Thirteen years ago, while scriptingDilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Aditya Chopra wrote a scene in which Raj would walk into a store to buy a condom. Later, he decided that this might be too risqu for the audiences and changed it to beer. Obviously, times and audiences have changed. InCheeni Kum, Amitabh Bachchan walks into a store and sheepishly asks for a condom to which the salesman snidely remarks: chacha ko Durex chahiye.Cheeni Kumbrims with quirky, funny moments like this. Debutant director R. Balakrishnan builds up a spicy, affectionate romance between an attractive, intelligent woman and a bristling, sarcastic chef who happens to be 30 years her senior-actually he's six years older than her father.Tabu and Bachchanhit all the right notes. But post-interval, the script and their romance collapse like an underdone souffl. The girl's father (Rawal in a woefully underwritten role), goes on a fast to prevent her from marrying and the ensuing melodrama deflates the film. Still, this one's worth watching if only to see the still sexy Mr B in heat.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Jun 11, 2007 00:00 IST--- ENDS ---
