Love (that is, male-female love) is one of the most interesting topics of all the discussions especially when the discussing people are young. Love is also one of the most popular themes for works of fiction, may it be stories or novels or plays or movies. Indian society has seldom been liberal enough to accept love and choosing of own life partner on the part of the young generation. Still love stories have been the most popular ones in Indian movies. Perhaps half of the movies made in different languages of India are having male-female love only as the theme. Why when the Indian society has always considered love as something not desirable and the youths have always been expected to follow the dictates of their elders in matrimonial matters ? Because what's tabooed only attracts the most. It contains a fascination, the fascination of a forbidden fruit. And when adolescence dawns on human-beings, barring exceptions, who does not feel an attraction towards the opposite sex ? Social restrictions can check and affect concrete actions but not the feelings in hearts.But then what's love ? Attraction motivated by (indirect and hidden) carnal needs ? Liking for someone ? Infatuation for someone ? Or something else ? How do we come to know that we are in love with someone special ? How does it dawn on a female that she is in love with a particular male or on a male that he is in love with a particular female ? Well, it dawns through a feeling. A feeling in one's heart which finally envelops his / her whole personality and pervades all his / her thoughts. Yes, love is a feeling and that's why it can't be described or elaborated, it can only be sensed.Bollywood film director Raj Kanwar has directed some good movies. He has a mixed track record consisting of some hits and some flops. Humko Deewaana Kar Gaye (2006) is a flop movie directed by him. However when I saw this movie, I found it to be a fairly good movie - a love story which underscores a very significant fact that I have asserted supra - 'Love is a feeling'. You know it when you feel it. This feeling only is the biggest and in fact, the only evidence of existence of love for someone in your heart.Humko Deewaana Kar Gaye (left me crazy) is the love story of Aaditya (Akshay Kumar) and Jia (Katrina Kaif) who run into each other in Canada. On one hand, Aaditya is already engaged to Sonia (Bipasha Basu), on the other, Jia is the betrothed of Karan (Anil Kapoor). Love blossoms in their hearts with a feeling that they are comfortable in each other's company, they love to be in each other's company and they want each other's company for their lifetime. Through his association with Jia, Aaditya comes to understand that he is not meant for Sonia and Jia only can fill the vacuum in his life. On the other side, Jia understands through Aaditya that love is nothing but a feeling and that feeling she has developed for Aaditya and not Karan.The twist in the tale arrives through a mistake by Aaditya's drunkard friend Nawaab (Vivek Shauq) making some tragic facts of Jia's personal life public which, in turn, leaves her heartbroken and misunderstanding Aaditya for that. Jia gets married to Karan and then only she comes to know that Aaditya is innocent regarding this bad taste giving incident happened with her. But it's too late now. However the story gets a final twist in the climax to have a happy ending for the lovers (and the other ones associated with them too).Except for the melodramatic and unimpressive climax of the story, Humko Deewaana Kar Gaye is overall a good movie which touches the audience, especially the romantic hearts, at many places. The romance of the lead pair in Canada is lovely with the beautiful surroundings adding immensely to it. The sequence of the lead pair moving together in a cold, snowy night is not only very romantic but also very emotional. Life, in the real sense, is only a collection of moments. And there are certain moments that we cherish forever. The romantic moments spent in the association of the sweetheart are such moments only. During them only the feeling of love is felt with utmost intensity.The scene in which Aaditya refers to the wife (Upasana Singh) of his friend Gurpreet (Gurpreet Ghuggi) in a derogatory way and thus generating a wrong notion in his friend's heart for his wife's past leading to a rift between the husband and the wife plus the following scene in which Aaditya only takes corrective action for the unintentional wrong done by him and reunites the couple, are highly touching and underscore the significance of mutual trust in marital life.The movie contains ample comic and relief moments too. The comedy done by Late Vivek Shauq, Gurpreet Ghuggi and child artist Master Abhay Kanwar alongwith Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif generates abundant laughs for the audience. There is a lot of fun and entertainment in the movie before the principal twist in the story thereafter it becomes heavy with sentiments.Technically the movie is admirable. Canada appears to be very beautiful on the screen. There is only one action scene in the movie (in the climax) and that's been executed very well. Editing is good but should have been tighter to reduce the length of the movie. Background score is good. Dialogs contain the essence of the movie.Humko Deewaana Kar Gaye is by no means any extra-ordinary movie. It's a routine love story whose direction is also more or less routine only. However, by default perhaps, it strikes the romantic hearts in a latent way and finds a quality within itself.

