Creative Quotient:
Rahila Mirza’s story is a cocktail of sorts with some heavy borrowing of ideas from Lage Raho Munna Bhai and Jab We Met. Aziz Mirza’s underdog is played by Shahid as Raj Malhotra, the talented out-of-work architect who literally bumps into pretty Priya (Vidya Balan) . They keep fighting each other until Haseena Bano Jaan (Juhi), the mystic crystal-gazer points out that Priya is his lucky charm. Then it turns out that she runs an old-age home which is being razed to give way to a new shopping mall owned by Om Puri. The architect commissioned for this job is none other than our own underdog. Caught in a conflict of moral stance and business prospects and it also turns out that his lady luck is affianced to another man. The chase, the wooing back and the finale are totally predictable. The entire story lacks innovation of any sort. Low on creatives, it scores in spirited performances pitched by the lead pair.

Technical Expertise:
Aziz Mirza fans will feel let down by this very linear and mostly hackneyed plot. But to his credit, he’s able to lend some neat directorial touches - like when the dispirited hero looks heavenwards and asks the Almighty, ‘Where are you?’, a huge Lord Krishna poster passes by him! Beyond that there are few magical moments in the film. The film based in Toronto is full of Indians - right from the security guard to the top boss to the man at an ATM queue. What was the logic in basing the film in Toronto really? This story was better shot in Mumbai.
Sadly Sanjay Chhel and Aashish Karia’s lines are neither meaningful nor humorous. However, the lead pair pitches in it’s best. While Shahid is completely adorable, Vidya is charming. But her sartorial sense really needs desperate help and her stylist Shabinaa Khan has given her an unbecoming matronly look, that she could certainly done without. In a stark contrast, Shahid in his natty new age attire looks so funky and youthful. Consequently, Shahid and Vidya end up making an odd pair.
Binod Pradhan’s cinematography captures the Toronto urbanscape in all honesty, Pritam’s music is peppy and Ahmed Khan’s choreography is eye-candy. Yet the film doesn’t make the requisite emotional connect.