The Film: Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar
Starring: Jimmy Shergil, Kim Sharma & Paresh Rawal
Director: Rahul Dholaka
Producer: Lal Dadlaney, Kishor Dadlaney
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics: Sameer
Score: * *

H R Shah of TV Asia along with producers/film distributors Lal and Kishor Dadlaney have teamed together to make the first ever commercial Bolly flick entirely shot in the USA.

The story is the same old ghisa-pita but the movie sure has his good moments. For the desis in the USA - this movie is a treat not worth missing. So whether it is the King of Radio Kulraj Anand, the kid who wishes to go for the Yankees match or a song which spells Edison all the time. All these things may turn to be a movie worth relating for the AMEREICAN DESIS.

Back home here in India, the movie will fail to crack the box office. One wished if the dialogues were better since the story was already weak. The film may be inspired from the Hollywood film Meet The Parents, but when you read the story it is the same poor boy loves rich girl theme.

The music of Jatin Lalit sucks, ideally melodic trance of Bally Sagoo, reggae grooves of Apache Indian with Bhangra and sufi dope would have made a nice soundtrack for a movie like this for the NRI’s.

Also I could see Arjun Rampal and Sush as the most apt actors in this movie. Both Jimmy and Kim fall flat in this movie.

Roger Patel (Paresh Rawal) is a successful Indian American who has migrated from Gujarat to Edison, New Jersey. A shrewd hotel owner, he has changed a lot with times, adopting the language and mannerisms of the West, while preserving his rich Indian values and Gujarati traditions.

A loving and possessive father of two beautiful daughters (Kim Sharma and Toral Mehta), Roger Patel is the perfect family man. His greatest concern is finding the right match for his daughters. The ever-cautious Roger Patel insists on a son-in-law who is a 3P - 'a Professional Patel owning a Property'. This, he believes, is the tried and tested formula for a happy marriage.

Sunder(Jimmy Shergill) is an enterprising youth who runs a mobile restaurant in New York. A man of small dreams, Sunder falls in love (at first sight) with Ritu. On the other hand, Ritu is least interested in Sunder.

After a roller coaster process in the heart of Manhattan, he eventually manages to woo her, something Roger Patel had neither imagined nor anticipated. All hell breaks loose when Roger Patel meets the boy and discovers that he is totally opposite to what he wanted. Sunder is a cook, a Punjabi and without any property. The 3Ps that were Roger Patel's yardstick are completely missing.

Though Roger Patel claims that he is always right, at heart he is democratic and someone who can be easily convinced, if his ego is pampered. The family uses this trump card and invites Sunder for a seven-day stay over at their luxurious mansion in New Jersey.

In his eagerness to win Roger Patel over, Sunder keeps goofing up, and Roger Patel snaps at him at every opportunity. Thus begins a cat and mouse game where each one tries to get the better of the other, leading to a hilarious confrontation between the two men. The family tries to balance the impossible...

Both Paresh Rawal and Jhonny Lever have good performance. Kim tries hard but fails to impress. Loved the way when Kim’s former boy friend shown as a freak acts like Sallu!

On the whole an average film.