Similar title as Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic and it even created controversy about who had registered the name before. Saahil Chadha even stated for the media that he had already talked to Yash Raj films about the clash of similar titles as well as the releasing date. Now, he did have a valid point, the titles are similar and it can create confusion for the audience, but he shouldn’t worry now, as if people mistake his film for Kunal Kohli’s then he should expect a sudden rainfall of audience in the theatres this film releases.
Rating: 2/5
However, the film does not release in multiplexes and Saahil Chadha isn’t too sad about it; at least not in the face. Saahil was found quoting that he has always believed in human relationships and the film is his attempt to find the real meaning of life through relationships. The fact that life is very intriguing and at times it goes haywire is not surprising. This film tries to find magic in the human bonding that makes life beautiful. Certainly, the idea behind the film is noble but what doesn’t work for it is, somewhat drag direction by Aanand Rai.
You might get the film is faintly inspired from some Hollywood flick like Frank Capra’s Meet John Doe, where a nomad person teaches the valuable lessons to some otherwise sane characters. At times this philosophical overturn sounds too redundant and hardly put the point forth with a forceful manner. It fails to create the magnetism that can satisfy the expectation created by the title.
There are scenes which hardly have any connection to the over all plot and this makes you wonders if the screenplay has been written by one person as the coherence is missing and you find the similar thoughts at times rephrased, at times superfluously redundant. A scene when commentator Harsha Bhogle distributes cricket bats to street kids for breaking his vehicle’s windscreen, it seems too superfluous. This is the reason, the film fails to connect to the audience who fail to relate to the incidents.
The plot revolves round a street wanderer MK (Jackie Shroff, who looks awfully unkempt) who wanders everywhere trying to spread cheer. He has a bottomless magical jhola which seems to have the solution for every human trouble. The film starts with some grey war scenes and a brave war photographer who happens to be MK, is missing.
Somebody form a curio shops remembers him and two television producers Naina (Meera Vasudevan) and Siddharth (Sahil Chadha) make a story about the streets of Mumbai and want an unlikely host for the show MK. Naina has strained relationship Roshan (Arbaaz Khan) who is a channel head and she keeps crying through out the film for some unknown reasons.
While suddenly Naina and Siddharth become protective of MK, he is happily blabbering advises like a true agony aunt. He is a mentally unstable person who works alike a miracle worker or an angel who tries to help people mend their relations and live happy lives. The people he interacts with and helps are Ashima (Anita Raj) and Aditya (Parmeet Sethi) other than Roshan (Arbaaz Khan), Naina and Siddharth.
The film basically talks about the people living in metros and how they shut themselves from human relationships which can prove the only window to connect to life.
The film has a long 9 minute title song sung by Sonu Nigam that runs through out the narrative. A short sad version of the theme piece also runs in some sequences. Even the song Zindegi Zindegi written by director Aanand Rai has the words Thodi Life Thoda Magic.
Acting wise none of the actors really excel and the cinematography is just ok. The film’s noble intentions that there is magic in life which we fail to explore owing to our limitations of perspectives and failure to see the brighter side of life has not been portrayed with bright colors that could have made the points strongly enough.
Over all, the film will not make a difference even if missed absolutely.
Rating: 2/5
