This is a familiar, feel-good saga, sweet, non-kinky, light, bright and cheerful film. A mix of the ‘90s feel-good genre with yuppie cinema, it is a very warm and positive movie whose only major flaws are just an inordinately-long first half, not so much in length as in the fact that nothing dramatic happens and even a crisis is presented in a bland manner. The real and relatable part aimed at by its makers makes it dull and devoid of interest except for some lines that evoke a chuckle or two.

In half two, so to speak, the film perks up as it enters classic YRF territory with the hero and heroine almost getting hitched to the wrong partners, who happen to be their selected future partners. When the hero, Jai (Zayed Khan in his career-best turn), realizes this, he breaks off with Radhika (Pallavi Sharda) after a candid confession. But Naina (Dia Mirza) cannot get to do so with her fiancé Dhruv (Vaibhav Talwar).

Now friends must come to their rescue including her best buddy, Gayatri (Auritra Ghosh), and her newlywed husband Arjun (Sataydeep Mishra) who is Jai’s best friend — after all, it was at their wedding celebrations that Jai and Naina had first met and became friends; Jai had even resolved a crisis with a radical solution, earning Naina’s respect. Even this part has nothing new, but like a bar of Cadbury’s Milk Chocolate, where you knew exactly what to expect even if the packaging changes, you still relish it when in the mood.

Running on a parallel track is the cute love story of Jai’s and Arjun’s common best friend, the twice-divorced Govind (Cyrus Sahukar), and Arjun’s aunt, the 38-plus confirmed spinster Sheela Maasi (Tisca Chopra). This is a strangely moving love story that the film should have developed much more.

Yet another flipside: old wines in new bottles, and films sans big name stars, need a starry support in good music. But despite a couple of nice lyrics by Javed Akhtar, the music falls woefully short, robbing it completely of an initial box office boost. The number of examples where the so-called contemporary or “global” jingle-brigade of music makers are killing the prospects of both big and small films is alarmingly on the rise.

The best thing about the film is that no character is dark, evil, kinky, dimwitted or even immature. These are nice people who value friendships, strike a neat balance between fun and hard work and do all the right things — well, almost, so things do get wonky sometimes!

Sahil Sangha is a promising director but needed better collaborators on his script, even if you come out of the movie-hall with a smile on your face. Technically, the film is upbeat, except for the languid editing in the first half. And yes, that cliché about Naina’s ticket to Singapore was not needed and lends a needlessly “filmi” and absurd touch in the predictable climax.

The performances are uniformly good, and besides Zayed, special mention must be made of Dia, Satyajeet, Tisca Chopra and Vaibhav Talwar. Cyrus Sahukar is reigned in but impressive too.