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Indeed, that’s the problem with director and co-writer Santoshi: he lays on the romcom much too thick like an entire tub of butter expended on a single muffin. Too much huffin’ and puffin’, including Santoshi fetching up in a Hitchcokian appearance to shrug grandpa-like at the lead pair. Cute? Just a little.
In fact in sum, Ajab..Ghazab is just that. Quite zany and ticklish occasionally but far too pancake-flat for most of the way. No Andaz Apna Apna this, which incidentally, is recalled very quietly in the background score. Or was it sound engineer Rakesh Ranjan fiddling around with the AAA soundtrack cleverly?
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which is more funny?
1. Akshay fans saying KI is NOT a flop but MNIK IS a flop.
2. SRK fans saying ...
"You really believe that MNIK is not a flop street? "
first you tell me. two questions for you:
Isn't it ...
DDDhit- Don't worry MNIK has recovered its money from Indonesia, Yeman etc. LOL !!! 
You really believe that MNIK is not a flop street? :) 
Sachin in full form:
I hope you are feeling better
A. R. Rahman’s Chicago gig tickets sell for $1,050 each 
Kya Rocky sir...bahot neend aa rahi hai? :)
Chalo chodo iss baat ko we shud better agree to disagree on this ...
I am a Huge, huge fan of MS Dhoni for a pretty long time. I havent missed a single match ...
I do not think any Bollywood star other than Aamir Khan can figure in 2009-10 top 10 of all India ...
pardesi 6 November 2009
10:08:56 am
Is this really a Kahlida review? Well then we see a kinder gentler Khalida with none of the insane rhyming and he has this to say:
Rating: Two and a half stars
The kid’s brilliant. So watch it Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor and all the big and small Khans. At the rate he’s going – by sheer evidence of his screen charisma, technical felicity and youth power – Ranbir Kapoor is more than likely to be the Next Best Thing, if he isn’t one already. He’s RK Jr and he’s more than super A-Ok.
One BIG movie that can accommodate his talent, and he’ll be unstoppable. Alas, Raj Kumar Santoshi’s Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani (tongue-twister of a title that) is not that Biggie. Yet the actor does make the old-wine-in-newish-bottle watchable and remarkable for it wow moments – like RK Jr’s soliloquy in church and that scene of self-reflection on losing out on love, picturised against a hillscape in the declining evening. Applause please.
Take a bow Ranbir! The film has been appreciated or panned BUT the kid has only been lauded in ALL reviews.
Som 6 November 2009
05:41:13 pm
Yeah Ranbir seems to be getting lauded for a performance which I didn’t really think much. I thought he was just repeating himself.
Som 6 November 2009
06:50:17 pm
See I don’t have a problem with an over the top setting or everything happening in an OTT manner through out but the problem with Ajab prem Ki Gazab Kahani is that OTT thing does not work at any level unlike say Santoshi’s own Andaz Apna Apna. Moreover “writing” is below par. The dialogues and the so called one liners hardly tickle your funny bone.
Kunal 7 November 2009
12:14:00 am
Pardesi: “Take a bow Ranbir! The film has been appreciated or panned BUT the kid has only been lauded in ALL reviews.”
When was the last time any star of a movie was panned by any critic, Pardesi?
Even Blue reviews said watch it for Akshay, LD reviews said Ajay rocked, Salman was great….
These critics got a long time ago that they need stars for exclusive interviews, competitions, dance shows and all that shit.
They will always praise the stars, RK is one of them.
Gorilla 7 November 2009
12:24:16 am
This movie is carrying very good WOM. It’s another ace from Ranbir, Katrina, Salman and Raj Kumar Santoshi.
sv 7 November 2009
12:58:59 am
Som,if you are not acquanted with old style of film making then you will se the film as ordinary and Ranbir’s performnace ordinary.
This film is a regular straight film and not specially made for multiplexes.This will be different from wake up sid.
fiddler 7 November 2009
01:51:18 pm
“Of the lead players, Katrina Kaif’s looks bankably gorgeous (but pray, she should take care of those worry lines already creasing her forehead), and does reveal an incipient flair for comedy” …incipient, huh, maybe he meant to use the word insipid