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joke is delivered by Meera again who says: 'Aur main pure kapde pahenti hoon', meaning: 'Unlike her, I am always fully dressed.' This is possibly the only smart moment in this dumb, regressive film in which Meera's fate is left to the outcome of a cricket match between her brother and her fiancé. Anil Kumble makes a series of short appearances in this film as the object of Meera's crush; it's the kind of embarrassing cameo that the poor chap's not likely to live down in a hurry. A thumbs down and one out of five for director
Chandrakant Kulkarni's Meerabai Not Out. This is a film that must be seen to be believed. But wait, that's too high a price to pay!"
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herself, got employed as a math teacher with Vishwa-Prem
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gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing "Mandira acts her part well. She impresses more towards the finale. Eijaz is confident and if given an opportunity, can only go further. Mahesh
Manjrekar doesn't really get scope, except towards the finale. Anupam Kher is efficient. Pratiksha Lonkar is wasted. The
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gave the film 1 out of 5, writing "There's a running joke in the film which involves random people telling Meera, our protagonist, that she resembles
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gave the film 2 out of 5, writing "Mandira Bedi and Eijaz Khan have done their job well but Anupam Kher and Mahesh
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actress enacting the role of
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Meerabai Not Out was meant to release last year, during the World Cup, but was held back because of the Indian team's lousy performance.
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