Producer: Suneel Darshan
Director: Raj Kanwar
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra
Music: Nadeem-Sharvan

Old wine served in a new bottle! This is what Raj Kanwar has done with ‘Andaaz’. He presents the story again that we’ve heard umpteen times before. A love triangle, with two lovers uniting and the other sacrificing – even if you search you won’t find a novel element in this. And sadly in regard of treatment and presentation he hasn’t offered anything new. At the time when Bollywood is yearning for creativity, skills and something that can offer the people better than the run of the mill stuff, ‘Andaaz’ comes as a blow.

Raj (Akshay Kumar) and Kaajal (Lara Dutta) have grown up together and are inseparable. They are childhood friends who’ve stood for each other through the ups and downs in life. Through the years their bond have grown stronger and they have grown fonder of each other. Raj aspires to be a pilot, while Kaajal is waiting for the arrival of the man in her life. She is unaware that Raj is smitten by her. Raj heads for his goal and returns back as an Air Force officer. After all these achievement, there is only one thing to be done. To propose his love to Kaajal. But after he returns home he realizes that it is too late for him to declare his love. Kaajal is getting married to Karan Singhania (Aman Verma).

Raj is shattered. His only hope of survival is her memories and dreams of her in his eyes. To escape the truth he bows down to his work and goes off to South Africa for further training. Here he comes across the gorgeous and bubbly Jiya (Priyanka Chopra). It doesn’t take long for Jiya to fall in love with this handsome guy. Raj wants to keep him aloof and doesn’t let his heart wander. But Jiya is not among the ones to give in and with continuous persistence wins over his heart. They decide to get married and returns back to India. Here Raj again comes face to face with Kaajal. Kaajal is Jiya’s bhabhi and is depressed over the demise of her husband in a plane crash.  As Raj begins to feel his weakness for her, Jiya comes to know about Raj’s love for Kaajal. The rest of it is unveiled in the climax of the film.

Akshay Kumar looks a miscast in the role of a college-goer in the beginning of the film. But still he is the only saving grace and holds the film together. A piece of advice to him! He should exempt himself from doing this kind of roles that does him no good. Lara and Priyanka don’t help much other than looking glamorous on screen. Raj Kanwar doesn’t offer much with the story that we’ve heard many times before.