Director: Remo
Actors: Shradhha Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Lauren Gottileb, Prabhudeva
Rating: 2.5 / 5
Whatever appraises this movie deserves, it's only because of dance. It comes up again with breath taking dances that mesmerizes totally. Apart from that, story this time trails behind what was there in first part. A below average script that struggles to buck up throughout. Effort was not put to build the content, rather was done to inculcate the dance performances somehow. This led to inconsistencies and sync up issues. Although dance, the heart of the movie was preserved that brought a decent go to movie watch.
All actors were average and repetitive. Nothing beyond the basic attempt.
Remo did a true heart job that is appreciable. That's only accepted from him and he delivers best what he can.
Music was also below average.
Overall, great dances but nothing else.
PS: Sorry for the delay, was in cycling expedition in Bhutan :)
Director: Mohit Suri
Actors: Rajkummar Rao, Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi
Rating: 2 / 5
Title and the first look clearly suggested that the movie will be full of emotional drama. Barring few minutes, unfortunately this was true and sadly it was just Ashiqui 2 changing clothes. It had a good inaugural strong effect which disappears too soon once the movie enters the crying phase. The movie is relatively slow and the content quickly loses its sheen. Filled with lame romance, just somehow it manages not to irritate you.
There was an initial burst of amazing screen presence by Rajkummar Rao and Vidya Balan that immediately faded away when Emraan's character entered. Although I'm a fan of Emraan Hashmi but the movie was good whenever he wasn't there. It was Rajkummar Rao who nailed it in his small role. His part was different from the emotional saga and he played brilliantly. I would have loved to see a story revolving around Rajkummar and Vidya with their strong roles that was certainly possible. Vidya definitely didn't suit in this role. She was just reminding me of Ashiqui 2's Shradhha Kapoor.
Mohit Suri is just trying to reap benefits with his same old formula. He definitely needs to buck up and start putting efforts to show something meaningful in a different way.
Music was below average and brought nothing to benefit the movie.
Overall, lame romantic story where only few Rajkummar Rao's minutes entertained.
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Actors: Dog, Shefali Shah, Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma
Rating: 2.5 / 5
Despite of boasting a great star-cast, I didn't find the trailer very impressive. Had the feeling that the movie might not have much to offer but was optimistic because of the brand that it was offering. Although the production quality is good, but somehow it gives a feeling of a TV series. May be the way it is directed gives that impression. Sadly, movie's story also follows the same route. It's a full on drama that so many times gave me a feeling that I'm watching a Saas Bahu saga on my idiot box. Moreover the story was slow and didn't have good content. There were few interesting dialogs but nowhere near to pick the movie up. Still it had few lovely occasions that brought the amazing feel of Zindagi na Milegi Dobara. Another good part was that it had a nice cheerful ending that also proved that the title was apt.
Among all the big leads, it was Shefali Shah rising above everyone. She had many emotional variations to offer which she acted brilliantly. All other actors were above average and did their best according to the script. Not to forget the amazing dialogs and acting by the dog. I know it's the scriptwriter and director who should be appreciated for this.
After an amazing stint with Zindagi na milegi dobara, Zoya Akhtar didn't put much effort in this. She took things for granted and expected that people will like the same movie aura again and again. Instead, this turned out to be a bad outing.
Shankar Mahadevan also went the same way as Zoya and delivered just an average music.
Overall, a full on drama movie that should be released in the form of TV Series.
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