Just when the trailers indicated yet another fresh and breezy bubblegummer, the real thing was a huge fizzle out.
Tracing the life of Ranbir Kapoor as yet another’Raj’ from 18 to 30, Bachna ae haseeno is
about this’heart-breaker’ and his series of kisses, live-ins and more
heartbreaks. He is the exaggerated womaniser with an even more
irritatingly over- the -board friend and fellow womanizer.
The
film flips through different chapters of his flirtatious encounters
until, he meets’the one’. But interestingly, she does not believe in
"forever-hamesha love". So, finally it dawns upon him, what his
previous sweethearts have gone through.
And in the spirit of
true penance, as every saintly Indian should, he goes back to all his
past loves and begs for forgiveness to the first who is already married
and the second who is now a star. And thus, what could have been light,
breezy and fun, turns into a forced, ’emotional’ drama, with all its
fizz falling flat on its face.
The film starts with a clichéd
setting, but tries making fun of those filmy stereotypes. The’spoof’
falls flat yet again. Ranbir Kapoor is excessively made up and could
start caking at any moment and he definitely cannot act as of now.
Minisha lamba for some reason maintains a strict no-gap between her
jaws. Dipika Padukone looks fresh, pretty and very elegant, but has
hardly any opportunity. Bipasha Basu is the only star and it shows,
being the only one with any screen presence and acting skills. She
stands out easily, even though she may look slightly older, but that
really doesn’t matter.
If they could get over the concept of
guilt and sacrifice, and done away with its entire post-interval drama,
this would have been a light and fun entertainer and not confused
concoction of candyfloss!