Dangerous Ishhq 3D

I am totally convinced that I am a complete sucker for punishment. As I was growing up and took to my movie affliction really seriously in the early 90s, the person who I hated the most would have been the elder of the Kapoor Khandan ki betiyaan. Many moons ago, the founding father of India’s first family had put down a rule that “Koi Kapoor Khandaan ki Beti will not enter Bollywood” (No daughter from the Kapoor family will enter Bollywood).

But then a rebel faction of a deranged wife and her two daughters decided to move away from this archaic rule. What they forgot and refused to give credit to is that the senior most Kapoor would have thought about something before the not so great rule. He had the vision even before his grand daughters were born. A vision that none of the women in the family would be safe in the big bad world of Bollywood and that the acting genes find its way only to the men in the family. The women would never know how to act.

After sustaining the elder of the 2 sisters for over a decade, and a welcome decade of a break in between, we have to go through the trauma of sustaining her in the latest of Vikram Bhatt’s methods of torture. It goes by the name of Dangerous Ishhq (note the spelling) and before I forget – 3D. I saw it in 2D and Vikram ji in his most cost conscious method has done nothing much to differentiate between the 2D and 3D version. It seems tackily executed because some work done to create the 3D effect continues to exist in the 2D version as well.

Enough of the Vikram Bhatt and Karisma bashing. Lets move to the story or the lack of it. There is this woman who looks well into her 30s if not 40s who is actually picked up by Manish Malhotra to be the show stopper. All of 4 ft and nearly 40 is not a great combination per se. But what the heck. Whats life without a bit of risk. So what if the person needs to wear 7” heels and still doesn’t get to 5 ft. Anyways, Sanjana (Karisma) is not only a sought after model but is also required to go to Paris at the drop of a hat.

But Before she leaves, her boyfriend who looks half her age (now now we are open minded about these things here. Don’t get me wrong) gets kidnapped. News is that he is a massive industrialist. Enter cop in command (Jimmy Shergill) who has no qualms of involving a dim witted woman in the crime scene. Especially after she starts getting visions about her boy friend from a past life which will eventually transcend 6 centuries and 3 lives. Aaaaargh!!!!

As always, a concept that may have passed off as a good one but then one Vikram Bhatt and a cast of insipid actors ensured that whatever little hope existed would not see the light of day. It is a truly dangerous expedition this one. Even if one were to pay you for it. But then if you like your cheap thrills, you can go ahead. 2 on 10.

Trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi23307033/