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Having served as cinematographer on Linguswamy's original Tamil hit of the same name, Jeeva takes over the directorial reins for this Bollywood remake. Abhishek Bachchan and Bhoomika Chawla assume the roles taken by Madhavan and Meera Jasmin as the lovesick couple whose romance is jeopardised by her gangster brother, played here by Mahesh Manjrekar. It's pretty much a two-act affair. In the first, boy meets girl; in the second, boy bashes brother. Jeeva's experience behind the camera shows in the confident visuals, but his pacing lacks variation, either being soul-searchingly sensitive or slam-bam frantic. Moreover, the soundtrack by Himesh Reshammiya and lyricist Sameer lacks originality.