Dil
Hai Tumhaara
- A Poor Follower of
Kya Kehna
Producers:
Kumar S Taurani & Ramesh
S Taurani
Direction:
Kundan Shah
Starring:
Rekha, Preity Zinta,
Mahima Chaudhary, Arjun
Rampal, Jimmy Shergil,
Alok Nath, Govind Namdeo
The
Film: Kundan Shah's
Dil Hai Tumhaara is a follow-up
of a very unusual but successful
film, Kya Kehna. A Tips
Films production, , it is
a story that repeats Preity
Zinta. Though Mahima Chaudhary
is there as her elder sister
- both daughters of Saritaji
(Rekha) - there is no lead
pair as such. Arjun Rampal
is, of course, the hero
being loved by both sisters.
Through
contrived situations elder
sister Nimmi is emotionally
linked to Dev (Arjun), son
of industrialist Khanna
(Alok Nath) who is trained
in business management from
Harvard. Labour trouble
at Khanna Industries brings
Dev and Shalu (Preity) together.
The girl has wangled a job
there and is working when
Dev reaches there posing
as a driver seeking employment.
Arjun's comic performance
is quite smooth; it does
amuse as he tries to be
an obedient driver saying
'yes madam' to little boss
Shalu. They come closer
in the natural course. Their
relationship looks quite
convincing, but gets more
and more complicated as
the narration proceeds towards
the end.
The second half is full
of strong drama. Powerful
dialogue lends strength
to the scenes. As new facts
about the family of Rekha
are revealed, emotional
conflicts between Saritaji
and her two daughters heightens.
The pace of the film gets
faster, through which Shalu
emerges as the crucial character
who finally becomes instrumental
in bringing the story to
its logical end.
Kundan Shah, who is also
responsible for the screenplay,
alongwith Rajkumar Santoshi,
has kept in mind what the
audience would prefer. The
character of Shalu gathers
enough audience sympathy
towards the end and everyone
wants her to get the happiness
she deserves.
The
film could have had a different
ending. But that would have
been unjust to Shalu for
no fault of hers. She emerges
as a strong girl who could
face the society and the
world. It is not dissimilar
to the character Preity
did in Kya Kehna.
