Tujhe Meri Kasam is a happy feel good movie

Tujhe Meri Kasam is a happy feel good movie. Anju (Genelia D'Souza) and Rishi (Ritesh Deshmukh) are best of friends. They study in the same college, their fathers are best friends, their houses are opposite each other and they were born in the same hospital on the same day! The two are inseparable but not in love (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai?) As Rishi says ‘two guys cannot be in love' referring to Anju as his buddy, nothing more nothing less.

But then comes a day when Anju leaves for Bangalore for a week for a college festival. That week without Anju makes Rishi realise that he is in love with her. But he does not reveal his feeling to her for fear he may lose his best friend. Meanwhile, Akash, who is part of the team that goes to Bangalore, proposes to Anju. She accepts but only consulting with best buddy Rishi.

What happens next is anybody's guess, fed as we are with the feel good films from the Barjatyas and Johars and Chopras.

But the film is not a love story. The hoardings and publicity material of the film proclaim as much -- ‘We're Friends. To young hearts, everything is but fun. Friends who laugh together stay together. They fight, they play and that's the way they are meant to stay'.

And that is what the film is all about. A fun filled film made to entertain. It does entertain. Certain scenes and dialogues do make you laugh. Young, college-goers seemed to enjoy the film. The only time people left the auditorium in between the show was during the songs.

Ritesh Deshmukh, who gave up his architectural career to join films, says, "I am doing this film for me; not for the audience." Very few in the audience will watch the film for Ritesh. He has a long way to go if he wants to be taken seriously as an actor and pursue a career in films. The same goes for newcomer Genelia D'Souza.

Anuradha Patel as Anju's mother is a pleasant surprise. Sushma Seth is funny as Akash's loud Punjabi grandmother. Supriya Pilgaonkar as Saraswatibai, the maid is funny too but goes overboard at times. Satish Shah, Shakti Kapoor, Vjayendra Ghatge, Asrani and Tikku Talsania give their best.

Director K Vijaya Bhaskar's Tujhe Meri Kasam is an honest effort. I even overheard someone saying ‘sweet film' to her companion on the way out of the theater. In fact, I would agree with Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra when he says of his son's debut film, ‘it is a neat and friendly film'.