Film: 'Perfect Mismatch'; Cast: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Anubhav Anand, Nandana Sen; Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad; Rating: *1/2

'Perfect Mismatch' ought to be called one of the most misguiding film titles in a long time. The entire plotline seems like a big scam. That is because the entire conflict angle, that of the parents/guardians of a boy and a girl not being overtly fond of each other, is conveniently forgotten after a point in time in the film.

So we have Anubhav and Nandana crossing paths with each other on number of instances ('Serendipity' anyone?) and then conveniently (and expectedly) falling in love. So far so very okay. They make their parents meet and voila -- the film's title is finally justified.

Anubhav's uncle (Anupam Kher) is a quintessential Punjabi who is straight out of the 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge' sets while Nandana's Gujarati dad (Boman Irani) isn't quite an Amrish Puri here. Perfect mismatch, right?

With all characters out in the open, there is this really hilarious dinner sequence that (thankfully) sets the stage for the film to 'actually' begin! Right from Anupam's back slapping body language to Boman's fixation for shoes being removed at the entrance door to their conflicting views on booze and 'being pals' -- everything is brought out quite well on the screen by the director. After all, Anupam and Boman are just the 'perfect mismatch' that the love birds could have bargained for.

However, the film goes into an altogether different territory soon after and what you get to see has nothing to do with the parental conflict at all.