Dulha Mil Gaya

The film has a predictable, even clichéd, storyline but writer-director Mudassar Aziz makes a half-decent watch out of it.

...works in bits and pieces only and fills you with a sense of wasted opportunity, despite the overt shimmer.

...regressive and stale.

...hotch potch of a screenplay and unwitty dialogues along with bad direction...

...well-worn, formulaic fare that might appeal to viewers who find comfort in the familiar, and who are still excited by those hackneyed stories about righteous Indian girls who show materialistic NRI boys the error of their ways.

The clichés play out unendingly in this painful flick which has good production values. Seeing the opulence on screen you often wonder, why someone would spend this kind of money on a brain-dead script like DMG?

Light-hearted fun, for the most part, while it lasts.

The writing has gaping flaws, which are difficult to absorb after a point.

...if you don’t relate to a predictable plotline like this, rather say no to the film.

Mudassar in text-book fashion introduces his characters in the first 30 minutes and then for the next two hours, the film keeps plodding its way towards a dreary, predictable end.

...story makes little sense and it is dismal enough to even deny the charisma of great stars.

...too outdated.

Despite the visual goof-ups and coherent flaws, the real villain of the film is the lazy and uninspired script, corny dialogues and ridiculous twists.

Despite Sushmita Sen’s vivaciousness, SRK’s cameo and a very able supporting cast, Dulha Mil Gaya doesn't manage to stay afloat as it's a story that we've seen too many times already.

...grin and bear...

Everything’s all over the place.

Grrr...

...successfully provides some beautiful moments in the film. But a weak storyline works against him.

...sheer and unashamed regressiveness.

Now when I think back about Dulha Mil Gaya, 12-odd hours after having watched it, I think the same film, had it been released in early 2000, just might have worked with the family audience. But now?

The only thing sadder is that these dubious “Indian values” are still being peddled under the guise of wholesome entertainment.