They name him Krishna, because the way they found him parallels the legend of how the god Lord Krishna came to live with his adoptive parents as a baby. One dark and rainy night, the kindly proprietors of a small orphanage – Kantaben (Juhi Chawla) and Nattubhai (Paresh Ganatra) – rescue an abandoned baby boy from the floodwaters. "Main Krishna Hoon" is a heartwarming tale which ties the rich tradition of ancient Indian culture surrounding the god Krishna with the very real-world challenges of a very real little boy also named Krishna. Here is a fun story targeted to and completely appropriate for a child audience, yet intelligently written and engaging enough for adults, too. If there is any reason at all to watch 'Main Krishna Hoon' then it's her. However, someone of her talent really deserves a much much better film. Juhi Chawla is terrific as Kantaben and I couldn't think of a better actor for the role. Paresh Ganatra is adequate as Kantaben's assistant (even though he does tend to go overboard at times).
Cameos by Hritik Roshan and Latrina Kaif are laughably bad. The acting by the children is quite bad but the director is to be blamed for this. Come on, if you're going to make a children's film, surely one can come up with something better. The editing is dreadful and the songs, with the exception of the one that plays during the opening credit, are horrendous. It's very poorly written and executed (almost as bad as those 80's 'so called Bollywood moneyspinners). However, what Ruia makes is completely juvenile. The premise may be promising for a children's film. In particular, it centers around an orphan called Krishna, who wants to be adopted and have a 'real mom and dad'. Ruia's semi animated semi live action flick 'Main Krishna Hoon' tells the story of an orphanage run by a kind hearted nurturing and loving headmistress Kantaben.
But don't blame me if they complain that the movie is boring.Rajiv S. Take the kids if they are driving you up the wall. Hrithik in a guest appearance has to suddenly be part of a mythological when he sees the animated Krishna and falls to his knees.
Katrina does a zany fight sequence and looks like she had fun. She has that naivetxe9 about her that makes her look younger than heroines half her age. The addition of bad songs doesn't help matters. There is no thread running through the movie to hold it together making it boring after a while. The rest is all episodic as he saves some kids from trouble, breaks up an adulterated milk gang etc. The boy Krishna is angry with the God Krishna for making him a boy who no one will adopt since he has epilepsy. There are 2-3 parts on Krishna's life that are totally animated in a stunted kind of way and which are totally unnecessary. The movie is very much like My friend Ganesha in that it also has an animated Krishna who befriends the child and gives him superpowers to fight all sorts of bad guys. Main Hoon Krishna is a part animation movie, the other part being a film about an orphan called Krishna who lives in an orphanage run by a benevolent Kantaben and her sidekick.
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