Pyaar Impossible
U; Romance
Dir: Jugal Hansraj
Cast: Uday Chopra, Priyanka Chopra, Dino Morea and Anupam Kher
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What it's about: It's about a geek Abhay Sharma (Uday Chopra)u00a0 falling in love with the most popular girl in college Alisha Merchant (Priyanka Chopra) and she doesn't know he exists. He continues to love her seven years after college. He drowns himself in "his second love" (his work) and creates a software called Unity. When it's time for him to cash in on his work, it gets stolen.

He has two choicesu00a0 give up or fight and win back what is rightfully his. He decides on the latter and sets on a journey and finds himself in Singapore, where he meets his lost love. And by some strange coincidence he ends up working for her. But then things go wrong again with the arrival of Varun Sanghvi (Dino Morea).

What's good: What's nice about the film is the intent. It attempts to highlight the shallowness of attaching importance to looks (let's not forget the money aspect, which is completely ignored by the way!) when it comes to choosing a mate. But that's how it is. At least at college level. Hormone-driven teenagers are not really looking for sensitivity, lofty ideals, a good heart and a bright mind.

But if this film manages to convince even a small number of the movie-going audience to look beyond their fixation for the Prom King or Queen and get to know the not-so-fabulous looking person in your college, then it is special. For me, the biggest triumph of the film lies in the fact that the geek doesn't miraculously turn into a dude.

Whenever you see an unfortunate looking girl or guy in a film, you know there's a makeover waiting to happen. The music disappoints except the title song. There are a few lovely moments. Like when Abhay shows her what it means to be a not-so-nice looking person. Also, their conversation over coffee one night is nicely done. Uday is convincing in his nerd act and stays in character throughout.