The plot is both simple and well-known. Boy meets girl. Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy. Both fall in love. Girl is rich. Boy is poor. Both have to fight for their love. Only thing here is that the hero isn't exactly living a hand to mouth existence, but is an artist, which according to the girl's father is pretty much the same thing.
Ritu, a management student and the only daughter of businessman Deshraj Diwan falls in love with Sahil, an artist/cartoonist. Mr. Diwan doesn't have a great impression of artistes owing to a previous experience involving his sister and refuses to give Ritu's hand in marriage to Sahil, except on one condition. He challenges Sahil to prove that he can succeed in the corporate world by giving him the chance to run his multi crore empire for three months. How the young lovebirds overcome all obstacles to win Deshraj's approval without compromising on Sahil's choice of career is what the rest of the film is about.
Debutant director S. Manasvi also manages the script, screenplay and dialogue of Love U. .. Mr. Kalakaar! And it is clear that he really believes in his subject matter. The movie carries the heart warming message expressed by the Beatles so many years ago 'All you need is love' – and the director manages to get the message across, even if it's not very cleverly done. This is also the first film for cinematographer Saurabh Vishwkarma and it is to his credit that the lead pair looks so absolutely beautiful. Amrita is all dolled up while Tusshar has never looked so well groomed.
They've managed to make the petite and pretty Amrita Rao look loud, garish and over the top in quite a few scenes.
On the whole, everything seems two dimensional, what with everyone turning over a new leaf in the end and everything falling into place for the leading pair. There aren't even any grand song and dance numbers a la didi tera dewar deewana, or remotely entertaining characters or the trademark Rajshri pets to engage the viewers.
It's noticeable that Tusshar has put in his sincere efforts. His expressions seem to be standard and hardly differ when he's saying goodbye to the office staff and when he learns about his Rs. 8 crore contract. Amrita looks and acts the part of a management student, but it does seem slightly odd to have her mouth words like 'cool', 'awesome', 'dude' and 'super'. Ram Kapoor (looking larger than usual) is impressive as Deshraj Diwan and Madhoo returns to the big screen after more than a decade as Ritu's bui. Prem Chopra makes his mark as Ritu's nanaji, but he's no Dara Singh. Jai Kalra is hardly threatening as the main villain, though Yatin Karyekar manages to elicit a few laughs as his sidekick.
The music score by Sandesh Shandilya lacks any foot tapping, catchy tunes. Sarphira sa hai dil manages to leave an impression, mostly because of its soothing melody and picturisation, as does bhoore bhoore badal, but the rest simply lighten from memory.
Overall, it is a family film with an appealing message is a pleasant enough watch, but don't expect any surprises, laughs or thrills.
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