हम तुम्हारे हैं सनम
At times this film is merely an overwrought, love-triangular, Bollywood melodrama. Even so, Hum tumhare hain sanam ("I am yours, dear") occasionally shines when it digs deep into the damage that failure to communicate can wreak on a relationship.
The relationship at risk here is that between straight-laced businessman Gopal (overacting superstar Shah Rukh Khan) and his sweet but clueless wife Radha (the gorgeous Madhuri Dixit, in a role that doesn’t come close to taking advantage of her abilities). All Gopal wants is some romantic, intimate time with his wife – lots of it, in fact – but Radha would rather hang around with her childhood friend Suraj (goofball cutie and GOAT favorite Salman Khan), a successful pop musician. Gopal doesn’t tell Radha that he’s feeling neglected; Radha doesn’t catch on that Gopal is jealous of her closeness to Suraj; their marriage comes dangerously close to the brink before Suraj realizes what is going on and steps in to help them out.
The script has a few very sensitive moments, exploring the work that goes into really making a relationship out of a marriage. But the film doesn’t quite fire on all cylinders; the pacing is clunky, the mood overwrought and contrived. And the songs – except for "Gale mein laal taai," a dream sequence number that I adore – range from unremarkable to awful.