Rani, was portraying an Angel.but her acting was down-to-earth and saved Yash Raj Films. All said and done this is good movie with some terrific words of wisdom and few lessons to learn. The San Diego excursion even though approved by the Judge, kind of diluted the proceedings that otherwise had a homely feeling to it. What was the point in this? was this in the Angel's job description? I wonder. The movie has some week moments like the pool escapade. Rishi Kapoor is "God"-a part that Amitab Bachchan used to have firm grip on, But Kapoor, is good whether he is playing "God" or a mere mortal. The Scene with God and Angels sitting around is immaculately done with some great camera work and sets.
The kids have a good potential, specially the kid that plays the older girl. Where as Rani gives one hundred percent of herself. He goes thru the film with an "attitude" or a fixed demeanor that is becoming very familiar. Now the Cast-Saif Ali Khan is a great actor but he is so overworked he probably does't even know which set, what scene or what emotion to portray. The Story if original or borrowed is purely poignant. The Story and direction is by Kunal Kohli who used to be Film Critic before he started wielding his own megaphone. You can watch it with kids in the hope that they'd laugh or watch it with adults who'll laugh for the wrong reasons. The sad thing is that 'Thoda Pyaar Rhoda Magic' could have easily been a better film technically, given the financial resources of Yashraj productions (or perhaps they suffered a little too much from their last couple of flops?) and content-wise, had the story itself been a little more real without the excessive sugar and ridicule. She acts her part very naturally providing excellent comic relief from the sappy moments but at the same time, the character is unidimensional. She plays the part as if it was written for her (perhaps it was). Now the magic of this film is clearly Rani Mukherjee. The child actors are the 'usual cute kids' you see in Yashraj films but these ones actually do try to act instead of just being cute. Amisha Patel seems to get typecast as the annoying bimbo (she played a similar role in last years 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd'). Perhaps we are to assume that he was initially trying to be kind to the children out of guilt. Not only that, but he also teaches the children life lessons that he never applied those to himself. The director fails to show why he suddenly transforms from this cold unfriendly man to a caring guardian. Saif Ali Khan does an okay job with what he's given but the transformation in his character seems rushed, choppy and of course, very hard to believe. Even in a lesser budgeted movie like 'Bhoothnath' the technical side is well taken care of. Considering that Yashraj productions was behind funding this film, one would have expected it to look better. I wonder why the animation looked so old fashioned in this film when Kohli did a good job with it in his second film 'Hum Tum'. A fantasy film needs to create that fantasy feel but due to the poor special effects (it looks almost amateurish), ancient animation, unimpressive songs and flat cinematography fails to involve the viewer in its world. I mean, what was with the judge forcing the kids to be raised by their parents's murderer Ranbir? On the technical front, it scores low and this is where 'Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic' suffers. Actually, at many points the story is downright ridiculous. Some of the characters suffer from poor writing and what was the point of the butler (Razak Khan in a different avatar)? Since when did Indian business tycoon's even have butlers? Even the love story between Ranbir and Geeta is rushed. The movie is a little too sugar-coated for my liking but then again, kids like this kind of stuff. Kohli takes a lot of ideas from films like 'The Sound of Music', 'Nanny McPhee', 'Mary Poppins', 'Rent A Kid' and even the TV-series 'Heroes'. At this point, I can't say that the story is a start-to-finish ripoff (even though it feels very familiar) but it's not very original either.
Yet, it remains a tad better flick when compared to other Hindi films of this genre, such as 'Koi Mil Gaya' (ugh!). Adults may enjoy it with their kids but otherwise there's a lot about this film that needed improvement. It's got all the required elements: fantasy, fairy, fairy-tale story, kids etc. Kohli makes sure that 'Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic' appeals to children.
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