Mr Ya Miss – neither here nor there

Rating:- *

As if it was not bad enough that Antara Mali has not made much headway as an actor, she has not done any better as writer-director of MR. YA MISS. There's no denying that Antara has handled a couple of sequences deftly, but doing a whole film does not seem to be her cup of tea.

Sanjay [Aftab Shivdasani] is denied a place in heaven, thanks to his philandering lifestyle. At the same time, the Gods think hell is as unworthy place for him since, essentially, he has been a nice person.

Therefore, Lord Shiva [Ajinkya Deo] and Goddess Parvati [Varsha Usgaonkar] decide to give him a second chance and send him back to earth to redeem himself. The purpose being, Sanjay ought to learn to respect womankind. But there's a catch: Sanjay has to live in the body of a woman.

Result: Sanjay becomes Sanjana [Antara Mali], his fictitious step-sister.

Now, instead of Sanjay's work, it's Sanjana's body that gets all the attention. Be it a roadside Romeo [Snehal Dabhi], office colleague Ravi or the esteemed client Mr. Malhotra [Bharat Dabholkar], everyone has eyes on Sanjana.

Some stories sound interesting on paper, but when translated on celluloid, they simply run out of steam. That's the problem with MR. YA MISS, inspired by the Hollywood film THE HOT CHICK [2002; Rob Schneider, Anna Faris, Matt Lawrence].

The biggest problem is that there's not much pace in the story and Antara’s direction is lackluster.

On the whole, the film is unlikely to appeal to MR. or MISS. Antara ought to have honed her skills a lot longer before taking the plunge.