Review: Prem Aggan

If it's a Feroz Khan flick, it must be stylish -- fancy cars, scenic locales, wild horses and foot-tapping music. Well, not anymore, it s...

If it’s a Feroz Khan flick, it must be stylish — fancy cars, scenic locales, wild horses and foot-tapping music. Well, not anymore, it seems. At least if Prem Aggan is anything to go by. First, Khan, like many others before him, picks up the most predictable story in history to launch son Fardeen. Poor boy meets spoilt rich girl… and the rest follows. The plot meanders, the characters get stuck in their caricaturish slots, the performances leave a lot to be desired.

Suraj (Fardeen Khan) falls in love with Sapna (Meghna Kothari) and is prepared to do everything for her even take a ridiculous plunge off a mean cliff just for fun. Sapna’s mega rich father JK (Anupam Kher) and arrogant older brother obviously don’t approve of her relationship with a poor armyman’s (Raj Babbar) son.

Besides Papa dearest has lined up a major business deal and Sapna’s marriage with his partner’s nephew is part of the package. Several threats are issued, melodramatic lines delivered in the name of khandaan kiizzat, and tears shed, before Sapna agrees to part ways with Suraj and is promptly packed off to Australia where her to-be-hubby lives. The poor hero of course is left with no choice but to sell off his swank motorbike for his ticket fare to Australia.

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With Prem Aggan, the operative word seems to be loud — dialogues, costumes and even music. So, instead of a racy, engrossing package, you have a never-ending tale punctuated with innumerable song interludes that seem to be of no particular significance to the scheme of things. Neither are they soft on the ears. Anu Malik’s score is not a patch on other FK films like Qurbani, Janbaaz or even Dayavan.

Of the cast, Anupam Kher and Raj Babbar, rave, rant, spew venom at each other and do little else. Sameer Malhotra and Sanjay Bhatia are ridiculous.

Meghna Kothari seems to have put in a lot of hard work, unfortunately, it only translates into a laboured performance. Fardeen Khan looks good, dances decently, but carries the baggage ofan American accent that hampers his dialogue delivery and consequently his performance.

While FK may have set out to give his son an ideal debut Prem Aggan is nowhere near being a picture perfect.

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Director: Feroz Khan
Starring: Fardeen Khan, Meghna Kothari, Anupam Kher, Raj Babbar
Showing at: New Excelsior