This was the most Befiker
direction by Aditya Chopra so far. Sure enough, the movie was made in 50 days
and may have been scripted in 50 minutes?. So what goes right with this one,
for a lot has gone really wrong! -Ranveer Singh and Vani Kapur have given their
best performance relative to the lousy script and screenplay. I am hoping and
praying that poor Vani didn’t go through the knife just for this movie, maybe to
look a little French. Her hardwork really shows, the chiseled Abs, a solid screen
presence and the incredible dancing, but girl what happen to your face?
The movie begins with a breakup
of Dharam (Ranveer Singh) and Shyra (Vani Kapoor) who are in a live-in
relationship and are unable to cohabitate due to massive differences in
lifestyles. Now, the movie makes a few jumps in the flash backs as to how they
met and etc. So Dharam is from Karol Bagh in Delhi, and comes to Paris to work
in a “Indian Comedy Club” ..Ok I didn’t know that Paris had so many Indians
minus the Indian tourists to need that but let us play along. If the plot was
in London or New York , perhaps, it would have been a little believable but I
guess YRF has done pushing enough tourism on that side anyways, so time for
Paris now. Sure enough Shyra the female protagonist is a tourist guide part time (a lot other
things part time- whew!) and she takes us around Paris. So well both Dharam and
Shyra bump into each other at a party and dance their way smoothly in a live-in relationship
with care a damn (befikre) and lets dare attitude. Now, back to present day, the couple
comes back together as friends after a year with a Mushy breakup Anniversary
celebration. The drama starts with the handsome, cultured, Oxford graduate Anay coming in to the picture, who is
interested in marrying Shyra. All is well, but now Dharam and Shyra who are
great friends are confused and the movie ends as you expect it, typical Indian
way, so I am leaving it at that. I think the underlying idea of the movie was
to show that relationships that start slow by building a friendship first, are
stronger than the ones that are built on lust, but all is lost in over-dramatisation and unnecessary grandeur. So well Ranveer’s dialogue goes
like apni toh lust story thi, love story nahi..something on those lines.
This movie could have been easily
sponsored by some lingerie or Brief brand. Vani Kapoor has been a female Salman
Khan, getting her tops/shirts out in
true style and Ranveer doing the same with his pants. I wonder how this movie got a U/ A certification?
I personally resent that . It’s funny that how in a movie like Kahani 2 which is based on child sexual abuse, the subject
matter is dealt with “like a bird and the bee talk” while here sexuality is
just exaggerated without a purpose. Once again, NRI’s or Indian born
abroad are portrayed literally people who are non-committal and confused, they
are just different people- agreed, but not indifferent and insensitive. Also, I
wonder what the deal about the movie ending in a church wedding, when neither
the bride or the groom are Christian. So well go watch Paris and steamy kisses,
if that works for you!.
