Film: Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii

Presenter: Saregama

Director: Kituu Salooja

Music Director: Salim Sulaiman

Lyrics: Irfan Siddique

Cast: Rahul Bose, Zain Khan, Rajesh Khera, Kapil Dev, Meera Vasudevan, Nasir Hussain, Susheel Parasher, Amrindher Sodhi

Rating: 2/5

In 2002, John Schultz made Like Mike, a film about Mike (Lil Bow Wow), an orphan who scores big after discovering a pair of sports shoes with MJ's initials on them. He believes it is magical and soon, this belief makes him an NBA Superstar and finds himself a new family.

Cut to 2007, Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii hits theatres. The story, you ask? Since cricket is what works best in this part of the globe, it's only fair that it be leveraged. Karan (Zain Khan), an orphan, discovers Kapil Dev's, 1983 World Cup cricket bat. The power of a thunderbolt fills it with magic, (or is it just his belief?) and one fine day, he is discovered by the Indian cricket team coach, who eventually enrols him in the team.

This new cricket sensation is made to live with Varun (Rahul Bose), the captain of the Indian cricket team. Before long, the boy wonder gets all he could ask for, including fame, adulation and more importantly, a family.

What is incomprehensible is why someone would seek inspiration in a film that did not do well in the first place. Like Mike was a film that hardly anyone ever saw. Even though certain additional characters have been put in, they are so inane that instead of helping the film, they spoil it.

There are many moments you want to take back with you, when you head home. But then why pay a hefty sum to take back only moments. While CKKMK could have adapted the tasteful parts from Like Mike, it doesn't. The polished editing, the gloss and heartrending moments are all left for superficial and synthesised moments.

The biggest 'boo' the film gets is for the...