[Robert L Sungte]Deccan Herald
Hindi (U/A)
Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sohail Khan, Preity Zinta, Bappi Lahiri
Director: Prem Soni
Debutant director Prem Soni’s ‘Main Aurr Mrs Khanna’ is about a married Indian couple in Melbourne trying to fix their relationship hit by financial insecurity of the husband, Samir (Salman). Samir moves to Singapore for a job and tells wife Raina (Kareena) to return to Delhi. However, Raina refuses and with the help of her new- found friends gets a job at the Melbourne airport where she soon becomes the dreamgirl of cafe-boy Aakash (Sohail Khan).
Post intermission: Samir gets a job, returns to claim his wife but finds himself in a threesome love story, as Mrs Khanna has signed a dummy marriage document with Aakash.
The first half moves at a snail’s pace leaving you all the time to admire the boots, jackets and eyelashes of the actors. The second half is no better, save for a few funny lines.
The plot is even weaker. It needs the helping hand of Dino Morea, Preity Zinta and Deepika Padukone. Blame it on the ridiculously updated script Govinda didn’t make it to support Salman. Kareena is also bombastically awful. Salman has to share the burden of lifting the film with brother Sohail but supporting actor Yash Tonk seems better than the Khans and Bhappi Lahiri in the full glory of his gold chains.
Can you find any logical reason for a woman who still manages to get the best of clothes and lipsticks when her relationship is falling apart? For fans, the only savior of ‘Main Aurr Mrs Khanna’ is Salman’s reliable biceps. A dumb movie not worth the ticket price.
