Cast: Raima Sen, Randeep Hooda, Arbaaz Khan, Eka Kumari Singh, Ashwini Kalsekar, Suhasni Mulay

Director: Madhureeta Anand

Rating: 1 on 5 First time director Madhureeta Anand must have read a lot of books on the Law of Attraction (popularized by ‘The Secret’) before making this film and putting her knowledge of visualization into action. This film is a not-so-delightful exercise in how to realize your dreams with the help of the creative process of visualization.

Maya (Raima Sen) is a small town girl with an MCP of a cheating husband, Vikram (Arbaaz Khan), and a sweet daughter, Priya (Eka Kumari Singh). She is a talented singer but her selfish husband has banned her from singing. Her next door neighbours are an aspiring band and her colony friends are looking for a tenant. Bored of her mundane life where she is a burden on her husband, she concocts a fantasy where she imagines her friends’ future tenant (Randeep Hooda) is the man of her dreams who motivates her to realize her singing aspirations.

This is Raima Sen’s first leading role and she acts well but you do think she is capable of doing much better. Her large, innocent eyes convey her expressions well. Randeep Hooda springs a pleasant surprise and is confident in his various avatars, ranging from Krishna to Zorro to Bond. Arbaaz Khan will be typecast as a negative character actor soon because that is what he has been playing for a while. Ashwini Kalsekar plays her loud character well. The production design, especially for Randeep’s various avatars, is excellent, imaginative and brightens up the proceedings.
However, you’d expect such a movie to have plenty of humour but sadly it doesn’t. That’s what makes this two hour long movie painfully boring and tests the patience of the viewer. If you have seen the promos, you already know how the film ends. The makers have been harping on the ‘different’ treatment but, except for the fantasy part, the movie is plain predictable. The music, barring the last song, is awful. Another inconsistency in the movie is Maya’s changing voice. Instead of using just one singer, three different singers have been used. Also, when Maya knows her husband is cheating on her, why does she still want to stay with him? Why does she tell him she loves him when she knows she actually wants to be with her fantasy man?

MKMJA could have been a delightful and entertaining flick but in spite of the refreshing concept it turns out to be boring. So don’t waste your time on it.