IN RECENT YEARS ACTOR-TURNED-DIRECTOR SATISH KAUSHIK HAS ACHIEVED SOME SUCCESS WITH HIS UNIQUE BRAND OF FAMILY COMEDIES. HIS LATEST OFFERING, SHAADI SE PEHLEIS A VERY LIGHT COMEDY ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WHO TRIES TO GET RID OF HIS FIANCEE WHEN HE OVERHEARS THAT HE’S SUFFERING FROM A TERMINAL ILLNESS.
The film boasts a popular cast headed by Akshaye Khanna and Bollywood bombshell Mallika Sherawat. Khanna plays Ashish, a hypochondriac salesman who is in love with Rani (Ayesha Takia). When Ashish accidentally thinks his doctor has diagnosed him with cancer instead of hypertension, he sets out to put Rani off him by flirting with sultry model Sania (Sherawat). Meanwhile, Rani begins to fall for Rohit (Aftab Shivdasani), a more suitable match. Ashish then discovers that he isn’t actually ill, but can he save his relationship before Rani marries Rohit?