Partner

Runtime: 143min 16secs
Language: Hindi with English Subtitles.
Directed by: David Dhawan
Screenplay by: Sanjay Chhel

Plot Outline:
In the sophisticated romantic comedy, Prem (Salman Khan), a legendary Mumbai City "date doctor" a.k.a "Love Guru" who has helped hundreds of men woo the women of their dreams. In his childhood he understood a woman's likes and dislikes in food, clothes or men as he had several sisters. His aim is to help those men who like or love the women, not those out to simply bed them.

His most difficulat client is bumbling Bhaskar (Govinda), who is in love with Priya (Katrina Kaif), the rich and famous daughter of an industrialist tycoon. Prem after noting Bhaskar's character sees this as an impossible task, especially considering the girl's status, after much hesitation he helps Bhaskar find his lady love.

Even the ultimate professional bachelor himself discovers that all of his tried and tested tricks of the trade are no match for Naina (Lara Dutta), the one woman he falls for; she works for a newspaper as a journalist.

Overall Impressions:
You've probably guessed already but this film is quite highly inspired by Hollywood the film Hitch, but don't let that put you off, as Hitch had a Will Smith to boast about while we have Salman Khan, I can see how that vaguely equates. Hitch had Kevin James who was very good, but on our side we have Govinda, a comedy legend, a league of his own. So getting straight to it, this film has everything you expect from a David Dhawan film.

What is that you ask? A plot that could have made sense but doesn't because it's that drenched in jokes, a number of characters and events that just aren't believable yet still manage to make you like them. Yep, a David Dhawan film means it's time to switch brain off and take a ride to a land of laughter.

For people that thought Govinda is a thing of the past, this'll put them straight. He may look a little older, but he's still got it. Although playing a secondary role he comes up beyond that and even outshines Salman (not that Salman is in the background). Salman Khan is basically Salman Khan, thankfully he's taking it a little easy flambouyant personality he's developed over the last decade & slipping into a little more mature attitude as far as the acting goes, he's not taking himself too seriously, and I really think that's what the people need to see from him about now, it's amusing seeing him taking digs at himself for his 'rip his top off' scenes too.

The leading ladies surprisingly manage to make their presene felt in this comedy dominated by the men, maybe it's just my crush on Katrina though making it tough for me to not notice her.

If I try picking apart the structure of this film I'd be here for hours, I mean they had a structure (ie; Hitch) but then they've doused it with so many jokes that the plot started wavering, the funnies were given priority over sensibilities, so I'll just say if you watch this, see it as the non-sense comedy it is rather than a plot & you'll be fine, if you're looking for a structured story, this probably won't have fallen under your radar to see anyway.

It does what it says on the tin, it's funny & it entertains. An enjoyable laughathon with Govinda & Salman as the perfect comedy partners.