Have we seen this story before, sure. Did this version breathe new life into the clichéd storyline? Well, that's up for discussion. As for me, I was thoroughly impressed with the cast, story and songs of 'Cocktail' and pleasantly surprised by the previously unannounced guest appearances by the likes of Randeep Hooda (who plays a real creeper husband from hell of newcomer Diana Penty's character) Boman Irani and Dimple Kapadia who provide comic relief to the otherwise intensely dramatic tale that plays out in the lives of the leads.
Deepika Padukone (Om Shanti Om, Desi Boyz) plays Veronica, a mysterious wild child who rules the London nightlife scene until she crosses paths with Meera (Diana Penty) who has come to London via Delhi in search of her husband Kunal played by Hooda. A friendship forms between the ladies until one night on their way to a nightclub when Meera spots a man who had been harassing her upon her arrival in the country and tells Veronica about it, Veronica being her wild child self goes and confronts the man (Gautam) played by Saif Ali Khan (Agent Vinod, Omkara, Hum Tum) and embarrasses him in front of his friends and co-workers as payback. Later that evening, Veronica spots the Gautam in the nightclub and strikes up a conversation with him and as the night progresses sparks begin to fly between them and a relationship between the two follows shortly after.
Everything between the friends goes well until Gautam's mother (played by Kapadia) comes to visit from India and is dismayed to find two women in her son's flat, given that she had been trying to match-make him and get him married back home she is taken aback by her discovery. Gautam quickly devises a plot to calm his mother down by pretending that Meera, the more suitable girl is his fiancée knowing fully well that his mother would never accept scantily-clad and ill-mannered Veronica as her daughter-in-law.
The ruse sticks initially but what happens next makes up the rest of the film. Within the first ten minutes of the film, I already figured out how the film was going to end but nevertheless for its entertainment value, I rate it 9/10.
Deepika Padukone (Om Shanti Om, Desi Boyz) plays Veronica, a mysterious wild child who rules the London nightlife scene until she crosses paths with Meera (Diana Penty) who has come to London via Delhi in search of her husband Kunal played by Hooda. A friendship forms between the ladies until one night on their way to a nightclub when Meera spots a man who had been harassing her upon her arrival in the country and tells Veronica about it, Veronica being her wild child self goes and confronts the man (Gautam) played by Saif Ali Khan (Agent Vinod, Omkara, Hum Tum) and embarrasses him in front of his friends and co-workers as payback. Later that evening, Veronica spots the Gautam in the nightclub and strikes up a conversation with him and as the night progresses sparks begin to fly between them and a relationship between the two follows shortly after.
Everything between the friends goes well until Gautam's mother (played by Kapadia) comes to visit from India and is dismayed to find two women in her son's flat, given that she had been trying to match-make him and get him married back home she is taken aback by her discovery. Gautam quickly devises a plot to calm his mother down by pretending that Meera, the more suitable girl is his fiancée knowing fully well that his mother would never accept scantily-clad and ill-mannered Veronica as her daughter-in-law.
The ruse sticks initially but what happens next makes up the rest of the film. Within the first ten minutes of the film, I already figured out how the film was going to end but nevertheless for its entertainment value, I rate it 9/10.