Szenenphoto aus Main Hoon Na, © Production CompanySynopsis in German
„Vor dem Hintergrund der Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Indien und Pakistan siedelt [...] Farah Khan ihr turbulentes Kinodebüt an. Indiens Top-Star Shah Rukh Khan kämpft als Major Ram bei der Friedensmission „Milaap“ dafür, die Feindschaft zwischen Indien und Pakistan zu beenden. Allerdings gibt es Kräfte, die genau dies verhindern wollen. Sie nehmen Sanjana (Amrita Rao) ins Visier, die Tochter eines Generals, der die Friedensmission eingeleitet hat. „Feuerzangenbowle Masala“: Um Sanjana zu schützen, muss Ram undercover zurück an die Schule! In der Kriegszone High School erwarten den Senior-Schüler einige Überraschungen. Neben eingeschleusten Doppelagenten und Mathetests gibt es da noch eine gefährlich hübsche Chemielehrerin.“ (Aus dem Katalog des Filmfest Hamburg)
three hours of non-stop entertainment.”
“Farah Khan makes a well-choreographed debut. She shows a knack for filmmaking. Her grip on the subject, which changes its tone every 10 minutes, is consistently maintained. Her brand of filmmaking comes across as very MTVish, very spoofish, albeit on a very lavish (read Rs 24 crore) scale.”
“Main Hoon Na is a fun film. It doesn't preach. It doesn't go by logic. It isn't realistic. But it's shamelessly entertaining. So if you are looking for 1970s-style entertainment, Main Hoon Na is what I recommend. Enjoy!”
Rediff.com
“A bonkers 'masala' movie, Main Hoon Na could be the mutant offspring of Grease and The Matrix.”
“It's the sheer diversity of the soundtrack that keeps Main Hoon Na's 179 minutes light on their feet. Skipping from dance anthems to nostalgic love songs, the soundtrack's a zinger. Directing the dance routines with a choreographer's eye, Khan uses the musical range to deliver some memorably original sequences, like the school prom beefed up by a 50s-style rock'n'roll band, or the chemistry lab sing-along that comes complete with exploding desks.”
www.bbc.co.uk
“Shah Rukh Khan stars in this funsome back-to-school Bollywood frolic.”
“Main Hoon Na is everything: it starts as a slick techno action film and then descends rapidly into a back-to-school-fish-out-of-water-teen-dream-romance-family-drama-comedy.”
www.channel4.com
“Anything you want in a film, you get here in the three hours and two minutes of Main Hoon Na.”
“Director Farah Khan seems to have taken pretty much every film ingredient she can lay her hands on, put it into a blender, and churned out a movie. The churning results in some parts that are finely meshed and some that remain chunky.”
“It is good, however, to see Khan levelling the playing field and having enough action to challenge the most hardcore action directors. It is straight out of Matrix, with a dash of Jackie Chan.”
Rediff.com
“It's impossible not to be entertained by this madly over-the-top Bollywood musical melodrama, which somehow manages to be lip-quivering family tragedy, high-school teen comedy and terrorist thriller.”
The Guardian
Remarks and general Information in German: "Bollywood at its best – Das ungeduldig erwartete Film-Debüt der berühmten Bollywood-Choreografin Farah Khan war einer der größten Kassenschlager 2004 und ist eine grandiose Mischung aus College-Romanze, Musical und Action-Thriller, ein wahres Masala-Movie!
Die Übersetzung des indischen Titels MAIN HOON NA lautet „Ich bin für Dich da“. (Pressenotiz)
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