Funny, frothy, fantastic! Set across the stunning landscape of British Columbia in Canada, NEAL ‘N’ NIKKI is the story of two Indians, born and bred in Canada.
It is the story of a journey that changes their lives forever. Neal (Uday Chopra) gives into his parents’ wishes of marrying a girl called Sweetie from Bhatinda, but has just one pre condition to getting married. He wants to live it up one last time and wants to go to Vancouver on a 21 day bachelor vacation. Neal gets lucky on his first day out in Vancouver and is asked out by a hot super model. A silly, spunky Indian girl screws up the date.
Nikki Bakshi (Tanisha Mukherjee)! But this is only the first of many chance encounters, where Nikki - mostly by accident - ensures that Neal never, ever gets lucky! Whatever Neal does, Nikki undoes. Call it luck, call it fate, call it anything.
Bit by bit, Neal’s bachelor vacation starts falling apart - whether he is going skinny dipping with a girl, or enjoying a romp in the back seat of a car. Nikki turns up everywhere to spoil things for poor, poor Neal! Axis and allies iron blitz. A truce is called between the two, when Nikki decides to help Neal get some serious action. She tells him she can get him laid and takes him to “babe heaven” - Whistler!
As they explore the Canadian countryside, NEAL ‘N’ NIKKI exchange life stories and we discover that as different as they appear to be, they are actually similar. And no matter how much they say they hate each other, they become “fun buddies”.
A curious chemistry ignites between them. But soon the bubble bursts when he realizes that Nikki has some very definite plans to “use” Neal. Does Neal abandon his road trip and return to Vancouver? Do NEAL ‘N’ NIKKI ever realize that what they were looking for has been sitting right next to them? Does the twain ever meet? Do opposites really attract? Are Neal and Nikki the perfect foil for each other?
Or is the anonymous girl from Bhatinda the right choice for Neal?
Director: Music: Lyrics: Starring: Arjun Sablok Salim Sulaiman Anvita Dutt Gutpan, Irshad Kamil, Asif Ali Beg Uday Chopra, Tanisha By Ronak Kotecha, Bollywood Trade News Network They move with time and the time moves with them. The repertoire of panache and fashion to entice the youth across the nations is more than evident in every aspect of movie making of this hip n hop love flick. Producer Aditya Chopra confidently relies on his younger sibling Uday Chopra to play the naughty flirtatious character of Neal and Kajols baby sis Tanisha, who has finally gotten rid of all the baby fat and become fit to carry off the paradoxical innocence and lan of the young vivacious character of Nikki.
Music composers, Salim-Sulaiman (S&S) are entrusted the job of conveying the crux of the movie through the most important element of a Yashraj movie the music. The title track is quite a winner already. A spry conversational that illustrates the characterization of the two central characters where they tunefully convey their personalities citing examples of their first crushes and exploring possibilities of their togetherness, while being all praises for their own selves. Kudos to the entire music team for making the track so tuneful, characterizing, and entertaining all at the same time.
Sure enough, they cannot get enough of this and consequently the swift and racy N n N. The Naughty Mix, that sure does some value addition. East meets west in this indo western sort of track Halla Re, where the loud melody harmonizes with some compulsive rapping by Robert Bob Omolu in English in the milieu and dancing becomes almost inevitable on this one. Shweta Pandit is impressive for her quality voice and music director Salim is barely distinguishable in a teeming, yet impressive chorus. Lyrically, the track is just fine and Irshad Kamil’s the man. Masters of melody, Sonu Nigam and Mahalaxmi Iyer team up for a sinuous experience in I’m in love.
In a bid to keep the Uber Cool feel of movie going, Clinton & Dominique Cerejo are roped in, to throw in a line or two in angrezi, which does not harm. Lyricist Anvita Dutt Guptan etches near perfect lyrics for a decent melody that deserves a hearing. What is a Yashraj movie without a folksy Punjabi track? Ankh Ladiye serves the purpose where the young singer brigade of Kunal Ganjawal, Shweta Pandit and highly underrated but extremely gifted Javed Ali, band together. Chorus in English and the track in total Punjabi is the interesting contrast that lyricist Anvita Dutt Guptan manages to skillfully balance on a foot tapping melody by S&S that leaves dance mongers panting for more. All English and No Hindi in the romantic melody I Just Wanna Spend My Life With You, featuring Clinton & Dominique Cerejo, where like one of the lines inscribed by Asif Ali Beg, Music takes control. One can expect an on screen intimacy; covering maximum of the much-touted myriad kissing in the movie, that would give a run for their monies to all the Hashmis and Sherawats.
Neal N Nikki Hindi Movie
Comparing this compilation to the previous Yashraj musical blockbusters would be unfair, not to this one, but to the ones compared with. The music is good enough to sustain the movie through the initial few days before and after the release, but not something that can be totally counted on. Rate this Album.