Aaditya Dutt returns to the fore after his directional venture AASHIQ BANAYA AAPNE turned out to be a damp squid at the boxoffice. The film has an interesting cast with some accomplished names to new ones. The movie looked like a different film from the trailors and showed some promise....but sadly Dutt again disappoints.
Dil Diya Hain tells the stor of Saahil [Emraan Hashmi] who provides travel and sight seeing services to the tourists in UK. First and foremost his mother IS seriously unwell for quite some time and IShospitalized.
Neha [Geeta Basra] comes with her family to visit U.K. but is caught by her. A vivacious girl, Neha believes in enjoying life to the fullest and also starts falling in love with Saahil.
Destiny brings the two further closes as circumstances force them to spend some more time with each other. While Saahil still tries to maintain a distance from her, for Neha it is no looking back as she gives her heart away to him.
Little did she know that this love for her would throw her in a whirlpool of deceit and mistrust!
DDH takes off quite smoothly, but the romance between the lead pair comes up all of a sudden. Also the reason why Ashmit falls in love with Geeta is not convincing.
As a director Dutt again fails to leave a mark.Aaditya has the guts to attempt a novel theme, but relies too heavily on the stereotype when it comes to moving the story ahead. While he has handled the earlier scenes with aplomb when it comes to the second half he falls flat. One wishes he had put a LOT more time into the ending to make it more convincing.
Tremendous scope has been offered to Emraan to display histrionics and he does full justice to his character. Geeta plays the character quite well. Ashmit evokes instant hatred with his extremely effective performance.
Technically the film is FANTASTIC. The camerawork is glossy . The action sequences are also well canned as. One would’ve expected a lot more exciting stuff in the climax though.
Music by Himesh too is average. The film lacks a chart busting number. The title track is the best of the lot and has a foot tapping feel. One wishes the picturisation was better and more memorable
DIl Diya Hain is too ordinary a fare.
2 out of 5