#MOVIEREVIEW – #PHILLAURI – (2017)

Today we are here the review of a movie released this Friday with a lot of buzz around it. Yes, I am talking about PHILLAURI (2017), a romantic comedy with a cute ghost starring Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Suraj Sharma & Mehreen Pirzada in lead roles. Co-produced by Anushka Sharma, Karnesh Sharma & Fox Star Studios and directed by debutant Anshai Lal, PHILLAURI is inspired by Tim Burton’s animated film Corpse Bride.

PLOT:

Kannan (Suraj Sharma), a Canada return boy, is getting married to his high school girl friend Anu (Mehreen Pirzada) at Amritsar. However, Kanan is reluctant for getting marriage due to some internal conflicts and also he has picked up few western habits including intake of weed during his stay at Canada for three years. After declared as ‘Maanglik’, he is asked to marry a tree in order to solve his post-marraige problems. After resisting first, Kanan married a tree after the pressure from the family. Later, he came to know that eventually he had married a ghost Shashi (Anushka Sharma), who was residing on the fateful tree from the last 98 years.

Kannan finds it difficult to explain his encounter with ghost to his family and Anu. Shashi (the ghost) also helps Kannan in improving their relation. Shashi tells him about her 98 years old love story with a local singer ‘Fillauri’ of her village.  What was their story? How she died? For it you have to watch the movie.

ANALYSIS:

Anvita Dutta plays with the concept of love in two separate time frames. While the new age couple is marrying after the years of courtship, but the Shashi and her lover have to bear a beating from her elder brother. During the whole movie, there is a constant flip flop from the present story to the past story.

Kannan’s character is a confused personality whereas Anu has dreamed only of marrying with Kannan. While talking of past couple, Shashi and her love are quite opposite to each other, where Fillauri wants  to prove he is worthy of her and gives up all his ill habits. The contrast of both the stories is beautifully shown.

The first scene of Kannan’s dream is very beautiful and show us his state of mind. Kannan’s encounter with Shashi is funny. The chemistry between Anushka and Diljit is also looking nice.

Few scenes linger too long where your patience runs out. The movie is slow and the second half of the movie seems overstretched and at times I feel that there is something missing in the past story of Anushka and Diljit.

The poetries of Fillauri are beautiful and so is the music which complimented well to the story. Cinematography is good and so are the visual effects.

WHAT’S GOOD:

Phillauri is entertaining all through and Anushka is delightful as the bride ghost.

UNINTERESTING:

Film seems stretched at times in the second half particularly during the end. The past love story of Shashi-Phillauri should have given more space. The concept was nice but there is something missing in the story.

STAR PERFORMANCES:-

Anushka Sharma pulls off a nice act as a ghost. She also looked good in her role in the flashback. But I can say that her complete skills couldn’t be exploited in the present movie.

Diljit Dosanjh is a treat to watch in the movie. He beautifully carries the character of change of heart and performs the transformation quite efficiently.

Suraj Sharma aptly portrays the confused NRI. However, he doesn’t look appropriate as a lead actor.

Mehreen Pirzada also played her charcter beautifully.

FINAL WORDS:

A NICE MOVIE FOR REGULAR MOVIE GOERS, GOOD ENTERTAINMENT VALUE... A LOVE GHOST TO WATCH... BUT THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING IN THE STORY.....

My ratings for this movie is 2.6 out of 5 stars.

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