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by : C. Karthik |
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Starring:
Kajol, Arjum Rampal, Kareena Kapoor
Direction:
Siddharth Malhotra
Music:
Shankae-Ehsaan-Loy
Production:
Dharma Productions
No,
I haven't watched Stepmom and I’m
in no mood to compare We are Family with
any other movie. Let us review this latest
flick from Dharma productions from a neutral
perspective. The movie has mega stars
Kajol, Kareena and Arjum Rampal and has
been directed by Siddharth Malhotra. |
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Maya
(Kajol) is the ever protective mother of her three
kids Aalya, Ankush and Anjali. The kids adore Maya
and naturally she is their world. Maya is divorced
from Aman (Arjun Rampal who is a photographer) who
lives with Shreya (Kareena who is a fashion designer).
Their happy lives turn upside down when Maya is diagnosed
with cervical cancer. Maya, thinking about the future
of her kids, brings home Shreya to be their stepmother.
What happens in the end? Do they form a happy family?
The film starts hurriedly with a rushed version of
"Aankhon mein neendein" alongside title
credits. Soon enough we understand that that Aman
is a divorcee and lives with Kareena. Maya and her
three kids live alone and Aman tries to make a hesitant
Kareena to mix with his kids. But somehow every time,
the kids and Kareena end up fighting with each other.
Somehow the interactions between the children and
Kareena are card-boardish and have no life in it.
This makes Maya furious and asks Aman not to bring
Kareena in front of her kids.
Disaster strikes when Kajol is diagnosed with cancer
and starts to think she will be done soon (in an assigned
date maybe). Aman leaves Kareena and moves in with
Maya and the children. Notwithstanding the idea of
her kids being without a mother, she brings Kareena
home and makes her their step mother. With the mandatory
tear jerking climax, we feel relieved that the movie
has actually ended.
The characters are as confused as the director himself.
This is so much of a drama that it is too hard to
withstand. There are so many hot and cold sequences
in the movie. The kids seem to fight, react, argue
and run away from Kareena in one scene and seem to
worship her in the next. Is it bad screenplay or poor
editing? So is Kareena's character. One wonders why
she has to be so cold with the kids in the initial
interactions. If only the story and screenplay were
half as good as the cute baby Anjali, this movie would
have fared much better. Ridiculously boring scenes,
lifeless characters... what more do you need for a
bad movie?
About dialogues, Niranjan Iyer could have left it
to the actors themselves to speak their own dialogues.
The whole audience was in splits when Kajol asks the
"Am I going to die doctor?", "Log marne
ke baad taare ban jaate hai (people become stars after
they die). Too filmy. I'm sure this could have been
handled better. Though the songs are good, the background
score is absolutely sore to the ears. There is a high
pitch jarring music whenever the director feels you
have to cry, especially after the interval when Kareena
gets close to the kids with Kajol watching. Tiring!
Diya Sonecha as Anjali is the livewire. The kid is
adorable in many places and is the only bright point
of the movie alongside Kajol. Kajol, for the hugely
talented actress she is, has done her part but again,
the scope of her character has been limited by the
director. She is a perfect mom... caring, anxious
and loving. John Abraham has been wasted in a role
which he just walks through. Kareena looks pale and
just passes of as Shreya.
The sore points of the movie are many. Maya and Anjali?
Karan Johar can think of different names in his next
movie, we believe. The climax is excruciating. If
you think the movie has ended, we see the characters
line up, cry alone and cry together singing "Hamesha
and Forever". We feel that Siddharth, trying
to create an impact, has overdone the tear-jerking
episode. And above all, the arguments, fights and
all family issues happen in front of the children,
all three of them ... is this because ‘They
are Family?’
We are family is devoid of any emotions and actually
makes a painful watch even if it runs for only two
hours. Karan Johar said that ‘We are Family’
is very different from Step mom. It is, but on the
downside.
Verdict – We are family - Dull, tedious
watch.
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are Family,
Karan
Johar,
Siddharth
Malhotra, Kareena
Kapoor, Kajol,
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
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