We've seen this story before. A struggling actor and actress search their way through the film industry. In their pursuit of stardom, one compromises with ideals and another with aims. Ultimately the relationship falls apart as one finds success and the other settles for smaller dreams.
The beauty though lies in the way its told. Everything about the movie is good, starting from the titles to the gentle digs. The director who copies Hollywood movies, the producer who has no financier, the daughter of a yesteryear actress who wants to be the star, the egomaniac actor who talks about himself in third person and the watchman who smokes beside a "No Smoking" sign. They are not very different from those we saw before, but there is something extremely earnest in the portrayal of struggling aspirants.
There is a telling moment in the movie, when Hrithik playing an established star Zafar Khan looks at Farhan, an upcoming actor Vikram and asks Karan Johar "What do you think?" . Johar replies saying Vikram will replace Zafar and explains how a young director with a new idea is shunned by all established stars, finds a new face to start a cinderella story.
The same thing can be said about Hrithik and Farhan in real life. Compared to Farhan's two movies, Hrithik's attempts look jaded, bland and simply boring. The new energy he brings seems infectious.
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