Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche Details

Until a flashback transforms it into a fever-pitch thriller, this had the makings of an entertaining romantic comedy. But while several sequences satirise Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein, this Bollywood melodrama has more in common with the Julia Roberts vehicle, Sleeping with the Enemy. Sadly, the debuting Esha Deol lacks the poise to carry the conceit, as she rebuffs the attentions of fashion student Aftab Shivdasani because of the humiliations suffered at the hands of her supposedly deceased husband, Sanjay Kapoor. Even less convincing is the usually dependable Jaya Bachchan's lachrymose turn as a mother forced to choose between her son and adopted daughter.