Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai
U/A; Romance
Dir: Milap Zaveri
Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandes, Vishal Malhotra, Ruslaan Mumtaz
** What's it about: Remember John Gray's bestseller, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus? Well, Milap Zaveri isn't inspired by the book (fortunately), but his main character, an alien called Tara (Jacqueline) comes from Venus.
She isn't here to talk about the battle of the sexes but rather find true love and take it back home.
The task of helping her out falls in the lap (literally!) of a simpleton named Raj (Riteih). Raj is a struggling assistant director working on the sets of a Farah Khan film.
Along with his best friend (Vishal), Raj comes up with the idea of introducing Tara to Desh (Ruslaan), the biggest superstar of the country.
In the hope that she will find true love in him, Raj doesn't realise when sides change and he ends up falling for the pretty alien.
What's hot: The first half has some genuinely funny moments. Riteish and Vishal have great camaraderie, and their comic timing is spot-on. Also Tara's introduction scene where she mimics everyone from Dharmendra to Sridevi is hilarious.
Cameos by Akshay Kumar and Farah Khan are brilliant as loud caricatures of themselves. Special effects are commendable and don't look shabby.
Performance-wise, both Riteish and Jacqueline seem at ease with their characters. Ruslaan gets a better introduction than his debut film and plays Desh sincerely.
What's not: Milap manages to keep the plot light and frothy in the first half, but not in the second. Long never-ending dialogues, stretched conversations, weak subplots hamper the film's progression post-interval.
We know that Milap has a way with words, but as a director he should have tamed the writer within him.
Also, once Jacqueline's alien background is established, there is no attempt to explore her various superpowers. All she does is freeze events from happening.
Also, despite being an alien, she seems to adapt to human life pretty quick. After a while you completely forget we are witnessing an out-of-space love story.
Dialogues are corny (You are from Venus and I have a long p***s?) and too flowery to absorb. Second half needs heavy editing, especially with the dramatic scenes between Riteish and Jacqueline.
Why do they take so long to fall in love, and when they do, to realise its happening? What to do: A brilliant first half doesn't materialise into an entertaining second, leaving you famished for something substantial. | 