I'm telling you, the person who wrote this film was watching Titanic while they were doing so and probably would claim that they unknowingly plagiarised scenes from it (Titanic). I mention the scenes later but let's first talk about the film and casting. Okay, Here's the deal: Akshay Kumar plays Aditya Malhotra (yup, Bollywood is running out of names) a successful business man who as the film opens becomes engaged to a quite shallow and over pampered rich kid named Sonia Berry (yeah, Halle, they're after you now!) and she is played by Bipasha Basu. Okay, they want to show you how much Aditya cares for Sonia (which is very little) when they place him at his own engagement party without a ring to give his would be bride. It's kind of like a transparent foreshadowing of things to come, but in case you didn't notice the DVD cover with Akshaye and Katrina Kaif and the numerous trailers showing ONLY Katrina with Akki then this will be news to you. The song they dance to "She's a rock star" borrows heavily from Jennifer Lopez's "Get right with me" hook but thankfully they didn't plagiarise her lyrics. Neither Akki nor Bips can really shake a leg, so you might wanna skip ahead during this song number.Anyways, after the engagement party Aditya's company transfers him to a branch in Canada and Sonia goes on a business trip to Paris, making way for Aditya to meet and connect in love with Jia (Played by Katrina Kaif). Note that another foreshadowing is the fact that aboard the plane, Sonia lays things out for Aditya, telling him that once they marry she will not be having any kids for him right away because they are both at a stage in their lives were their careers should come first. She even goes so far as to tell him that they will be waiting at least 5 years before she will allow herself to get pregnant. Woah! what a thing to tell your husband-to-be at 10,000 feet in the air. It's no wonder that once Aditya meets Jia, she is a breath of fresh air and sort of like his rescuer from the hurricane known as Sonia Berry. Jia and Aditya then embark on a torrid love affair the ends when its revealed that Jia is also engaged (her spouse to be is played by Anil Kapoor in a special appearance). And just as if you're not grossed out by the fact that 20 year old Katrina is being paired against Akki who is more than twice her age, let's add the tiara that is Anil Kapoor (who is nearly three times her age) to the mix to play her hubby. Really Bollywood casting, how gross can you get?Anyways, they have her looking as matronly as say, Catherine Zeta Jones paired next to these men and the wardrobe people show her no love until the near end of the film when she is dressed as an Indian Bride and just looking at how beautiful she looks at this point is worth the price of admission, or DVD whichever manner you're watching it in.One of the worst scenes in the film takes place where they typecast several Black people as muggers and Aditya has to fight them off Jia in order to save her. And what's up with the accents, people in Canada don't talk that way. How typical of Bollywoood eh? They never cease to amuse me.Okay back to the Titanic similarities: 1. There's a piece of haunting melody that plays throughout the film especially during key scenes that is straight out of Titanic's sinking scene.2. The Dialogue that takes place between Jia and Aditya in the car when they are stuck in the snow sounds exactly like the stuff Jack was telling Rose when he was trying to convince to ditch Cal. Jia's response is also similar to what Rose said to Jack when she goes to meet him at the bow of the ship. Aditya tells her to close her eyes and it's the "I'm flying, Jack" scene from Titanic Bollywood style.3. The scene in which Anil Kapoor's character threatens Jia in her hotel room is exactly like the scene in which Cal threatened Rose after she went frolicking with the third class people the night before.4. The 'for your eyes only' song and dance number is exactly like the scene in which Jack took Rose below deck for the steerage party5. In the song Humko Dewana Kar Gaye (Himesh's version not Sonu's) there is a scene that resembles the flying scene from Titanic, even though they do not use a boat.and this is just off the top of my head. Anywho, it was an okay movie with lots of stereotypes. I liked the songs more than the storyline and Bipasha Basu stood out in the little that she has to do in the film. Too bad we didn't get to see her in Bridal wear. Don't miss Helenji in a cameo as a grandmother.

The only reason that i give Humko Deewana Kar Gaye a much not deserved 7 out of 10 is that although the mistakes were noticeable, they were quite funny. Bollywood is at a very weird point because they are just figuring out they can do new tricks with the camera n decide 2 cram all the cool effects into one fast-paced song. The song Rockstar has been bombed with quick editing and quick paced cinematography that the entire song looks entirely fake and completely unnecessary. And another thing what the hell is all that random stuff bout in the car...our two lovers are trapped in a snow storm just because Katrina closed her eyes for 2 milliseconds n suddenly there they are surrounded by mountains of snow and your thinking OK how they are going to get out? but also how long was that girl asleep for? they must have fell bout 7 feet and suddenly it shows them surrounded by 89173905873 feet mountains of snow. And what a cheap holiday they went on...just close your eyes and your at the destination...and she goes "Rome...Spanish steps" like there really are Spanish steps in Rome....shouldn't it be Italian? and another thing they both imagined exactly the same clothes...and what was all that "I'm not in the Kashmirs mountains..(lets go of hand)...I'm afraid of heights"...i mean calm down your just in a car for gods sake. And in that song where Akshay is really sad its got a bit of the song where hes on a bridge and then it suddenly shows him running through this jungle with snow and back to the bridge and then him again in the jungle panting and breathing heavily...i mean what was the point?? Akshay can run through branches full of snow and get very tired? And that song...For your eyes only? quite a good song but at one point the camera looks down on the room and there's like 5 people there and when it looks again the whole rooms filled! Anyway despite all of the above Humko Deewana Kar Gaye is a very good film and it certainly kept the other actor secret...i wont say who it is but its not Salman because i honestly thought it was but was very surprised...but you'd think after seeing Akshay claiming to be a room service boy you'd recognise him......... Anyway go watch the film and the songs are good....fine only Fanaah, for your eyes only and Humko Deewana Kar Gaye

This film was good but did not live up to ones expectation.I personally think what Akshay Kumar is trying to do at the moment is take every chance that is there as he want to get on top of Bollywood and as far there is no sign of either Salman and Shahrukh so he obviously has no competition. The audience are not use to Akshay playing these type of roles and would like to see him in a action film or even in a comic role. But the people have to understand that he is just taking any offer that comes to him as he wants to be on top of Bollywood before any sign of competition arrives.I personally think many people will not like this film because they are not use to Akshay in a love film. All the songs are very nice and especially Rock Star, For Your Eyes Only and Title Song.One thing I did not get is why is Anil Kapoor in this film? If it was necessary to take Salman out they should have left the film as just a love triangle. I personally think this changed the whole shape of the film and due to the fact that Salman was no longer on this film some scenes have been cut from the film which makes the film less understandable.Overall the film was very good and I liked it.