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| CHANCE
PE DANCE MOVIE REVIEW |
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| Review
by : Harish V |
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Starring:
: Shahid Kapoor, Genelia Dsouza,
Mohnish Behl, Parikshat Sahni.
Direction:
Ken Ghosh
Music:
Pritam Chakraborty, Adnan Sami,
Sandeep Shirodkar, Ken Ghosh
Production:
Ronnie Screwvala |
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After
seeing Luck by Chance and Shortkut
last year, about struggling
actor’s desperate attempt
in achieving stardom, this year
starts off with another such
story. Though in the first two,
the movies were about how people
change after attaining stardom,
this movie is completely about
the struggle.
After making a super hit mushy
love story and following it
up with a flop romantic thriller
which still did impress many
for the slick film making, Ken
Ghosh seemed to have got in
him to reach the top. But the
failure of his second movie
seemed to have made the director
more cautious and has again
relied on a feel-good underdog
story of an upcoming actor and
what all he had to meet to achieve
his dreams.
The movie not just puts some
light on the life of a struggling
actor who has all the qualities
of becoming a top hero but also
has specified the importance
of strong supporters needed
for him to achieve greatness.
In this case, the loving dad
who wants him to do what he
desires yet concerned about
his future too, a loving girl-friend
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wants
to see the boy-friend achieve great heights,
a bunch of school kids to whom he had taught
dancing to make him realize that with patience
and perseverance anything is possible and
last but not the least the car which sheltered
him when in-need. The movie thankfully doesn’t
lean on melodrama to move forward. The few
emotional scenes like the one just before
the interval when Shahid succumbs to his
ill-luck for the first time and cries out
to Genelia, or when he talks about his life
on-stage or when Genelia is unable to control
her cries when Shahid decides to go back
to his home-town, its just perfect. But
you needed more such scenes and less of
the adventures of him and the kids
The extended scenes of him performing at
the reality shows and also the auditions
of few other competitors would have increased
the tension or drama but the loose screenplay
makes it look like a cake-walk for Shahid
which hampers the whole show. The predictability
and simplicity of the screenplay works for
and against the movie. As some scenes needed
the punch and it is clearly missing. The
father-son relationship has been handled
with finesse and seems so believable and
cute.
The theatre was filled with hoots and whistles
from the fairer sex once Shahid starts of
the title song on screen and it hits hysterical
levels when he takes of his shirt for the
climax song. Shahid is indeed growing in
stature and as well into a fine actor. Apart
from over doing of few facial expressions
the young actor seems to have finally settled
on to a rhythm, a rhythm which gladly is
not imitating that of Shahrukh anymore.
He sets the screen on fire when it comes
to dancing which forms the basis of the
entire story, thanks to some superb choreography
work by Ahmed Khan and Marty Kudelka. Genelia
is cute and does her work with conviction.
Mohnish Behl is strictly ok, Parikshat Sahni
is believable in a role which he has mastered
over the past few years.
Overall its a clean and decent movie which
could have worked wonders if some more drama
is included but overall a cute film which
harms no one. But it looks like a movie
to showcase the dancing abilities of Shahid.
Verdict:
Harmless dance showcase
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