MAIN AISA HI HOON Main Aisa Hi Hoon Cert 12A Directed by Harry Baweja Starring Ajay Devgan Susmita Sen Esha Deol Anupam Kher Runtime: 2 hours 42 min UK Release 6 May 2005

Sean Penn once proclaimed, "I am Sam" and won many accolades in Hollywood. In Bollywood Ajay Devgan is all set to reprise his success in Harry Baweja's with Main Aisa Hi Hoon. Indraneel Thakur, or Neel (Ajay Devgan) is a grown-up man with the brain of a seven year-old. Extremely innocent, kind and with a generosity of spirit that few can rival, Neel is the darling of a small town he lives in. Life, for him, is a fable and the world a fairy-tale setting where no wrong or no evil can ever penetrate.

The nucleus of his world is his seven-year-old daughter, Gungun, (Baby Rucha Vaidya) whom he loves beyond explanation. Friends, the owner of the books & coffee shop he works in and his landlady form the rest of his world.

Gungun's mother, Maya Trivedi (Esha Deol) had entered Neel's life like a mysterious breeze but left after giving birth to the child. So for seven years, Neel and Gungun just had each other for comfort. Their world was a happy one but not perfect. None of their difficulties were big enough that couldn't be resolved by Neel's simple and sensible approach.

But on the eve of Gungun's seventh birthday, Neel's father in law, Dayanath, makes an entry.He recently found that he has a granddaughter. His first meeting with Neel does not go well. So Dayanath files a lawsuit to gain custody of the child.

As Neel's world shatters around him, his decision to search for the best lawyer in town, lands him at the office of Neeti Khanna (Sushmita Sen). At first terribly resistant to take up Neel's case, she finally is broken down by Neel's sincerity and his unflinching love for his little daughter.

To her great surprise, Neeti finds herself learning many lessons from Neel, and decides to take up his case.

She soon realises that fighting a powerful businessman like Dayanath isn't the only hurdle. A handicapped man responsible for raising a child isn't going to go down well with the jury. Will Neeti be able to win Neel's case? And what about Maya? Will she help Neel when she hears about her father's quest?