When scientist Dr. Yatinder developed a time machine that can transport a person into another era and period, Sana (Priyanka Chopra) expresses her wish to travel to Mumbai in the future. So together with both her younger siblings and Uncle Ya, they are zoomed into Mumbai in year 2050. But it's a Mumbai of the future; flying cars, 200-story skyscrapers, robots and skyrails have changed the very face of the city. Through a series of twists and turns, the time traveler Karan (Harman Baweja) finds himself separated from his love. QT, a friendly femme robot and Boo, a small robotic teddy bear, play their distinct roles in bringing the lovers together, but soon find themselves under the threat of the demi-God of the future, Dr. Hoshi.

"Love Story 2050" is Bollywood's latest offering and its first futuristic Hindi movie. Cool guy Karan meets and falls for Sana (Priyanka Chopra) but as their love blossoms, Sana has an accident and dies. Karan's uncle, Dr. Khanna (Boman Irani) had successfully invented a time machine. His uncle suggests that Karan go back in time to save Sana before she dies, but instead, Karan wants to go to the year 2050. He believes that he will find Sana there and bring her back. Joining the ride are Sana's two younger siblings.

Now in the future, they witness the modern Mumbai with flying cars, robots, holograms, futuristic buildings, sky rails and many more (courtesy of the WETA Workshop, the same crew behind "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "King Kong"), and to make matters worse, Karan bumps into Ziesha (Priyanka Chopra), a woman of 2050 and a rock star to boot.

Karan tries to convince Zeisha that she is indeed Sana from the past, but of course, Zeisha thinks that he is nuts. Will Karan succeed in bringing back his Sana? Watch "Love Story 2050" for the surprise ending.

New actor Harman Baweja is the son of director Harry Baweja, who looks a lot like Hrithik Roshan with a dash of Ranbir Kapoor, but he needs major improvements in the acting department as his character appeared 'stoned' most of the time. He does not have screen chemistry with lead actress Priyanka Chopra, who incidentally carried the double roles of Sana and Zeisha with great aplomb. Boman Irani who plays Dr Khanna will remind you a lot of Christopher Lloyd's Dr Emmet from "Back To The Future." The role stealer here will be Archana Puran Singh who plays Sana's mum. Her Punjabi accent will keep the audience entertained.

Plot wise, there isn't really anything new. The first half of the film was just a plain love story and it is only towards the last half hour of the film was the focus on the futuristic Mumbai. It's plain and simple copycat from "Back To The Future" & "Kaho Naa Pyar Hai" put together. The pace is slow and it ends like a typical Bollywood ending - boy hugs girl and girl hugs boy back while the camera zooms in and the credits pop up.

As for the effects, the WETA Workshop was brought in to create the futuristic Mumbai. In addition, the producers also hired a crew from Australia to just focus on the robots and the characters in the film. The effects were very Hollywood-like and nothing really impressive here. Yawn, same old, same old.

Most of the cinematography shots were focused in Australia and parts of Mumbai. Some of the shots of Adelaine were breathtaking but the shots of Mumbai leave much to be desired. With so many cars flying about, the backdrop of Mumbai was hidden, making the cinematography look bad.

Lastly, the songs. After a restful stint of almost a year, music director Anu Malik returns to compose the music for this film. Also returning was former lead female playback singer Alka Yagnik. The famous duo 'made' so many wonderful songs together in the 90s, but even they could not help the movie at all. Most of the songs were very plain and the only interesting track came late in the movie.

Overall, this movie is a true disappointment for Hindi fans. The director tried his level best to promote and launch his son but fails. Despite having premiered in London, the backing support from the homeland was not strong enough and the movie struggled in India. Watch this movie only if you had enjoyed "Back To The Future" and "Kaho Naa Pyar Hai".