Hum Kissi Se Kam Nahin: An Entertaining Multi-starrer

           With Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Hum Kissi Se Kam Nahin has a casting people will like to see. Besides, the Afzal Khan multi-starrer has everything a good entertainment film should have.

           Known as very close friend of Afzal Khan, Sanjay Dutt, playing Munna Bhai, gets a chance to work with Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devgan for the first time. At one time, Sanjay was believed to be only an action hero, but here he will be seen doing comedy.

           Sanjay's relations with Afzal are old. He was assistant director to Raj Sippy and Sanjay worked

Aishwarya Rai (Left) and Sanjay Dutt (Right)

in several of Raj Sippy's films. Thereon, they became close friends. In Afzal's first film Mahanta -as director - Sanjay was the hero. After Mahanta, Afzal started his new film Mehbooba, in which, apart from Sanjay, Manisha Koirala and Ajay Devgan are also starring . Mehbooba was suspended to help complete Hum Kissi...

          Producer of Hum Kissi..., Afzal doesn't interfere in others' work, though active all the time. Sanjay is doing the role of Munna Bhai, who is connected to the underworld. Unlike characters of the underworld who are shown serious, Munna Bhai is fun-loving. Sanjay had also worked in entertaining films like Haseena Maan Jaayegi and Jodi No 1.

           It is said an actor should be able to do any character. In Ram Gopal Verma's recently-released film Company, Ajay Devgan has done the role of an underworld don, in Raj Kumar Santoshi's Shaheed Bhagat Singh he has the historical role. In Hum Kissi... he is playing yet another.

           Like in the case of Sanjay Dutt, Ajay is also an old friend of Afzal. Afzal had very good relations with Ajay's dad Veeru Devgan, claims Ajay, and therefore Afzal always took him as his younger brother.

Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai and Amitabh Bachchan

          In Hum Kissi..., Ajay was given the role which originally Salman Khan was to play as the latter had some problems with dates. With director David Dhawan, this is Ajay's first film. " I am very happy that I worked with David", Ajay commented. "He is fabulous".

           Ajay has worked with Amitabh Bachchan in Hindustan Ki Kasam and Major Sahab. With Aishwarya Rai, Ajay had done films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and with Sanjay he is already working in Mehbooba.

           About his role in Hum Kissi..., Ajay says: " My character is of a very innocent boy, who loves Aishwarya but the biggest problem for me is that I am very frightened to say anything before Aishwarya's doctor-father (Amitabh Bachchan). In entertainment this film Kissi Se Kam Nahin...

-by RM Nair
June 21, 2002