Review of Kill Dil - Style without Substance

Release date -14'th November 2014

One Word which describes the film - Musical

Best Dialogue - "Maarna hai to maaro. Ghoor ke mera time waste mat karo." 

Genre - Action/ Romance

Music -Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Producer - Aditya Chopra

Story & Direction -Shaad Ali

Cast -Govinda ,Ranveer Singh ,Ali Zafar ,Parineeti Chopra

Budget- 40 crores (Including P&A)

Director Shaad Ali made an impressive debut with Saathiya (2002) followed by Bunty Aur Babli(2005). In 2007 he totally antagonized the audience with Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Everyone was eagerly waiting for his comeback film which had a bunch of talented actors. The promos were quite stylish, the music catchy and the film looked just perfect. The film starts with the bad guy Govinda and his boys humming and dancing to the title song. 

Govinda is the merciless bhaiyaji who can kill for money , can be generous or ruthless depending on his moods. He laughs on jokes, likes singing and dancing and plans his moves like an expert game master.

Ranveer and Ali are the modern 'Jai-Veeru'. They are stylishly attired through out the film, one in black other in white. Huge posters symbolizing their friendship are adorned on the walls of their house. They move around in bikes singing and dancing looking like cool dudes rather than killers. Most of their time is spent in styling their hair and drinking whiskey. 

Parineeti plays the role of a rich girl who instead of joining her father's business decides to help the criminals in rehabilitating themselves. During the whole film she is only playing the part of a rich girl who visits night clubs in skimpy dresses or is lazying in the pool or is just painting the town red in her sports car. The characters are well defined and the film starts in a good way with some action scenes and good dialogues. But after 15 minutes the film loses its speed ,there is no plot and the only action shown is the lead actors putting bullets on their target .

The director has paid so much attention on characterisation and style that he totally forgot that there should be a good story to bind the characters together.After every 10 minutes there is a new song and it looks as if everyone is just waiting to find an excuse to dance. Though the background music is good and the songs are melodious but still a film should have a good screenplay to keep the viewers engrossed till the end.

There were huge expectations from the film and despite being released in 2500 plus screens the film just had a 25% opening (6-7 crores ). It will be a big task for the film to even cross the 30 crore mark .

In a line if you are a very big Govinda / Ranveer fan then also it will be a task for you to watch this 2 hr film in theater.

Avoidable. Watch the promos and endless songs on you tube and save money.

Review of Dawat-e-Ishq

Release date - 19'th September 2014

One Word which describes the film - Uncomplicated

Best Dialogue - Humari country main jabh tak black nahi diya tabh tak ghar nahi kahrid sakte, Dahej nahi diya toh shaadi nahi hoti.

Genre - Comedy/ Drama

Music -Sajid-Wajid

Producer - Aditya Chopra

Story & Direction -Habib Faisal

Cast -Aditya Roy Kapur ,Parineeti Chopra, Anupam Kher, Karan Wahi

Budget- 35 crores

Habib Faisal made his directorial debut with Do Dooni Chaar in 2010  followed by Ishaqzaade (2012).

This time he gives us another comedy drama which revolves around two simple hearted people who love good food and have their individual dreams in life.

The first half of the film is shot in Hyderabad and has Hyderabadi dialect. The second part shot in Lucknow has Hindi mixed with Urdu.

Anupam Kher and Parineeti Chopra share a good father daughter chemistry. The hero makes his entry quite late and afterwards too has nothing much to do except chop vegetables, serve food ,sing songs and dance.

The songs are quite like those of the 90's and hardly manage to leave any impact.

The basic problem in the film is that the story just keeps on going on and on without any twists and turns. There is no element of surprise and while you are watching one scene you can easily predict what will happen in the next scene.

If the hero was Salman Khan then even this film could have been a blockbuster but as Aditya Roy Kapoor hardly has any fan following it would be quite a task for the film to even recover its production and marketing budget.

In a line though this daawat doesn't promise any gourmet cuisine , the simple flavored love story may make you smile at places.

Time pass. Can be seen in theaters at your own risk. 

Review of Shuddh Desi Romance

Release date – 6'th September 2013

One Word which describes the film – Sizzling

Best Dialogue  – ' Doubt ghadi dekhkar thodi na ate hai .'

Genre – Romance / Comedy

  

Writer- Jaideep Sahni

Music – Sachin - Jigar

Producer- Aditya Chopra

Direction - Maneesh Sharma

Cast – Rishi Kapoor ,  Sushant Singh Rajput , Parineeti Chopra , Vaani Kapoor

  

Budget - 20 crores 

Yash Raj films had promoted the film as a bold film dealing live-in relations by giving statements like ‘In a survey 80% people thought that those who were in a live-in relation had loose characters.’

The song ' Chanchal man ..ati random..kal ispe aya tha , kal uspe ayega ' sets the theme of the film. 

The characters were introduced in a humorous way and then started the kissing scenes which came every now and then till the movie ended.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s  character who is a tourist guide but is hardly shown doing any work is a bit hard to believe. In Rishi Kapoor’s words ‘ tujh main aisa hai kya jo sari ladkiyan tere paas ati rehti hai !’ He dresses shabbily, uses lame pick up lines and still manages to impress everyone.

Parineeti Chopra’s character is bold and fiery. She has had lots of relationships and affairs and she is open about it . She believes in doing what her heart tells her to do and is not concerned about what people will say. She represents the generation who stay away from their parents to avoid questions about their way of living.  

Vani Kapoor , a model turned actress makes her bollywood debut with this film. Her acting is effortless and she looks pretty . Her character is not very well defined , so we are clueless about the reason behind her actions. She has signed a three film deal with YRF so hopefully we will see her in a full fledged role in future. 

Rishi Kapoor as the ,wedding planner cum  caterer cum advisor manages to outshine all the three young actors.  

After watching twice in every movie how ‘Mukesh Harane’ died because of chewing tobacco it was quite a turn off to see the lead actors smoking throughout the film.      

  

‘Shaam gulabi , sehar gulabi’ is the only melodious song in the film which one would want to listen more than once.

The title of the film is very misleading as there is neither anything pure (Shuddh ) about it nor Indian ( desi) . As far as Romance is concerned , jumping into bed at any opportunity is not the kind of love story  you will like to see with your parents or kids. 

In a line watch this film for it's situational comedy and some sizzling scenes between the lead actors.

Can be seen in theatres only with friends or spouse. Time-pass

Rank - 19 (Out of the 54 films I have seen in 2013)