Producer- Karan Johar
Writer & Director – Punit Malhotra
Cast – Imran Khan(Jay) and Sonam Kapoor(Simran), and Sameer Dattani(Raj) and others.
I, as a movie buff expected a good love story from Karan Johar especially when he uses the names of Raj and Simran in his film, ‘I Hate Luv Story’s’. The public was thinking that Imran – Sonam chemistry would do the same magic as he did in’Jaane Tu…ya jaane na’, alongside Genelia but they could not create magic, their very first time.
Punit Malhotra is a new writer director and maybe good but he fails this time. The names of Raj and Simran were wasted as a sensational romantic couple by him. A spoof could have still been hilarious and fun to watch but alas! It did not!
Music of the movie is the best, I would say. Vishal & Shekhar have maintained their success story this time. The title song and ‘Jab Mila Tu…’ are my favorites.
Imran and Sonam have and could have delivered wonderful acts but ‘a film is a director’s medium’, its failure is all due to Punit. He could not bring out the best from his cast and crew. The locations also do not appeall. The expressions of the actors are dull and flat. Samir Soni does over-acting and is unbearable most of the times. I had gone with many hopes but returned bored from the multiplex.
The story idea is old and simple. Such ideas have been made beautifully earlier. The idea is, ‘A boy who does not believe in love falls in love finally and wins over the girl’. But this time Karan’s efforts did not work. ‘Kurbaan’ was a far better film than this. The camera used is simple to keep the budget low.
Karan Johar, we expect a lot better from you, next time.