THEME � Friendship drama : Director Sameer Karnik (Heroes, Nanhe Jaisalmer) teases the audience throughout, hinting at a possible development or romance, but revealing the twist only later.
Otherwise, the execution remains dialogue-heavy and in tune with emotional dramas. The story stifled inside a hospital room for the most part, Vaada Raha ��� I promise strikes as being visually claustrophobic.
One wonders why, after the flop of Nanhe Jaisalmer (2007) that also paired Bobby Deol with Dwij Yadav, would Karnik attempt yet another friendship drama between the two.
Storyline: He�s ten on ten everywhere - as the loving boyfriend who has recently proposed marriage or as the surgeon feted by the American Medical Association for his research on cancer.
His loyal friends call his life perfect as his gorgeous fianc�e (Kangana Ranaut) touches wood. All this can go away in an instant, says Dr Duke Chawla (Bobby Deol) one philosophical evening.
Indeed, as he had prophesized, his life turns for the worse after an unfortunate accident. Now suffering from paralysis, Dr Duke reaffirms the adage that doctors make the worst patients.
He has reason to be this upset: his fianc�e on hearing the news refuses to come and see him. With an ill mother to look after, she, in a matter-of-fact manner, refuses this additional responsibility.
The genius doc must now deal with heartbreak as well. He refuses food and medication, until the hospital head orders injectibles.
But hope arrives in the tiny form of Roshan (Dwij Yadav), a talkative child who informs us that he�s giving his cancer-struck sister company in the hospital.
While Duke resists him and even shouts 'get out�, Roshan persists and finally the two become great friends. Other friendly staff at the hospital offer further support and some laughs.
Then the story turns into a Hindi film - Duke is good in no time and even exclaims 'Eureka� when he nixes the cancer treatment. Now for the main grouse with the film.
It�s difficult to swallow that an acclaimed surgeon would be so averse to medication. Yes, he�s lost hope and all that, but spitting out medicines and throwing tantrums that he doesn�t want medication, but wants to �go home�, is bit much.
Also Roshan is as adorable as only kids can be, but most films insist that for children to be cute, they must talk beyond their age.
So you have the 10-year-old (or younger) saying things like 'mazaak to aap kar rahe ho, apni life se� and something like, 'I�m only giving you that what you�ve lost � hope�.
But still, their unique friendship moves you and the unconventional ending leaves you smiling.
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