The story begins at a bowling alley. A man arrives and introduces his new fiancée to his friends and they sit to have drinks. During this time, they end up talking about a wonderful real life love story...the story of Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and Priya (Rani Mukerji).
Raj owns a small trucking company and one day Priya passes him and then parks in front of his truck to tell him what an idiot driver he is. Well, she's obviously not the world's best driver, as she left her car in neutral without the parking brake engaged...and soon her car rolls away and down an embankment!
A bit later, Raj arrives at a friend's wedding. Soon Priya also arrives and begins telling her friends about the idiot truck driver she met. She doesn't realize he's standing behind her listening! When she realizes it, her anger cools and she realizes she's been a putz. Soon they are talking and hit it off.
Priya needs to go to her aunt's home and has no way to get there, so the gallant and love-struck Raj offers to drive her. They have a wonderful time during this drive and she gives him her phone number...which is soon lost when his clothes are washed with the number in his pocket! After 20 days of searching, he finds her...only to learn in the interim she's become engaged to a childhood friend back in Athens.
When she flies back to Athens, Raj follows...hoping to convince her and her family to let him marry her instead. Fortunately for Raj, the flight is diverted to nearby Mykonos due to weather problems*. During this time, they fall further in love and he eventually drives her home to Athens.
When her fiancé learns what has occurred, he's a real nice guy and agrees to break the engagement and so Raj and Priya marry. Now this is where the story from the bowling alley ends. Soon we see that Priya and Raj did NOT have a happily ever after...and their marriage is rocky, in part due to finances involving Raj's trucking company and Raj's inferiority complex because he's not rich. After all, he's a working guy and she's used to the finer things in life...and he wants to provide them to her. In desperation, Priya goes to her old fiancé, Sameer, and asks him for a loan. When Raj learns of this, he assumes the worst and the marriage is in even worse trouble. Is there any hope for this pretty couple? Well, considering it's an Indian romance, it's not hard to guess.
I found this movie very strange...like two different movies. The part before Raj and Priya married was wonderful...and I adored it. The other portion, however, was tough to like at times because several times Raj seemed like a real jerk in the way he treated his wife. I found this really made it tough to love...especially when he learns who provided the needed money and he yells at her and verbally abuses her. I'd give the first part a 9 and the last a 3 because Raj was so hard to like...to the point where I wanted them to divorce! And the ending...well, it really fell flat and I'll say no more.
*Nearly all the Indians who watch this film probably never traveled to Greece and never will. The filmmakers assumed this because the Mykonos in the film looks, at least at times, like Athens...because it IS Athens! Despite being a busy vacation spot, Mykonos is small...and Athens is enormous!! I recognized several places from my visit, including the Olympic stadium. Also, it is odd that Priya never speaks Greek even though she was born and raised there....and the locals all seem to know English or Hindi! I understand why they did this...it made watching the story easier.
Raj owns a small trucking company and one day Priya passes him and then parks in front of his truck to tell him what an idiot driver he is. Well, she's obviously not the world's best driver, as she left her car in neutral without the parking brake engaged...and soon her car rolls away and down an embankment!
A bit later, Raj arrives at a friend's wedding. Soon Priya also arrives and begins telling her friends about the idiot truck driver she met. She doesn't realize he's standing behind her listening! When she realizes it, her anger cools and she realizes she's been a putz. Soon they are talking and hit it off.
Priya needs to go to her aunt's home and has no way to get there, so the gallant and love-struck Raj offers to drive her. They have a wonderful time during this drive and she gives him her phone number...which is soon lost when his clothes are washed with the number in his pocket! After 20 days of searching, he finds her...only to learn in the interim she's become engaged to a childhood friend back in Athens.
When she flies back to Athens, Raj follows...hoping to convince her and her family to let him marry her instead. Fortunately for Raj, the flight is diverted to nearby Mykonos due to weather problems*. During this time, they fall further in love and he eventually drives her home to Athens.
When her fiancé learns what has occurred, he's a real nice guy and agrees to break the engagement and so Raj and Priya marry. Now this is where the story from the bowling alley ends. Soon we see that Priya and Raj did NOT have a happily ever after...and their marriage is rocky, in part due to finances involving Raj's trucking company and Raj's inferiority complex because he's not rich. After all, he's a working guy and she's used to the finer things in life...and he wants to provide them to her. In desperation, Priya goes to her old fiancé, Sameer, and asks him for a loan. When Raj learns of this, he assumes the worst and the marriage is in even worse trouble. Is there any hope for this pretty couple? Well, considering it's an Indian romance, it's not hard to guess.
I found this movie very strange...like two different movies. The part before Raj and Priya married was wonderful...and I adored it. The other portion, however, was tough to like at times because several times Raj seemed like a real jerk in the way he treated his wife. I found this really made it tough to love...especially when he learns who provided the needed money and he yells at her and verbally abuses her. I'd give the first part a 9 and the last a 3 because Raj was so hard to like...to the point where I wanted them to divorce! And the ending...well, it really fell flat and I'll say no more.
*Nearly all the Indians who watch this film probably never traveled to Greece and never will. The filmmakers assumed this because the Mykonos in the film looks, at least at times, like Athens...because it IS Athens! Despite being a busy vacation spot, Mykonos is small...and Athens is enormous!! I recognized several places from my visit, including the Olympic stadium. Also, it is odd that Priya never speaks Greek even though she was born and raised there....and the locals all seem to know English or Hindi! I understand why they did this...it made watching the story easier.