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| ANJAANA
ANJAANI MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Zayed
Khan
Direction:
Siddharth Anand
Music:
Vishal-Shekhar
Production:
Sajid Nadiadwala
The
much awaited, most vigorously promoted
movie of recent times got released today.
A team of Siddharth Anand, Sajid Nadiadwala,
Vishal- Shekhar, Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka
Chopra is no mean combination. The songs
being a rage already and with Priyanka
and Ranbir seen all over India in all
shopping malls, hotels, fashion |
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shows
and even places of worship, the hype that the producer
hoped to induce surely was in place. A week's delay
in release because of the Ayodhya verdict did not dampen
the spirits of anyone.
'The greatest love stories are between strangers’
proclaimed the posters. Is Anjaana Anjaani a great love
story? We will leave it to you to decide. Two people,
Akash and Kiara, in despair, plan to end their lives
off a bridge and as we expect, fail to do so. Both of
them! They get admitted to the same hospital, escape
together with designer hospital clothes and try to have
more fun with the suicide-suicide game. The game seems
reluctant to end with the two trying screen threads,
duct tapes and even gas leaks to end their lives. You
think they will die so soon? After a few 'logical' conversations,
they decide to fulfill their Things-to-do-before-i-die
list before they die together.
As is always the case, the wish list has a mention about
virginity as well. Ok, the couple share their secrets
about suicidal intentions. Akash lost his business and
is bankrupt because of the recession and Kiara has had
a love failure. Good enough reasons to commit suicide.
Atleast, we are relieved that only one has a flashback.
Wish number 2. Kiara wants to swim in the middle of
the Atlantic Ocean. The two hire a cruise and do that.
No questions about where they get the money. This particular
sequence runs for so many ever minutes, including a
part of Kiara's flashback. Gosh! This is the Atlantic
and it is -2 degrees in the water and the two are making
merry.
More absurdity follows when Kiara decides to commit
suicide. The doctor in the hospital says "Is losing
a job or love failure a reason to end lives? It is cowardice".
How true? Maybe the director didn’t realise. They
again decide to go to Las Vegas and have more fun. When
you think the ordeal is nearing its end, we can hear
a lot of people sigh when Kiara says she cannot forget
her past love. And after a few sentiments, tears et
al, the movie ends on the usual happy note.
Siddharth promised a ride of love and adventure but
falls flat on both counts. The way both the protagonists
display their mood swings is absolutely bemusing. Can
we expect any romance.. not very serious. Can we expect
some comedy...maybe sparks of it. The comedy may amuse
you but doesn’t stay in your mind. It is the usual
stereotypes. Direction or screenplay needs no special
mention as Siddharth seems to be inspired by Girl on
the Bridge and The bucket list. All he has ensured is
a nearly three hour episode of sight-seeing for a paltry
100 bucks movie ticket.
When we usually complain that the songs of a movie come
as interruptions, songs here come as a whiff of fresh
air. Music by Vishal Shekhar and visuals by Ravi K.
Chandran are just excellent. We are rest assured that
we are shown New York, LA and Vegas as never before.
We can only feel three characters in the movie till
the very end. Priyanka Chopra, as Kiara, looks animated
and every bit lively as the character demands. Ranbir
Kapoor tries and tries hard to be Akash but we feel
he can emote a little more. Even his see-my-bare-chest
moves doesn't work out. Zayed in a cameo role scores.
Siddharth could have concentrated on one bit instead
of so many things. Romance, comedy or the adventure..
atleast one could have been given more importance. The
direction and screenplay is as flat as the road in New
York. The dialogues and scenes are every bit cliched
and stereotyped. If not for the songs and few witty
scenes here and there, Anjaana Anjaani is a dull and
boring movie to watch. We only wish that Akash and Kiara
had fulfilled their suicide ambitions in the middle
of the Atlantic Ocean in the first half of the movie.
Verdict: Watch it only if you do not get a ticket
for Robot over the weekend.
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Anjaani, Priyanka
Chopra, Ranbir
Kapoor, Vishal
Dadlani,
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