I had begun watching this movie about five years ago but lost interest early on. Last night I gave it another try and thought it was a very sweet movie. Main Aisa Hi Hoon (I Am Like This) is very much a copy of the Hollywood film I Am Sam. So much so that the main character even works at a coffee shop, but there are some differences too.
Indraneel “Neel” (Ajay Devgan) is a simple man/autistic (they use the words over and over again) who with the purity of his love wins over the disturbed, drug addicted, Maya (Esha Deol) for a time. After she gives birth to a baby girl, Gungun, she leaves Neel and runs away. With the help of his upstairs neighbor Ritu and his equally “simple” friends he raises Gungun to the best of his ability. One day her grandfather Dayanath (Anupam Kher) comes and wants to take her away. They go to court for custody and Neel gets Niti (Sushmita Sen) to be his lawyer. The court case is often laughable but had some genuinely moving moments as well. There are lots of other things I liked as well; and for the ending, you will have to watch it and see.
The acting in the film was great. This is the first Ajay Devgan film I have reviewed, but not the first I have seen. He is very talented and he gave the role of Neel all his heart and soul. Esha Deol was great when she was in the film and I would like to see more of her films. Anupam was great as always but I will always like him more as the funny sweet father figure rather than cold and mean. Sushmita Sen was lovely as usual but did not really do anything special or memorable in this film.
Perhaps one reason I only think of this as an average film is that the music was so forgettable. I am still humming along to the song I love from Humraaz, but the songs in this movie are forgotten as soon as they are over. No fun if you ask me ;). Well, that’s it for now folks.
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