They
don't
make
'em
like
they
used
to.
Those
wholesome
take-home-to-Mama
type
of
chicks
.And
they
don't
make
such
innocent
yeh-kahan-aa-gaye-hum
rom-coms
either.
So
naturally,
or
not
so
naturally,
writer-turned-director
Milap
Zaveri
gets
his
heroine,
the
toothy,
endearing
wholesome
and
fetching
Jacqueline
Fernandez
to
fly
down
to
earth
from
Venus,
one-way,
business-class.
Women,
we
were
always
told,
were
from
Venus.
Now
we've
proof
of
that.
Many
of
this
pleasant
film's
most
likeable
moments
send
out
inoffensive
echoes
of
Hollywood
comedies
about
ladies
from
another
world,
like
Splash
and
My
Girlfriend
Is
An
Alien.
The
final
brew
is
aromatic
in
scent
and
minty
in
taste.
The
effect
lasts
fleetingly,
though.
The
situations
that
crop
up,
once
the
alien
beauty
lands,
range
from
the
predictable
to
strained.
No
one
in
this
film
is
in
it
for
posterity.
It's
a
film
done
with
a
wink
and
a
chuckle
that
communicate
itself
to
the
audience
effectively.
Everyone
in
Zaveri's
film
is
looking
for
love.
Riteish
Deskhmukh,
more
so
than
others.
Apparently
love
has
been
eluding
his
character
since
infancy.
Baba's
searching.
There's
a
touch
of
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
Rangeela
in
the
way
the
vagaries
and
eccentricities
of
the
film
industry
are
brought
into
play.
Strangely
Milap's
writing
skills,
so
much
on
display
in
many
of
the
most
successful
comedies
in
recent
times,
is
missing
in
the
scenes
set
within
the
Bollywood
film
industry.
Sure.
We
get
a
good
dekko
at
well-known
stars.
But
they
aren't
woven
into
the
script
as
they
were
in
other
films
about
the
film
industry
like
Guddi
and
Rangeela.
The
scenes
where
Riteish
courts
the
delectable
ingenue
from
outer
space
lack
subtlety
but
get
marks
for
grace.
Riteish
Deshmukh,
a
competent
performer
in
any
given
circumstance,
is
engaging
in
the
comic
moments,
but
a
little
awkward
doing
the
full-on
roses-and-moonlight
stuff.
Matinee
idol
making
girls
faint,
Deshmukh
ain't.
Ruslaan
Mumtaz,
as
his
adversary
in
love,
is
a
pleasant
surprise.
Over
the
handful
of
films
that
this
young
actor
has
done
he
shows
a
definite
growth
as
an
actor.
He
plays
the
'superstar'
as
a
stereotype
but
with
a
dash
of
the
human
quality.
Could
we
see
more
of
Ruslaan
in
forthcoming
films,
please?
Jacqueline's
is
more
a
presence
than
a
performance.
She
is
that
mermaid
with
wings
who
flies
at
an
altitude
where
the
desi
rom-com
is
comfortably
positioned
as
a
family
affair.
Absence
of
vulgarity
and
double-meanings
is
not
always
a
virtue
in
cinema.
In
Jaane
Kaahan
Se
Aayi
hai,
it
is
the
papier-mache
pristine
quality
that
props
up
the
pleasant
proceeds.
Don't
expect
to
be
swept
off
your
feet.
This
one
is
meant
to
tickle
your
fancy.
And
it
doesn't
fall
short.