Saturday, November 14, 2009

Strange Story about Sta...Sta..Sta...Strange Love

I watched the Friday 9:30pm show of "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani"
For those who have already watched the movie, well you can agree to agree or agree to disagree
with my review of the movie. For those who haven't , well watch it for Ranbir and Katrina.

Being RajKumar Santoshi's first comedy after his cult classic "Andaz Apna Apna" I was looking
forward to it. Overall it was just a timepass movie which I would forget in a day or two and would not
bother to rent a DVD to see a rerun.

What was missing :
The naughtiness of Amir and goofiness of Salman. The immortal characters like Teja, Crime Master Gogo, Don and his sidekicks. The intelligent humorous dialogs.

The good parts:
Ranbir has done a great job and this movie will increase his female fan count.Katrina has looked pretty as ever. The folks playing Ranbir's friends have also done a good job. And Ranbir's parents in the movie (Smita Jayekar and Darshan Jariwala _ The guy who played Gandhi in Gandhi My Father) hve done a decent job.

The "dance party" sequence, the "top" scene, the "kutta/pilla" scene,the sweet making scene,
Darshan-Smita's jeetendra song sequence and the Salman's quote. The chemistry of Ranbir and Katrina is delightful.

However, the movie has lots of cliches:   A doting mother of a "nikamma" yet innocent sonar, a strict yet soft at heart father, the realization of true love on wedding day (Yes - Katrina yet again decides on her wedding day  that she is in love with somebody else.This makes her the no.1 runaway bride). The praying to god in the church...the rich guy..poor guy..the orphan..the good guy with a golden heart sacrificing his love and walking away. and many more :( . Give me something new :(

The storyline was a letdown, humour was in bits and pieces, music so-and-so  (I guess I will have to hear it again), Upen Patel and the negative characters. I felt as if Rajkumar Santoshi was trying hard to recreate the magic of AAA. The fight scenes are totally humourless. The politician and don angle was a drag. I thought there's a spoof on Big B's Eklavaya.

Overall verdict : 6/10. Do not expect an Andaz Apna Apna. Its a watch-enjoy-forget movie.
Ask me to watch a rerun of Andaz Apna Apna and I'll say "anytime", As for APKGK ..forget it!!
The kids/teenagers/college goers might like it and "our Father in Heaven" will forgive them for most of them are innocent. Amen.