Ek Deewana Tha
There is nothing to make you fall for this one!....if you are not already tired of watching boring big Bollywood cinema, you would certainly be after this one... Not to be too cynical about the movie, but it doesn't really live up to its make! In fact why did they remake this movie at all? And if it was hit in Tamil and Telugu, it would have surely better written dialogues.
The script - is by far the most annoying! Not only does it not have any coherence, the story is also story less. There are other films which do not have a story ( Chalo Dilli), but have had better outcomes in terms of the dialogues and the direction. But this one fails in all counts. The boy falls in love with just one look, and chases the girl. She being Christian and a Malayalee, the boy ( a Hindu, from Mumbai) chases her to Allepy and witnesses her rejecting her marriage. The idea behind it was that she had something towards the boy, which she couldn't express. Finally the expression comes, and this is the part which is the most 'not thought' after. There could have been better dialogues at least. The effect of a Bollywood 'romanc-a-tainer' is just not there in this one.
The Actors - are as fresh as new college students needed training. They sure light up the space, cause there is nothing else to the movie that keeps me tied to it. Pratiek has done reasonably well, and given that he is starting his career is worth the shot. Moreover, fresh faces are welcome. But fresh faces just for namesake are where the movie again fails. Amy is not at all a 'Malayalee'. She was searching for expressions the entire movie. This was not a movie where her charms would work through her super model figure! This needed expressions, and dialogue delivery. The role of Manu Rishi was refreshing and was the only well-tailored character.
The direction - Barring the scenery in God's own Country, the film has little directorial skills to offer. A director's vision is something which comes out of the movie. Rather than aping the previous movies, if he would have added something which has a better context, it would have been better. If on the other hand he was not interested to change it, he could have still checked whether it is still coherent and the story flows! Alas, nothing was done, and nothing came out! For me the film has no other layers to figure out. The story could have made better sense, and had the intentions of bringing out a familial aspect to love stories, but it never reached its own aspirations. We would have to wait for 2 states adaptation for this issue to be re- screened again! Lets hope they treat it well next time.
Watch More movies for now!...Don't give up so soon!
There is nothing to make you fall for this one!....if you are not already tired of watching boring big Bollywood cinema, you would certainly be after this one... Not to be too cynical about the movie, but it doesn't really live up to its make! In fact why did they remake this movie at all? And if it was hit in Tamil and Telugu, it would have surely better written dialogues.
The script - is by far the most annoying! Not only does it not have any coherence, the story is also story less. There are other films which do not have a story ( Chalo Dilli), but have had better outcomes in terms of the dialogues and the direction. But this one fails in all counts. The boy falls in love with just one look, and chases the girl. She being Christian and a Malayalee, the boy ( a Hindu, from Mumbai) chases her to Allepy and witnesses her rejecting her marriage. The idea behind it was that she had something towards the boy, which she couldn't express. Finally the expression comes, and this is the part which is the most 'not thought' after. There could have been better dialogues at least. The effect of a Bollywood 'romanc-a-tainer' is just not there in this one.
The Actors - are as fresh as new college students needed training. They sure light up the space, cause there is nothing else to the movie that keeps me tied to it. Pratiek has done reasonably well, and given that he is starting his career is worth the shot. Moreover, fresh faces are welcome. But fresh faces just for namesake are where the movie again fails. Amy is not at all a 'Malayalee'. She was searching for expressions the entire movie. This was not a movie where her charms would work through her super model figure! This needed expressions, and dialogue delivery. The role of Manu Rishi was refreshing and was the only well-tailored character.
The direction - Barring the scenery in God's own Country, the film has little directorial skills to offer. A director's vision is something which comes out of the movie. Rather than aping the previous movies, if he would have added something which has a better context, it would have been better. If on the other hand he was not interested to change it, he could have still checked whether it is still coherent and the story flows! Alas, nothing was done, and nothing came out! For me the film has no other layers to figure out. The story could have made better sense, and had the intentions of bringing out a familial aspect to love stories, but it never reached its own aspirations. We would have to wait for 2 states adaptation for this issue to be re- screened again! Lets hope they treat it well next time.
Watch More movies for now!...Don't give up so soon!