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The movie sets your expectations just
right when it begins- the prelude and the tittle of the movie say it all. It is a Disney fairy tale mixed with an
overriding theme from the yesteryears popular movie Khoobsurat, “break all
rules”. The story-line was intended to be
predictable I guess, with greater focus on perhaps the unique look and feel of the movie and the ensemble of actors- Fawad Khan, (a Pakistani
actor & singer), Ratna Pathak and Aamir
Raza Husain and Kirron Kher ( all of whom are eminent theatre
personalities as well) playing prominent parts alongside Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor plays Dr. Mili
Chakrabatty, a physiotherapist, who is appointed by Nirmala Devi Rathore (Ratna
Pathak) to treat obstinate husband who is bound to a wheelchair. Mili lands at
the princely mansion, but to her dismay she encounters the household being
governed by unreasonable discipline and rules. She gets on a mission to ensure
to change the atmosphere around to be able to treat her patient and cure him.
In process, she falls in love with his son , Vikram Rathore (Fawad Khan), who is
engaged to Kiara (Aditi Hydari). What surprised me a bit here was that the love
triangle here is not a matter of fuss. Kiara (Aditi Hydari- apparently a
special appearance(S) in the credits) seems to be so understanding that it
could be difficult to digest, but then I remind myself that this is a
fairy tale. The audience sure understands there is no point marrying someone who
has fallen out of love/ found someone else but lack of contempt is just a shocker.
So what is the fuss about?- the fuss is more
about incompatibility in the backgrounds and the inability of the male protagonist
to admit his love. Finally, the fairy tale ends the way it should, we are all
happy now.
The visual look & feel of
this movie is excellent and kudos to the production designer and the art director
(Shruti Gupte and Prajakta Ghag) for bringing the fairy tale alive . I loved the colors used in the backgrounds
and the absolute classy richness of the sets, every inch of the screen you can feel
royalty oozing out. The other highlight of the movie is Kirron Khers’ acting, you can have
her play the boisterous Punjabi mother in a million movies but she will sure
give you a different character feel each time with her commendable variety and
nuances in peformances. I wish the movie was just a bit longer for I would have absolutely
have loved to see more of Ratna Pathak scenes, who I deeply admire.
I personally liked the movie Aisha
(coming from the same production) a lot more- watched in 4 times, and I can’t
help but compare. It had a more balanced characterization, irrespective of the
innumerable actors and great music. However, this one is not bad at all, you
can definitely watch it once for its strengths
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