Thursday 16 April 2015

Review of Ek Paheli Leela - Director's Cut

Release date - 10'th April 2015

One Word which describes the film - Soft-porn


Worst Dialogue - "Glamour industry main success ka short cut -short skirt." 

Genre - Musical/ Thriller 



Producer - Bhushan KumarKrishan KumarAhmed KhanShaira Khan

Story & Direction -Bobby Khan


Budget- 15-20 crores (approximately)

While the world and his wife are busy criticising Leela and Sunny Leone, very few people noticed that in just  a week the film has managed to collect more money than Anushka Sharma starrer NH10 or Sushant Singh Rajput's Detective Byomkesh Bakshy.

If Sunny Leone was the trump card behind the film's success then her earlier films Jism2 and Jackpot too should have minted money for the producers.

Now let's look at Bobby Khan who makes his directorial debut with this film. Since the age of 19, Bobby Khan is producing & choreographing fashion shows with top Indian and international supermodels. He has directed many music videos and most of them have topped the charts.
Sunny Leone plays the double role of Meera (supermodel from Milan) and Leela. The film has 4 item songs where the lead actress dresses in bare minimums and makes love to the camera. Then there are four other melodious songs where Sunny gets to show her beauty and  milk and honey skin.
Sunny Leone is not known for her dancing so Bobby gave this task to his brother Ahmad Khan and Saroj Khan who managed to get a decent performance from her.
With 35 minutes of the film safely covered, the director writes a reincarnation story spanning 300 years and takes us from the streets of London to the deserts of Jodhpur.
There are huge sets where the film is shot and no expenses are spared in creating exotic looks for Sunny while shooting the item songs.  
Sunny is the object of desire of all the male actors in the film and so she gets the maximum focus and screen space.The problem starts once she starts delivering dialogues. Sunny trying to say dialogues in Rajasthani is like Sonia Gandhi giving speech in Hindi.

Jay Bhanushali bears the same tormented expressions throughout the film.

Mohit Ahlawat was described as the next superstar when he made his debut in 2005 through James. After 10 years he has lost most of the star quality and looks old. His face lacks expressions and then he gets to utter stupid dialogues like 'Ranveer Singh par chali har goli apna rasta khud hi bhatak jati hai.'

Rahul Dev manages to give a fairly decent performance.

Rajneesh Duggal has a small role where he has to romance Sunny and dance with her. He looks good but like others remains expressionless throughout the film.   

Jas Arora has got the worst treatment in the film. Everything from his hairstyle to his clothes are cheap and somehow his voice is dubbed to make him sound like Gulshan Grover.

VJ Andy and Ehsaan Qureshi have small roles where mostly they are uttering suggestive double meaning dialogues to each other.


In a line if you like to watch beauty and you have nothing better to do then you can watch this extended scenic musical album.
Timepass.