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| BREAK
KE BAAD MOVIE REVIEW |
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| Review
by : Behindwoods review board |
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| Starring:Imran
Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sharmila Tagore,
NavinNischol
Direction:
Danish
Aslam
Music:
Vishal-Shekhar
Production:
Kunal Kohli Productions
Half
way through the second half, a bunch of
youngsters in the movie hall screamed,
"Arey kum se kum ek gaana to chalao
yaar timepass ke liye (Show a song atleast
to pass time)". If break ke baad
(after the break) is like this, break
ke pehle (Before the break) is no better.
Kunal Kohli, through his production house,
churns out yet |
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another
'feel-good' rom-com with Imran Khan and Deepika in
the lead allowing newcomer Danish Aslam to wield the
megaphone.
If
the opening credits create enough interest in us,
the rest of the movie doesn't quite live up to the
hype created. Abhay and Aalya are childhood friends
and both of them falling in love and getting married
is an unwritten script. They are two opposite characters
least to say. While Abhay is the more grounded, patient,
ever-resistant-to-girlfriend's stupidity, I-don’t-know-what-I-want
kind of person, Aalya is the spoilt, 'urban', brattish,
impulsive, devoid-of-respect, doesn’t like the
mehndi ki 'gobar-jaisi' (cow-dung like) smell kind
of girl. They have their differences and Deepika decides
to take a break from their relationship and go to
Australia to pursue her dream as an actress. The two
decide they will find each other during their BREAK.
And Break ke Baad?
Danish tries very hard to make Deepika and Imran bond
together in the first few scenes. But the independent
actors that they are, they shine on their own. We
need not talk about chemistry or science here. More
than the bonding, the scenes end up as nice ad slots
for Kit-Kat, Volkswagen car and Zen mobile. The story
can be best described in a few words and hence the
movie is all about the screenplay and it is surely
a challenge to drag it to the maximum.
Renuka Kunzru’s dialogues shine sporadically
but most of the dialogues get submerged in the slightly
underplayed sketch of the characters. The Hinglish
dialogues at various instances can only be appreciated
by a certain section of the audience. Moreover, at
one point of time, we feel that there is an overdose
of advice from Renuka (through the characters) on
love and its implications. Kunal has already told
in ‘Hum Tum’ that a boy and a girl can
never be friends, so why again? All these lead to
a dull, boring, inept and a lacklustre screenplay.
What worries more is the depiction of the 'urban'
lifestyle. It is a cause of concern if this is really
the way our generation is shaping up as everything
seems to be cool to them. Be it getting laid, breaking
up in a relationship or act stupid, everything seems
to cool and casual. On the other hand, if this is
not the current scenario, then movies of this kind
are definitely misleading.
Deepika shows her supermodel loooong legs all through
the movie. Her super short micro shorts help the cause.
Wearing the same style of shorts on Graduation day
is hard to digest. Otherwise, her pretentious acting
does not garner enough attention. Same with Imran.
He mouths a lot of dialogues but the plain expression
on almost all scenes is not what we expect from a
talented actor like him. Sharmila Tagore has been
absolutely wasted in a miniscule role. There are other
funny characters like Shahana Goswami and Yudishtir
who provide the occasional laughter.
Technically, there is nothing special in Andre Menezes'
cinematography as this is yet another free, unguided
tour of a foreign location. We are so used to it aren't
we? By the way, is that Gold coast that we see in
the movie? Editing is good as they have ensured that
the movie just runs for 2 hours. Vishal-Shekhar's
songs are the saving grace but the songs, mostly situational,
have been shot with the narrative. Screenplay and
direction are definitely the sore points of the movie.
Overall, barring a few moments here and there, Break
ke Baad's story and screenplay disappoint and make
us look at our watch more than once. Though its running
time is only two hours or so, it becomes painfully
irritating and a lazy watch towards the end. So much
so that a person after watching the movie commented,
"Mazaak mat kar yaar, maine socha ki yeh char
gante ki movie hai (you must be kidding, I thought
this is a 4-hour movie)"!
Verdict: Have a break, Have a Kit-Kat!
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Ke Baad,
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