Review Pyaar Impossible Movie Priyanka Chopra Uday Chopra

A failed actor turned director and an upcoming hero cum writer tries desperately to dish out the perfect date movie and ends up giving a half-baked romantic flick which just doesn’t click.

This story seems to be inspired from Akshay Kumar’s part of ‘Jaan-e-maan’ with a few alterations. The story of a geek trying to desperately win over the hottest girl in college has been done-to-death in Hollywood but in Bollywood it’s a rarity. We have always seen the hero to be the smart, handsome hunk that can top-size an entire 18 wheel truck to save a butterfly but in this movie the hero is too afraid to even fight against a man who has stolen his software. Now the geek sees his dream girl once again after 7 long years in which the dame has got divorced and has a 6 year old daughter. Now the geek has to find a way to finally fight against his own inhibitions to get his girl and his software back. Can he do it? Of course he can! It’s a Yash Raj movie for crying out loud. But, how? Of course, with the usual Yash Raj cliché ridden second half it is not big a surprise there too.

Uday Chopra has taken this romantic comedy as his comeback vehicle. Apart from his two Dhoom movies he hasn’t smelled success with any other attempts. And when he has to follow up a Neel-n-Nikki he has to be doubly careful. As an actor he has done justice to the role and even the concept seems quite fine but has failed mainly due to his dragging-no twist screenplay and cliché-ridden dialogues which is also penned by him. The movie might have been intended to be a cute romantic comedy but director Jugal Hansraj has concentrated only on the cuteness part, which after a point looks overdone and forgone the comedy which is very essential for such movies. There is a need for one to overdo some geeky parts which was somewhat achieved in Jaan-e-mann but here it seems Uday is just a normal guy with a weird old spectacles.

There are some scenes which do make you smile like the ‘Thai-tradition’ dinner scene, or whenever Priyanka tries to talk to Uday about his or her personal life. The natural acting by Priyanka and Uday helps in achieving the cuteness of many such scenes. But on the other side, scenes like Uday using a 6 year old’s school stage performance to tell Priyanka his version of the story is intolerable. The movie neither gives much importance to how and why does Priyanka fall for Uday nor does Uday use a brilliant way to get his software back (If its that simple to put a password to the software why doesn’t he do it earlier?) And we do miss some twists in the movie which could have helped to a large extent.

The brilliant camera work by Santhosh Thundil and a catchy music and background score by Salim-Sullaiman gives it a glossy rich look and feel. But a lethargic work in the editing table does bite the movie’s prospects in a big way. The first half is slow and after a good start even the pace in the second half slackens. Other cast members have little to do. The kid does not impress at all; Dino Morea puts on the same face from start to finish and it does little to impress the audience. Anupam Kher is decent in a role which he has done several times before, that of a worried and concerned dad giving worldly advice to his geeky son.

Overall the movie is a simple plain movie with little twists and very less comic relief. If properly done could have made a perfect Valentine flick.

Verdict: A romantic comedy with little romance and no comedy.

Review Dulha Mil Gaya Movie Shahrukh Khan

Review Dulha Mil Gaya Movie Shahrukh Khan.The recipe is simple and uncomplicated...
Take MY FAIR LADY.
Add DULHAN WAHI JO PIYA MAN BHAAYE.
Spray NASEEB APNA APNA.
Sprinkle DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE and RAB NE BANA DI JODI.
Hey presto, DULHA MIL GAYA is ready to serve.

In fact, MY FAIR LADY has been a hot favourite of Bollywood. Recall MAN PASAND [Dev Anand, Tina Munim] or HUM TERE AASHIQ HAIN [Jeetendra, Hema Malini]. Similarly, a number of storytellers have rehashed Rajshri's all-time hit DULHAN WAHI JO PIYA MAN BHAAYE [Prem Krishen, Rameshwari] in various avtaars, over the years.

DULHA MIL GAYA is a mix of the above-named films. Like they say in filmi lingo, it's old wine in new bottle. So what? How different can a love story be, since this genre has been done to death in Bollywood? Point noted, but the narrative ought to be engaging if it has to strike a chord and that's where DULHA MIL GAYA falters.

Merely assembling A-listers and filming the movie at panoramic locations isn't enough. The film ought to have meat and that's missing here.

Let me elaborate. Debutante director Mudassar Aziz, who has also penned the script, borrows from the past, going for the tried-and-tested stuff, but the narrative, already low on fuel, comes to a grinding halt by the time it reaches its finale.

Donsai [Fardeen Khan], a young commitment-phobic debonair, is petrified with terms like marriage and long-term relationships. Samarpreet [Ishita Sharma] is a quintessential Punjabi girl, for whom relationships are to be cherished.

