#MOVIEREVIEW – #DearZindagi – (2016)

Today we are here with the review of the movie released this week i.e. DEAR ZINDAGI – 2016 an impact giving movie on our mind that how important mental health is.  Its a nice movie on different theme as her previous directorial film by Gauri Shinde. The movie is co-produced by Gauri Khan & Karan Johar starring Alia Bhat and Shah Rukh Khan in lead roles.

PLOT:

Kaira (Alia Bhatt) is a talented young cinematographer and an independent girl but is confused when it comes to love.

When both her personal, work and love life slides simultaneously, she needs someone to fix it. Moreover, she also has complex relations with her parents. All that lead her to meet a Psychiatrist (Dimag Ka Doctor) i.e. Dr. Jehangir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) for her problems, whom she met accidently in a hotel for the first time.

With his ‘out of text’ ways, JUG i.e. Dr. Jehangir Khan helps Kaira to open up with initial reluctance and humour. With his ‘cool’ stories, he win over Kaira’s fears and teaches her to embrace life.

ANALYSIS:

First positive thing in the movie for the bollywood is that we are introduced to the leading lady’s character by her profession at her workplace and then in the bars & parties. Then we are told about her problem with commitments & her other issues with her parents.

Giving her good support as the friend indeed is Yashashwini Dayama's Jackie who gets some of funniest bits of Shinde's script. There is a feminist perspective too as Dear Zindagi looks at Kaira pushing to make it in a man's field (She is a camerawoman), having numerous relationships and the pains of being a single woman in the city.

In the first ten minutes, she breaks up with Sid (Angad Bedi) and later she bails on giving Raghuvendra (Kunal Kapoor) a crisp answer about getting serious. What follows is her dealing with the recent break-up with Raghu and an entire first half is wasted in this.

What Gauri Shinde tries to do is a pack of hefty learnings such as importance of parenting in shaping an individual, being open to seeking mental health or societal acceptance for a girl with multiple relations but unfortunately she couldn’t blend all them seamlessly perfectly in the film.

Overall, the humor element is too forced and Kaira’s uncle asking her if she’s Lebanese instead of Lesbian is quite out of place. The focus all through remains on Kaira and hence her love interests, Raghu (Kunal Kapoor), Sid (Angad Bedi) or Roomi (Ali Zafar) get no background whatsoever.

Dear Zindagi has its heart in the right place ridden with cliches such as a gay visiting a DD (to help him accept himself). Dialogues like Jug saying “Genius is knowing when to stop” say much more than needed.

Much like the teasers, the scenes of Kyra’s meetings with Jug are the most interesting bits and particularly powerful in the second half. Kyra’s breakdown is shot brilliantly and will leave everyone with a lump in their throat. After a sluggish first half, the movie picks up well in second half and never slows down till the end.

Cinematography by Laxman Utekar is simply superb. He captures Goa and its natural vibe of breaking free rightly. Also, the entire sequence of Kyra’s dream is shot nicely.

What’s Good:

Shah Rukh’s role of DD in the age somewhat equal to his actual age is great. Alia Bhatt once again has proven her metal. A good second half pulls his film up.

Loop holes in the movie:

The music in the movie is not complementing its theme. Slow first half is also a problem.

Star Peformance:-

Alia Bhatt has once again performed so brilliantly in the movie.

Shah Rukh Khan as Jug is simply adorable. Flashing his dimples, playing his age and a matured dressing, all put him in the likable category.

Kunal Kapoor as Raghu, looks the enticing young man, Angad Bedi is hardly there for two scenes in the film as Sid, Ali Zafar’s act as Rumi, the musician is likable enough.

Ira Dubey and Yashaswini Dayma are decent in their supporting roles.

Final words:

Dear Zindagi wander through many nothings to say something. It has come up with a message for us to treat mental health like other health issues.

My ratings for this movie is 3.3 out of 5 stars.

So keep following the page, good day till the next review

Bogal | R E V I E W S

#MOVIEREVIEW – #TumBin-II – (2016)

Today we are here with the review of one of the two movies released this week TUM BIN-II (2016), a romantic drama movie starring Neha Sharma and new comers Aditya Seal & Aashim Gulati in lead roles,  written and directed by Anubhav Sinha. It’s the sequel of the movie of the same banner 15 years ago by the name TUM BIN. The present movie plot is somewhat similar to first TUM BIN with minor additions/alterations.

PLOT:

Taran (Neha Sharma) and Amar (Aashim Gulati) is a loving couple. On their vacation together, Amar takes a skiing expedition and met with an accident. After, 09 days of search operations, the rescue team fail to find his body and assume him to be dead.

Taran is mourning the loss of her fiance and her family tries to keep her cheered up. After about six months of the incident, her father in law (Kanwal Jeet) introduces her to Shekhar (Aditya Seal), who reminds Taran that in spite of all the pain in life after going of our loved ones, life must go on. Then they start to develop a feeling for themselves and just then only, Amar miraculously returns back after being treated by a doctor for coma for eight months.

Then Taran has a situation to choose between her past and present. Whom will she choose, for that you have to watch movie....

ANALYSIS:

TUM BIN-II may be called remake of the original one and not the sequel as the same concept is used in this movie except for Amar’s return after the accident and more painful is that the movie even lacks emotional connect which was the soul of the previous TUM BIN.

The characters have been crafted so poorly that it you couldn’t bear to sit and watch someone so confused about their life.

Towards the end, one gets a feeling as to how messed up all the three lead characters are when both the boys are playing passing the parcel about Taran and saying ‘Bhai Tu Le Le’, ‘Bhai Tu Le Le’. The over-sentimental  second half drags without any point.

The side characters of Taran’s sisters, Manpreet and Gurpreet are much better than lead roles. The scenes where we see the family enjoying together are very good and specially the dinner table scenes. Light hearted humour in the Gurpreet’s Pakistani love and her sister’s drama over Pakistani is also very enjoyable.

Shekhar’s role in the present movie is philosophical and entirely different to the original film in which Shekhar is a matured guy where his guilt needed no words to express his pain.

TUM BIN-II in spite of having a situational love triangle, teaches you nothing about love where characters are confused between real meaning of love, infatuation, guilt, right or wrongs.

There is nothing new in the film and nothing is surprising which happens during the course of story.

Like the original, the soul of the movie is its beautiful music. But, one thing is for sure that not even a single track could beat Jagjit Singh’s Koi Fariyad even if it is the revamped version. Cinematography is also stunning in the movie.

What’s Good:

Few lighter moments with the family of Taran, melodious songs & good cinematography are few good things in the movie.

Loop holes in the movie:

Second half of the movie is overstretched. Also, the main loop hole is the pathetic acting by the three lead actors.

Star Peformance:-

Neha Sharma with a weak performance almost destroyed the film as one cannot feel the pain of Taran’s character with her expressions & dialogues.

Aditya Seal as Shekhar looked ordinary particularly with expressions.

Aashim Gulati as Amar, who look alike Sidharth Malhotra’s acting is pathetic. It would have been better, he doesn’t have had spoken either.

Kanwal Jeet as we know is a talented actor and performs his part perfectly and so was the role of the Manpreet and Gurpreet, better than the lead roles.

Final words:

If you are going to watch as it is a romantic love story, better stay away, the first version even after 15 years is much more better.

My ratings for this movie is 1.8 out of 5 stars.

So keep following the page, good day till the next review

Bogal | R E V I E W S