Inspired by the Hollywood movie 'Consenting Adults', 'Ajnabee' tackles the novel issue of wife swapping. A suspense thriller, it deals with the twist in the lives of two couples. Raj (Bobby Deol) meets Priya (Kareena Kapoor), they fall in love and get married. Raj gets selected as a coach for Polo Club in Switzerland and so they move there. They meet another couple Vicky (Akhshay Kumar) and Sonia (Bipasha Basu) in Switzerland, who happen to be their immediate neighbours. The couples become good friends and spend lot of time going out and partying together. On one instance when they all go out to Mauritius on a holiday, Vicky suggests to Raj to swap wives. Earlier, Raj was not comfortable with Sonia as she had tried to seduce him but had ignored it totally keeping in mind their friendship.
Now, after getting to know Vicky's evil intentions, he gets furious and has a fight with Vicky thus compelling them to cut short their holidays and return to Switzerland. On returning, Vicky and Sonia try their best to patch up with Raj and after much hesitation, he agrees. They all become friends again till Vicky mentions his idea of swapping wives on the occasion of his birthday. Though Raj is quite high at the party, he still beats up Vicky but to his dismay finds Sonia in his room the next day morning and that too dead! This is when all fingers point at him and he lands up in the custody of the police. He escapes and tries to gather evidence to prove his innocence and in the process of doing so finds out the real murderer of Sonia. He is amazed by his finding and this is when the story gets really interesting especially seeing Sonia once again on the screen alive. The mystery deepens!
The initial reels focus on fun and frolic, with as many as four songs coming in rapid succession. The emphasis is on providing light moments, perhaps to balance the intense goings-on that are to follow subsequently. But barring a few scenes, the second half is deficient of endearing moments to keep the viewer mesmerised. Anu Malik's music elevates the proceedings to an extent. The film has three lilting numbers - 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' (climax number), 'Meri Zindagi Mein' and 'Mohabbat Naam Hai Jiska' and the picturisation of these songs are pleasing. Dialogues (Shyam Goel) are very well penned. Cinematography is highly commendable being shot in the exotic locales of Switzerland and Mauritius. Performance by all the stars is as per expectation. Bipasha Basu deserves special mention as this happens to be her first movie.
