It
was
a
foregone
conclusion
that
Milenge
Milenge
won"t
have
much
going
for
it
as
far
as
critics
were
concerned.
When
even
new
age
love
stories
find
quite
some
criticism
coming
their
way,
it
was
impossible
for
Milenge
Milenge
to
go
unscathed,
more
so
because
it
was
a
film
completed
half
a
decade
back
and
secondly,
had
its
reference
points
in
Serendipity.
With
the
lead
pair
(Shahid
Kapoor
and
Kareena
Kapoor)
also
choosing
to
go
mum
about
the
film,
it
was
all
left
to
destiny,
something
which
augured
well
with
the
theme
of
the
film.
As
it
happened,
destiny
did
ensure
eventually
that
the
film
wasn"t
really
a
washout
as
many
would
have
expected
(and
perhaps).
Believe
it
or
not,
the
film
took
a
far
better
opening
than
Kareena
Kapoor"s
Main
Aurr
Mrs.
Khanna
with
Salman
Khan
and
Shahid
Kapoor"s
own
Chance
Pe
Dance.
Of
course,
this
doesn"t
mean
that
there
is
a
hit
in
the
offing
here.
But
still,
for
a
film
to
make
a
reasonably
decent
impression
at
the
box
office
sans
any
support
system
does
make
for
a
good
argument
that
Bollywood
is
indeed
as
unpredictable
as
it
gets.
Reason
for
a
decent
opening
is
also
due
to
the
fact
that
large
number
of
prints
was
circulated
in
the
market
which
means
that
occupancy
wasn"t
quite
a
problem
here.
Quick
money
is
the
need
of
the
hour
and
as
it
appears
to
be
the
case
now,
possibility
of
a
10
crore
first
week
cannot
be
ruled
out.
Of
course,
you
do
expect
much
more
from
a
Shahid-Kareena
film
but
then
one
has
to
look
at
economics
here.
For
producer
Boney
Kapoor
the
film
would
have
cost
lot
lesser
when
he
made
it
in
2005.
Now
that
he
has
sold
the
movie
for
a
pittance
for
theatrical
distribution
and
has
got
a
major
sum
for
satellite
rights,
Milenge
Milenge
could
well
turn
out
to
be
a
surprise
plus
of
the
season.
As
for
Red
Alert
–
The
War
Within,
it
was
badly
impacted
by
zero
effort
that
went
into
the
film"s
marketing
and
promotion.
Truly
speaking,
most
of
the
people
I
spoke
to
on
the
Friday
release
were
not
even
aware
if
this
was
a
Hindi
or
an
English
film,
let
alone
the
fact
that
it
starred
some
of
the
best
actors
in
the
business.
No
wonder,
this
showed
in
the
collections
as
the
film
opened
to
largely
empty
houses.
However,
as
expected,
majority
of
critics
gave
thumbs
up
to
the
film
and
also
singled
out
Suniel
Shetty
for
his
performance.
The
road
ahead
is
less
than
rosy
for
the
film
though.
There
is
tough
challenge
ahead
because
this
week
there
are
three
new
releases
while
next
week
Akshay
Kumar
would
be
unleashing
his
Khatta
Meetha.
One
waits
to
see
if
exhibitors
will
show
confidence
in
Red
Alert
to
stay
on
for
some
weeks
at
the
least
because
this
is
the
kind
of
film
that
requires
a
larger
window
to
perform
rather
than
being
a
quick
win
opening
weekend
phenomenon.