![]() Or hear yet another Jerry Maguire-like aphorism being delivered to a reformed narcissist, " Izzat do to izzat milti hai." Formula films are dangerous anyway but especially so when the formula is restricted to YashRaj Films productions. Not any time soon it seems, which means we will have to suffer many more scenes where Shahid Kapoor leans over a New York hotel balcony and says "I am the best," and "I am God." Or hear artificial thunder in the background every time something momentous happens. When will YashRaj Films stop plagiarising from itself and employ a scriptwriter who does not have to look over the shoulder to see the ghost of Aditya Chopra movies past? Then there are several shots of four friends, not three, striding down New York streets which seem straight from New York. There's a beach scene which is straight from Salaam Namaste, where Anushka Sharma is wearing a bikini top smiliar to that of Preity Zinta (different colour). He's played by Anupam Kher and he's straight from Bunty Aur Babli where Raj Babbar did the honours. A father who believes in honesty above all and cannot understand his son's ambition. "Let's do it," says Karan (Shahid Kapoor). "No, I screwed up," says Chandu (Vir Das). Sample a dialogue from Badmaash Company: "I screwed up,'' says Zing (Meiyang Chang). ![]()
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