While the invincibility of Yashraj may have been a myth since day one
(they’ve delivered flops and big ones all their lives remember Lamhe),
what they did regularly deliver were iconic films(subhash ghai had the
lead as far as hits were concerned).
His formula is and will remain forever simple.
1)UNREQUITED LOVE.
Each and every one of his biggest hits have had this, and it mostly
involved the protagonists.
2)FIGHTING FOR LOVE.
Once again mostly involved the protagonists. But never with a villain,
always with the circumstances.
3)LOVE LOST AND FOUND.
Need I say more.
4)Exotic Foreign Locals. Normal characters played by larger than life
personas.
A potent formula that has succeeded more often than not.
Yet every movie retained its individuality.
Building a new compound based on the formulas is OK, BUT WHEN YOU MIX
THE READY-MADE COMPOUNDS IS WHEN THE WEAKNESSES CREEP IN.
The movies story is inspired from at least 2 Hollywood films/serials
(one of which I have seen but I don’t remember).
Then we have parts of the movie straight out of DDLJ.
Actually I’ve driven the point home, this movies un-originality is
clearly its greatest weakness, AND ITS GREATEST STRENGTH.
Because we love the Yashraj Formula don’t we.
Ranbir Kapoor can act better than most débutant’s but clearly he has
very far to go, the upside is that I cant see much of him in his roles,
and maybe he will become a finer actor much sooner than say Sharukh who
has played himself most of his life.
Minisha Lamba s@#ks plain and simple, no glamour, looks permanently
forty, and clearly the most irritating character.
Deepika looks mostly unfeminine but once again its surprising that she
can act, however its mainly her expressive face that saves her,
otherwise her acting is weak.
WHICH BRINGS US TO BIPASHA.
She clearly steals the show here, and I say this despite knowing this
movie is clearly about Ranbir, despite being mismatched SHE LOOKS
STUNNING, actually gives the best performance of her life(still has a
long way to though especially in the emotional scenes), the hot pants
scene and the tie me up scene gave me palpitations.
Technically this film is superb as it should be, HOWEVER EXOTIC FOREIGN
LOCALES Don’t HOLD THE SWAY THEY USED TO, AND THE OVERUSE FOR THE SAKE
OF COMMERCIAL GAIN WAS CLEARLY IRRITATING.
Lets not mention the ugly Xbox placements.
The songs and its placement were quite weak, we have only 2 really good
songs of which one is a remix played in the credits. I STILL Don’t
UNDERSTAND WHY THE ENTIRE SONG HAS TO BE PLAYED IN A MOVIE, A SONG AND
ITS VIDEO IS PROFITABLE AS IT IS, EVEN IF IT Isn’t PLAYED FULLY IN A
MOVIE(sanjay gupta has proved it to us).
Most of the stories feel pretty half baked and AS A DRAMA HATER IM
TELLING YOU THERE WAS CLEAR LACK OF EMOTIONS IN THIS MOVIE, you sit through the entire movie and you barely feel any emotion.The only time I felt a bit stirred is when he reflects on his life, and I was happy to see thats nothing there that cant be rectified or that will leave a scar.
The humour is also mostly good, with most of the jokes succeeding,
Hiten Paintal does an excellent job, mainly as the comic relief.
In all we have a formula flick, whose greatest strength is also its
greatest weakness.
-s the formula, DDLJ hangover, ugly product placement and location
selling, Minisha, LACK OF EMOTIONS.
+/-s The formula, Deepika, Isn’t less drama/emotion normally good(i
think they call it breazy movie).
+s The formula, Bipasha, Ranbir, good humour.
Total 7/10(actually outdid my expectations(I’ve seen Tashan), and
I’ve factored that in, almost no one has really-REALLY liked the movie,
most share my views, SO ITS BEST YOU GO WITH MODERATE Expectations
OTHERWISE DISAPPOINTMENT IS ON THE CARDS).