![]() ![]() The film rests firmly on Aamir’s shoulders, and he is the one who finally evokes the emotions for which the film has been angling. Manisha is an uneven actor, and here she is huffy and stuffy until she melts, and then spends her time weeping, wailing and suffering. To complicate matters, the DVD transfer is so distractingly bad, the actors’ heads are cut off at the top of the frame. ![]() Some of the impediments on the way to bliss are a parade of extremely annoying “comic” characters and a mob of cutsey kids. By the end of the voyage, they have pledged eternal love, and arrange a meeting in six months at the Gate of India, after managing to untangle themselves from their previous obligations. Love blossoms, of course, at the feet of Dadi Ma, played by Sharmila Tagore in a ghastly white wig and dark eye circles. She refuses to fall for his line, and he respects her for it, and they embark on a program of shud dosti, pure friendship. They are both on a cruise ship, he to visit his Dadi Ma (Grandmother) on an island port of call, and she to enjoy a prize won at a cultural competition, a necessary explanation of her solo travel. It’s only a matter of time before he meets cute with the virtuous Priya. He sings of her snake like black tresses, but it is he who looks like a snake, in a shimmery silver silk shantung suit. He’s introduced on the dance floor, swaying with his heroine from Ghulam, Rani Mukerjee (in a special appearance). In Mann, Dev (Aamir Khan) is not a God, but considers himself God’s gift to women. Both films adapt their source material to suit a different audience, with Mann an improvement on the original, and AHAT a completely different interpretation of similar material, arriving at a unique resolution. Kramer, which won an Oscar as the Best Film of 1979. ![]() Akele Hum Akele Tum (I’m Alone and You’re Alone) is a remake of Kramer vs. Mann (Heart) is a romance closely based on the tear jerker An Affair to Remember, about two shipboard lovers who vow to meet six months later at the Empire State Building, until cruel fate intervenes. Mann and Akele Hum Akele Tum star Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala, reproducing and Indianizing two famous American films. Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, Master Adil. (190 minutes).Īkele Hum Akele Tum.(1995) Directed by Mansoor Khan. Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, Neeraj Vohra, Sharmila Tagore. ![]()
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