Shimmer [Sushmita Sen] is a diva from the world of glamour for whom love and relationships aren't important in life as independence and success are. Pawan Raj Gandhi/PRG [Shah Rukh Khan] is a suave multi-millionaire whose heart still remains larger than his bank balance and for whom winning love is the only victory there is.

When paths cross for these four characters, they not only land up influencing each other with their outlook on relationships, but also get influenced themselves and learn a whole new meaning of the term.

Something that got ignited with D.D.L.J. continues to shimmer to this date. Our stories continue to travel from firangi land to the fields of Punjab. DULHA MIL GAYA too does that [initially], before MY FAIR LADY and RAB NE BANA DI JODI take over.

To give the credit where it's due, DULHA MIL GAYA has some interesting moments, but the problem is they are few and far between. One expects things to perk up when SRK's character is introduced [in the post-interval portions], but your hopes go crashing as nothing worthy of note occurs.

The writing has gaping flaws, which are difficult to absorb after a point. The girl travels all the way from Punjab to Trinidad and Tobago, but not once do her concerned parents call to enquire how she is. Strangely, even the girl doesn't feel the need to inform them. If that's not enough, Sushmita takes upon herself to tame Fardeen, giving you the impression that she thinks from her heart. But when it comes to her relationship with Shah Rukh, she behaves in a rather odd manner. SRK, on the other hand, seems completely besotted by her, even though she never reciprocates his feelings. Hence, her somersault in the end - just because Ishita has given her some bhashan - doesn't look convincing.

Mudassar Aziz's direction is a shade better than his writing. And that's not saying much. Given the fact that newer stories are being attempted in these fast-changing times and in view of the fact that he had some of the best talents on board, Mudassar should've seized the opportunity and told a refreshingly different and absorbing tale. But he doesn't. Sure, a few sequences are clever and smart, but that's not enough.

The music is of a mixed variety. 'Akela Dil' is groovy, while the title track is strictly okay. Cinematography is appealing.

Sushmita excels in a role that demands her to be hoity-toity. She enacts her part effortlessly. One wishes to see her more often on the big screen! Fardeen does a good job, especially towards the end when he's about to confess something vital to Ishita. Ishita delivers a sincere performance. It's a pity that a superstar like Shah Rukh is terribly wasted in an inconsequential role. It may not go down well with his fans.

Mohit Chadha has screen presence, but gets no scope. Johny Lever is wasted. Ditto for Tara Sharma. Suchitra Pillai and Howard Rosemeyer are passable. Parikshit Sahni, Bina Kak and Viveck Vaswani are as usual.

On the whole, DULHA MIL GAYA doesn't work!

Shahrukh Proud to be known the 'Ladies Man'

Seated at a restaurant in London surrounded by 10 women, including his wife Gauri, when Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh says that he 'likes being with girls', you simply have to believe him.

'I don't have many boyfriends'

"I don't have many boyfriends. I like being with girls - and probably that's why people think I'm a little girlish. But I don't have any such male bonding with anyone...," Shah Rukh said in the first episode of Discovery Travel & Living's upcoming series Living With A Superstar - Shah Rukh Khan.

Most of Shah Rukh's closest friends are of the opposite sex - Kajol, Farah Khan, Juhi Chawla and Rani Mukerji.

Among his best known male friends is filmmaker Karan Johar, with whom he has done many hit films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kabhie Alvida Naa Kehna. Shah Rukh's most-awaited film of the year My Name Is Khan is also Johar's baby.

Living With A Superstar

The new TV series Living With A Superstar... chronicles Shah Rukh in his real, day-to-day life. It aims at taking viewers into the private spaces of the 44-year-old, who is fondly known as King Khan by many of his fans and colleagues.

The 10-part series, which has Shah Rukh's voiceover, will go on air on February 26 at 9 p.m. with a slice of his life from a family vacation in London.

Meet the everyday Shah Rukh

He is seen taking a rickshaw ride on the street, cheering for a street performer, playing football with his children Aryan and Suhana at Hyde Park, bingeing on food, smoking, visiting Madame Tussaud's wax studio - and most of all just being himself.

In subsequent episodes, viewers can know about Shah Rukh's relationship with his children, wife, sister and friends, unique style of shooting, time management, interactions with fans and staff and about his house Mannat.

'This is our biggest show ever

The series, jointly produced by Shah Rukh's Red Chillies Entertainment and Blue Mango Films, is the biggest ever by the channel, according to Rahul Johri, senior vice president and general manager, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific.

"This is the biggest thing we have done. We have shot in Dubai, San Jose, San Francisco, London, Mumbai, New Delhi - we had been following Shah Rukh wherever he went since March 2009 and he gave us complete access," Johri told the media, without divulging the investment made for it.

The series will have eight repeats in a week, justifying the fan following that Shah Rukh commands across the globe.