Producer: Metalight Productions
Director: Anant Mahadevan
Cast: Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill, Sanjay Suri, Rakesh Bapat, Hrishita Bhatt, Sonali Kulkarni, Riya Sen
Music: Babloo Chakraborty

Television actor Anant Mahadevan, after directing couple of tele-shows turns towards film direction with his debut film ‘Dil Vil Pyar Vyar’. There is some novelness that he tries with the film. First he simultaneously runs four stories in the single frame uniting them in the climax and secondly he revives the immortal musical hits of R.D.Burman through the music of his film. The film is experimental all the way.

Krish (R. Madhavan) and Raksha (Namrata Shirodkar) are happily married and share the same passion of singing. Both of them want to make it big as a singer. Though Krish is more determined about his musical career, it is Raksha who gets the first break and goes along to become a big singer. This leads to the ego and insecurity of Krish and their relationship stagger.

Dev (Sanjay Suri) loved his wife Payal (Dipannita Sharma) very much but soon after their honeymoon she dies. From Pune he shifts base to Mumbai along with his sister Rachna (Bhavna Pani). He comes across Gauri (Sonali Kulkarni) who lives with her physiologically handicapped brother Gaurav (Rakesh Bapat). They fall in love but are worried about Gaurav. Gaurav finds solace in the arms of Rachna.

Hrithik (Jimmy Shergill) is a multi-millionaire. He loves Jojo (Hrishitaa Bhatt). But she doesn’t love him. Do they unite?

It’s not easy to make a film in which four stories run parallely. Neither does Anant Mahadevan succeed in his attempt. You feel like watching a TV serial as one ends the other begins. Other than the Sanjay Suri-Sonali Kulkarni and Rakesh Bapat-Bhavna Pani stories, the other two stories don’t have any relevance with each other. Also Rakesh-Bhavna’s story is half-baked and Sanjay -Sonali one doesn’t appeal. Madhavan-Namrata story looks same as the premise of Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Abhimaan’. The good idea behind the film can be seen but owing to poor execution the narrative suffers. Also the slow pace in which the film moves gets testing at times. There are too many songs that keep popping up hindering the pace of the film. The screenplay has some loopholes but the climax is somewhat good.

Director Anant Mahadevan fails in making an engaging film but excels in extracting good performance from the cast. Sanjeev Puri’s dialogues are ear catching. Bablu-da does a fair job retouching the songs of R.D. Burman, however the original ones remain better.

Jimmy Shergill does his part with honesty and his performance stands out among the cluster of actors. Madhavan is good and excels with few good scenes. Sanjay Suri puts his sincere efforts in his small part and Rakesh Bapat is a downer. Namrata Shirodkar plays her part perfectly and comes up with quality performance. Hrishita Bhatt, Sonali Kulkarni, Bhavna Pani are all right. Gulshan Grover and Kiran Kumar are able.

The film starts on a promising note but ends as a mediocre fare. The film is neither a complete downer nor a complete entertainer. So we can be hopeful of a mixed business.