In any other movie, a statement like this would have met with a hilarious yet mocking response. But not in case of 'Pyaar Mein Twist', where this dialogue is welcomed with utmost grace with a nod of approval from everyone in the theatre. That's exactly where the beauty of Hriday Shetty directed 'Pyaar Mein Twist' lies! A movie that could have become a laughing stock if handled by someone less competent, thanks to Shetty's sincere and sensitive direction, it maintains its grace and charm throughout the 2 hour duration.

The movie is also special for one more reason - the lead couple. After all, how many times more would you see Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia walking on a beach while experiencing the pros and cons of having beachside 'golgappas' [water balls]? A feel good movie that has a heartwarming impact, PMT is a mature love story told in a simplistic fashion that should appeal to all age groups.

Business tycoon Yash Khurana [Rishi Kapoor], a widower, has just retired after giving the ropes of the business to his son [Vikas Bhalla]. At some other place in Mumbai, Sheetal Arya [Dimple Kapadia] is running a shipping agency and is content with the marriage of her daughter Ria [Soha Ali Khan] just a few days away with a young man [Sameer Dattani]. A widow, her best friend is her sister-in-law Toshi [Farida Jalal] who is unmarried and stays with them.

As all love stories happen, Yash and Sheetal meet, start spending their spare time with each other and become good friends. But everyone starts suspecting an affair blossoming between the two. Sameer's mother wants to break off the marriage while Vikas Bhalla confronts his father on his old age escapades. Tired of the accusations, 'good friends' Yash and Sheetal (on advise of Sameer, Toshi and Yash's best friend Satish Shah, a business tycoon himself) decide to spend some more time with each other away from their children and discover the depth of their relationship.

Cupid strikes and now the two are in love with each other. The movie comes to a fairy tale end with the children giving their whole hearted approval to their parents' relationship.

A movie like 'Pyaar Mein Twist' could have become a boring social if given a different treatment, or as mentioned in the beginning, a mockery of relationship between elders. But with due credit to director Hriday Shetty, who never lets his lead protagonists be projected as helpless senior citizens who shed tears when opposed by their children. Instead everything is narrated in as light hearted manner as possible with good dose of wit and humor thrown in. Both Rishi and Dimple are shown as independent who love their children but know how to enjoy their lives too. They visit up market eating joints, stay in estates, live life king (and queen) size and make merry to the fullest. All this while, they keep getting news about the going ons in their children's lives through their trusted ones at home.

'Pyaar Mein Twist' is a Rishi Kapoor movie all the way. Though Dimple Kapadia is there to match him at every step, its his [still in form] boyish charm that works wonders for the cinegoers. He looks and act every bit a retired business tycoon who drives Mercedes, plays golf, smokes cigar, never forgets his morning jogging and drinking in the night, meets old friends, visits pubs, plays piano, dances with his daughter in law [Deepshikha], takes his dogs for a daily walk, shops in malls and the best of all, still knows how to match steps for the evergreen song 'Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karenge Hum Dono'.

In contrast Dimple Kapadia is more restrained and that could be possibly due to her character of a woman who has raised her children all by herself and doesn't have any support from the men folk. She acts well but is a step behind whenever Rishi Kapoor is in frame. Though her dressing sense and her flowing hair still make one skip a beat. Farida Jalal is a delight once again and though there have been number of movies between PMT and DDLJ, this is her meatiest and the best performance ever since Aditya Chopra's classic. She is simply adorable in all her scenes, especially the ones where she calls in all the family members for a truce and when she 'orders' Rishi and Dimple to discover each other. An award winning performance.

Soha Ali Khan's role could have been played by just about anyone, possibly even a junior artist. She doesn't have anything to do in the film. Sameer Dattani tries to utilize whatever little screen time he gets. Though the role didn't require any great histrionics from the young actor, he does fine in the scenes featuring him. PMT is hardly a kind of movie that Sameer could use as a way up the ladder. Vikas Bhalla's comeback too is just about average and it is in fact Deepshikha, who comes up with the best performance amongst all the sons, daughters and the daughter in laws. She is a complete natural and acts with dignity. Delnaz Paul's character is left unexplained while Satish Shah brings on a smile every time he is on screen. In fact the camaraderie shared by him and Rishi [when they address each other as Tunnu and Chintoo respectively] leaves a mark.

While his 'Plan' boasted of all style and very little substance, Hriday Shetty takes a giant leap in storytelling with his second movie based completely on substance. He handles the delicate subject with dignity and doesn't let the veteran lead pair down. His style is akin to the kind of light hearted movies by Basu Chatterji and Hrishikesh Mukherjee in the 70s, with a consistent pace throughout. There aren't any ups or downs, twists and turns in the movie and though you can see the things coming up next, you still do that with a smile.

The movie's duration is just fine. Songs [Jatin Lalit] at the beginning of the movie are pleasant but not required, especially the engagement song 'Ladki Chahe Jo Bole' and 'Do Dil'. In fact its the background song 'Pal Tham Gaya Hai' [that appears repeatedly] and party song 'Khullam Khulla' that really go with the movie's narrative.

A small budgeted movie, PMT is a kind of movie that would be watched with keen interest by select urban audience, or as the now famous clichéd goes - multiplex audience. Though the opening of the movie has been just about average, it has a potential to do reasonably well with word of mouth.