Product Details

• Actors: Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Dalip Tahil, Sushma Seth
• Format: PAL
• Language: Hindi
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00008N72C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,133 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Chal Mere Bhai" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Barely average romantic comedy, May 26, 2009

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Lyn Taryn "Lyn Taryn" (Melbourne Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chal Mere Bhai (DVD)

This is a familiar Bollywood plot focusing on the love and devotion of 2 brothers (Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt). A girl comes into their life (Karisma Kapoor) and a romance secretly develops between her and Salman. Older brother Sanjay is encouraged to marry by their grandma who chooses Karisma for him. Salman does the noble thing and tried to arrange for Karisma to fall out of love with him and clear the way for big brother.

I don't mind a repeat of the worn theme but this sort of teetered uneasily between romance and comedy. The comedy took it out of heart commitment and into silliness which undermined my belief in the love. Salman's character is generally immature and giggly and even throws himself on the floor in a 2 year old tantrum at one point. Yet we are made to believe he has a deep heart commitment with Karisma. Sanjay looks a bit weary and, while he mouths the words of devotion to his brother, doesn't really look that interested.

Salman and Sanjay do connect OK though and they visually could pass for brothers. I wonder if director David Dhawan (who does seem to direct some pretty mixed comedies- some more subtle and enjoyable and some gratingly over-the-top) had reined in Salman and played the whole thing more from the heart, whether it would have worked better. If you dont like Salman (and he seems to evoke polarized responses) I'd guess you'd find this movie irritating as he can drift into a thick slice of hamminess - and again high pitched feminised shrieks which always look strange given the manly body image he tries also to evoke with his typical open shirts and shirt removals (and even a dialogue on how his abs were looking in this one!).

There seem to be more than average number of musical numbers. A few songs were more catchy but I haven't rushed to download them. They didnt extend the leads much in the dance either - though Salman and Karisma are capable of more zip than used here.

Elsewhere on the Net it tends to barely get average and that's where I'd place it too. Not a keeper.