Love Story 2050

ove Story brought tears to my eyes, at the show of a father’s love for his son. Harry Baweja has truly left no stone unturned in providing a perfect launch to kid Harman. He is made to fill practically every scene; even one of the many climactic battles is with his own android self just so people stay riveted on him and him alone. But Harman makes little use of the spectacular amount of footage at his disposal. Instead of showing himself in the best possible light, he decides to play Hrithik Roshan, dancing, talking, emoting just like him. And he does so looking extremely mannered and self-conscious. What could have stopped Harman from being his own man? And why would anyone want to see the clone when the original stud is very much around? It certainly is difficult to take to Harman even if they keep telling you in the film that the "23-year-old" is "so adorable".The film itself is a strange mix of Bollywood reincarnation love story and a Hollywood sci-fi. The two certainly don’t come together well. Nothing happens in the first half except boy meets girl and they whisper and coo. And just when they are about to get married, she dies in an accident. Solution comes from mad scientist Uncle Ya (Boman Irani) who takes him to the future to retrieve the girl from 2050 and bring her back to 2008. In this mayhem, even an over the top Punjabi mother like Archana Puran Singh seems like a little relief.