is even better - worthy of Saturday Night Fever! And the wedding number is truly out of this world - music, song DANCE and costumes - and there is even a plot excuse to repeat it. Plotwise this is also a good movie. Even though I could not get subtitles on my DVD player, with a little help from the package notes I could follow the story. One refreshing aspect is that each of two romantic male rivals turn out to be positive, good-guy characters - and there is a girl for each. Very highly recommended for music video enthusiasts, highly for romantic comedy movie enthusiasts.