Yes, it needs someone to be brazenly
fearless to make a film of this kind. It has no pretentions of a story and much
less of class in telling a statement on the living space between two young
persons in a fast-changing social order. Many still believe that marriage is
the only justification for living together and some known stars and public
persons notwithstanding, living together is perceived as living in sin. It
would have been a wonderful exercise if the film maker was out their breaking
the stereotype. On the other hand, he deals with them in as archaic a manner as
main stream cinema does. He has everything going for him. Wonderful locales
foot tapping music actors with zeal and enthusiasm and a tale that needs to be
told. Yet he fails and fails miserably because he converts his comfort zone as
the area of work and budges not a little.
I have always believed that a story is not the basis of a good film. Notice how
an Anubhav or an Aavishkar is told with brilliance without too much of a story
to be proud of. An incident is enough to keep the viewer engrossed if told with
grit, determination or even commitment. Here the commitment is only to the box
office and the result is a film that could end up blaming demonetisation for
the poor foot falls.
For over two hours we have Dharam (Ranveer) and Shyra (Vaani Kapoor) hoping in
and out of bed, smooching and talking sex and denying the fact that they are in
love or that one does not necessarily lead to the other. The huge conflict of
purpose comes when after selling the idea for the entire length of the film,
they do not buy it and walk to the altar in utter crass loud cinematic style.
They meet and end up in a one night stand. This couple instead of saying I love
you choose to say I dare you and any which way and at the drop of a hat land up
in bed, strip before an ogling camera and believe the viewer is satiated with
ogling. Aditya sure has a very poor opinion of his audience.
The film starts with couple of all ages- kids to octogenarians smooching to
glory and the titles fall in place. Even before you wonder where Imran Hashmi
has gone missing, you have Ranveer and Vaani displaying their undergarments
with pride and the high tone sets up the nature of the film.
The film has some real good music (Vishal Shekar and also some amazing
background score by Mickey McCleary if they have done the master tuning for the
dance at the marriage) Kaname Onoyama (?) cans the film in the backdrop of a
wonderful Paris without losing out on the characters and the situations.
Add to this a spirited but inconsistent performance from Vaani and an energy
filled appearance from Ranveer and you realise that no body fails you more than
Aditya. This is actually a Annes Bazmi film starring Akshay and Katrina has
went into making in to the wrong hands. Ranveer will have to tone down his
energy levels. He is getting too loud and presumptuous. A few films made released
over the last few weeks are worth a revisit in compare.
Rating: 2.5 stars.
+ Cinematography, music and a few one-liners
– Aimless and self-contradictory
L. Ravichander.