This is a very funny and well-done movie but a lot of viewers (judging from reviews I've seen elsewhere) never figure it out and so don't appreciate it. The keys to enjoying it: (1) a sense of humor (2)some prior experience with Bollywood films and (3) understanding that the police inspector is smoking something and having pipe dreams! This explains the over the top (even for Bollywood) nature of many of the scenes, which are not supposed to be taken as "real". Beyond the pipe dreams, the young lovers (the "real" characters) take over the movie in the second half, and this is just as funny as the first half - with some topnotch musical numbers, wonderful choreography and Shah Rukh Khan moments, and masterful Anupam Kher comic bits you aren't likely to see him get to do anywhere else. In short this is not your typical Bollywood movie but one that plays on those expectations. Either you'll love this one or you'll end up scratching your head and hating it. I loved it.