Theme: Romance
Treatment: Fresh, for Bollywood
Verdict: Like
Admittedly the movie in question isn't one of the latest releases of this week or even this month but I finally came around to watching the movie at leisure and with a lot of excitement. The movie in question had appealed as a cute-meet romance with a cute lead pair and hummable music.
The music gets my thumbs up. Ali Zafar did a good job with all his songs, except one insane punjabi dance track in a London pub. This movie is the first in a long long time where I did not want to forward the songs while watching the movie in a format that allows me to.
Coming to the movie, the format is greatly inspired by the two lovely movies called 'Before Sunrise' and 'Before Sunset'. I'm not even sure inspired is a word for it...it is exactly the same! You see no one else except our lead pair throughout the movie(one guest appearance not withstanding) and they talk, make faces, sing, dance, take you around pretty cities and make love.
So where does it falter exactly? I'd say it suffers from major cliches, though underplayed. The biggest drawback is that it isn't a mainstream Bollywood flick but wanted to be one. Suffering from a bad positioning and a wannabe attitude, took this film down.
Watch it not as a usual Bollywood, not as the serious art types but a sweet romance that is cliched yet true.
Make some more movies like this Anu Menon!
Treatment: Fresh, for Bollywood
Verdict: Like
Admittedly the movie in question isn't one of the latest releases of this week or even this month but I finally came around to watching the movie at leisure and with a lot of excitement. The movie in question had appealed as a cute-meet romance with a cute lead pair and hummable music.
The music gets my thumbs up. Ali Zafar did a good job with all his songs, except one insane punjabi dance track in a London pub. This movie is the first in a long long time where I did not want to forward the songs while watching the movie in a format that allows me to.
Coming to the movie, the format is greatly inspired by the two lovely movies called 'Before Sunrise' and 'Before Sunset'. I'm not even sure inspired is a word for it...it is exactly the same! You see no one else except our lead pair throughout the movie(one guest appearance not withstanding) and they talk, make faces, sing, dance, take you around pretty cities and make love.
So where does it falter exactly? I'd say it suffers from major cliches, though underplayed. The biggest drawback is that it isn't a mainstream Bollywood flick but wanted to be one. Suffering from a bad positioning and a wannabe attitude, took this film down.
Watch it not as a usual Bollywood, not as the serious art types but a sweet romance that is cliched yet true.
Make some more movies like this Anu Menon!
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