Hindi Movie Reviews

Story:

A known tale, the story begins with Dev (Abhay) who is the son of a rich industrialist and lives in London since the age of 12. He now returns to India and his only objective is to meet up his childhood sweetheart Paro (Mahie). Both of them are excited and life goes hunky dory until one day, a small misunderstanding takes place and before anyone realizes, Paro is married to Bhuvan. This sends Dev into a total shattered state and he becomes a complete depressed case. His only companions are alcohol, drugs and much to his delight, all his expenses are taken care of by his doting father. On the other hand, there is Lenny (Kalki) who takes life as it comes and is on the move. In one such speedy incidents, she gets caught in a MMS scandal and her family deserts her. In this process, Lenny gets into the camp of Chunni, a prostitution broker and from then on Lenny takes the role of Chanda, a high profile escort services provider at the night. During one of her stints, in comes Dev from nowhere and her life takes a complete turn. What happens to Dev after that? All this forms the rest of the story.

Presentation:

The director has come out with a predictable thought so it was necessary that the script needed to be tight and the screenplay was to be well under the grips. However, both were not upto the mark and the end result turned out to be stale. The presentation was somewhat okay with some decent cinematography and some listenable music. Editing was not crisp, the other departments were not too sure about their contributions. Abhay was apt to the role and did his bit well, Mahi was beautiful and could have been better. Kalki was bubbly and at the same time equally seductive, she has shown potential. Parakh was alright, Dibyendu needs to be more alert while doing such roles. The rest are all okay.

Conclusion:

The film happens to be a total contrast to the original novel written by the great Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, this time the protagonist is more urban and modern. While the first half goes about with the regular tale of romance and the eventual separation and depression, the second half gets into more of a saucy mode and the story takes a twist here to reach to a climax which was known to many by then. The film does not have the right kind of depth or the pace to keep the audience engaged and though the performance department was alright, it is the directorial flaws and a loose script that spoiled the whole fun. The film will find it hard to survive at the box office looking at the current trends.

Bharatstudent Verdict : Just about okay, nothing special about it