I See You
- Director
- Vivek Agrawal
- Studio
- K Sera Sera| distributor =Chasing Ganesha Films
- Release Date
- 28 December 2006
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹8.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹1.92 Cr
Review
Akhshay Kumar's "I See You" attempts an ambitious romantic thriller with genuinely intriguing premise—a man falling for a woman in a coma whom only he can perceive—but the execution falters under the weight of its own narrative contradictions. The film struggles to maintain internal logic: the supernatural element introduced early (Shivani's phantom visibility) is abruptly abandoned for medical realism, leaving audiences uncertain whether they're watching a magical romance or a crime thriller. Director's handling of the organ trafficking subplot feels grafted on rather than organically woven, diluting focus from the central emotional arc. The performances are competent but not transcendent—Kumar attempts vulnerability in a departure from his action-hero persona, yet the material doesn't provide sufficient depth for genuine investment. The core tension between romance and violation (caring for an unconscious woman without consent) is never meaningfully interrogated, glossed over as endearing rather than ethically complex.
The third-act redemption through amnesia and fresh courtship offers formulaic resolution that feels unearned given the psychological murk preceding it. With a ₹1.92 crore collection and -76% ROI, the box office rejection reflects what the film's structure suggests: audiences sensed a tonal dissonance and narrative instability that no star power could salvage. While the premise warranted exploration of philosophical questions around love, consciousness, and c
Storyline
So there's this charming but total playboy named Raj who hosts his own talk show and basically breaks hearts for a living. One day, he encounters this gorgeous woman named Shivani on his apartment balcony, and he's completely captivated by her. The weird thing? Nobody else can see or interact with her – to everyone around him, it looks like he's just talking to thin air and losing his mind. His friends think he's gone crazy, but Raj can't shake his feelings for her.
As it turns out, Shivani isn't actually a ghost – well, not exactly. She's actually lying in a coma in a hospital somewhere, and her life is hanging by a thread. Raj's so determined to be with her that he takes matters into his own hands and sneaks her comatose body away to his place to care for her. Meanwhile, there's a corrupt doctor trying to silence her because she witnessed some shady organ trafficking business, and he's desperate to cover his tracks before she wakes up.
Things get pretty intense when an inspector starts digging into what happened to Shivani, which eventually exposes the whole organ trafficking scheme and puts the doctor behind bars. Eventually, Shivani does wake up from her coma, but here's the heartbreaking twist – she has absolutely no memory of any of the connection they built while she was unconscious. Rather than giving up, Raj decides he's going to win her heart all over again from scratch, so he tracks her down and reintroduces himself like they're meeting for the first time.
