Kya Kehna Movie Review

Priya (Preity Zinta) is a spirited girl, just out of school and in her first year of college. As the only daughter, she is the apple of her father's (Anupam Kher) eye. Her mother (Farida Jalal) and three brothers also dote on her. So does Ajay (Chandrachur Singh), her childhood friend. But Priya is unaware of his feelings and considers him to be a mere friend.



From being everybody's darling, Priya finds herself alone and defenceless, facing the barbs of a hypocritical society. There is just one man who can save her -- Rahul -- but he too turns his back on her. Much against everyone's wishes, Priya decides to fight for her belief and gives birth to a baby girl.





If the first half of the film is promising enough, the script falters in the second half. In the post-interval portions, several scenes have been stretched unnecessarily and could've been done without. For instance, the Deven Varma-Daisy Irani track seems incomplete. Ditto for Rahul's characterisation, as to why he behaves the way he behaves. The meeting at the town hall, convened at the instance of Rahul's mother (Navneet Nishan), also seems far-fetched. The college skit is very dramatic as well, although the speech by Priya thereafter is justified.



In a role that has negative shades, Saif Ali Khan makes his presence felt, although the film gives the heroine more scope than the heroes. Chandrachur Singh does not get much scope to perform and even length-wise, the role is not substantial enough. He does not impress much. Preity Zinta, the central character, tries hard to deliver a punch-packed performance, but a role as strong as this required a seasoned performer, someone like Kajol. Preity does not have the calibre as an actress to rise to the occasion and her dialogue delivery too is not as fiery, something this character demanded.



To sum up, KYA KEHNA is an honest attempt at tackling a bold theme, but one factor that goes against it is its face value. Had the film boasted of bigger and more talented names, its fate could've been different. Yet, the sole factor that can help this good effort is word of mouth publicity. For, it has been proved time and again that small films turn big with this strong factor.