Some of most dumbest pairing on Indian screen…

We know they can never go well together, but still our dear producers and directors got them paired up for reasons best known to them.

Madhubala/ Bharat Bhushan
Movie: Phagun/ Gateway of India

I guess this should be the ultimate C’n'C pairing in Bollywood.
How come the most beautiful and sensuous starlet like Madhubala was ever convinced that a wooden actor like Bharat Bhushan can even stand next to her?
Should we cry or should we laugh is the real question.

Kajol/ Prabhu Deva
Movie: Sapnay/ Minsara Kanavu in Tamil

Oh God, what a sucker of a pairing? And Kajol is still all smiles…
How on earth could ace ad film maker like Rajeev Menon even think about such a pairing. I don’t recall the Hindi or the Tamil version where Prabhu Deva gets Kajol in the end…. whatever!

Karisma Kapoor/ Puru Rajkumar
Movie: Bal Brahmachari

The movie did no business (Obviously!) and if my memory serves right, this came at a time when Karisma was just scaling the top ranks with some big hits with David Dhavan movies. And in between she managed to do this movie too! Wow! Kya jodi hai!

Karisma Kapoor/ Harish
Movie: Prem Qaidi
I still laugh at this pairing even today like I did years ago.
The movie was horrible. The songs were a hit. So was the movie. I still don’t know why?
It was a launch pad for Karisma Kapoor.
But then Harish was never a hero material. Dunno what the producers/ directors saw in him. Talk about lucky stars!

Sonali Bendre/ Kunal
Movie: Dil Hi Dil Mein (Dubbed)/ Kadhalar Dhinam (Tamil version)

As if we still didn’t get over the hangover of Rahul Roy, there comes another clone, Kunal who looks like a dumb little boy in front of Sonali Bendre.
Strange that such films could still rake in the moolah with such oddly paired couples!

Aishwarya Rai/ Chandrachur Singh – Sharukh Khan/ Priya Gill
Movie: Josh

What went wrong with this movie? I mean with Mansoor Khan? He hit the jackpot with QSQT, Joh jeeta wohi sikandar and Akele hum akele tum… then with Josh I guess he just went crazy…
I guess this was one of the worst pairings ever on a multi starrer film. The film also hit the floor very badly.

Priyanka/ Uday Chopra
Movie: Pyar Impossible

This movie proved that no matter what A beauty and a geek can never matchup either on screen or even to the viewers taste. Talk about a horrible after taste!

In my opinion odd or weird or let’s say even Chalk and Cheese pairing is not wrong to say the least.
If both the characters happen to meet in a twist of fate or some other way and then love blooms inspite of the odds then I guess thats a different call… But unfortunately that’s not the case in any of the above mentioned films except the last one… Pyar Impossible.
But again with movies like Pyar imp… they just couldn’t get it right. I mean imagine with story/ writing by Uday and direction by the still-not-talented-at-all-but-that’s-how-I-am director Jugal Hansraj, what could you expect.

In South Indian movies, actors like Rajnikanth, Vijaykanth don’t seem to age at all. No wonder they get paired with Shriya Saran, Isha koppikar and a host of other heroines in their past films. Now that’s real Chalk and Cheese but as they say in hindi… Bandar chahey kitna bhi boodha ho, gulati maarna nahin bhoolta!!! (No matter how old a monkey gets, it will never stop jumping around)

If you look at movies like Wake up sid, though Ranbir and Konkona look like C’n'C, they played their age and their characters were very well shaped. Ranbir is a young, laid-back, cool guy and Konkona plays the responsible, mature girl. They were poles apart but they still had to fall in love despite the odds.

Same goes with Amitabh’s pairing with Padma Khanna (Ouuuuf… Yuckkks!) in Saudagar, but I guess here again their characters were well etched. She was a scheming lady like in all her films and Amitabh provided the perfect bait for her charms. The movie was not that succesfull but nevertheless had good music and some decent performances by all.

What’s your worst pairing on screen?