Nikhil Advani's second directorial venture SALAAM-E-ISHQ is no great film, in fact not even a good film.But,still the film is fairly entertaining because of the presence of so many stars in the movie.This is definitely the USP of the movie.Despite the length of the film,it never bores the viewers solely because of the above reasons.
The story is about 6 couples: 1.Anil Kapoor and Juhi Chawla. 2.Govinda and Shannon Esra. 3.Akshaye Khanna and Ayesha Takia. 4.Sohail Khan and Isha Koppikar. 5.Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra. 6.John Abraham and Vidya Balan.
Each of the stories at some point in the movie interconnect with each other.The stories entertain for sure,but there is nothing special about them.The actors and music lift this movie.The direction by Nikhil Advani is average.But the last scene of the movie was very good.It was the best scene of the movie.The music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and lyrics by Sameer are good.The 'Babuji' remix was an unnecessary song.The editing could have been crisper.Other aspects like cinematography,make- up,costumes,art direction, are all okay.
Amongst the actors, Akshaye Khanna and Priyanka Chopra are the best.The others including Juhi Chawla,Ayesha Takia,Isha Koppikar,Shannon Esra, Vidya Balan,Anil Kapoor,Salman Khan,Govinda,Sohail Khan,John Abraham, Anjana Sukhani,Kushal Punjabi,Prem Chopra,Tinnu Anand,Viju Khote,Bina Kak,Vrajesh Hirjee,Vishal Malhotra,Kamini Khanna,Manoj Pahwa and others were also very good.
The stories based on their entertaining value are as follows: 1.Govinda and Shannon. 2.Akshaye and Ayesha. 3.Salman and Priyanka. 4.Sohail and Isha. 5.John and Vidya. 6.Anil and Juhi.
On the overall,though not a great movie, SALAAM-E-ISHQ is fairly entertaining.
