Although AAMIR KHAN - NAAM HI KAAFI HEI. But seriously this movie is so much more then just him..
Its a really simple story. Never trying to be something out of the box. Just trying to be a good , truthful and good hearted film by doing all the things right. And that it did, with some flaws , Yes.
Advait Chandan is a debutante director , and he is certainly not great. In fact he cant control his scenes from turning itself from Drama to Melodrama. So yes , there were some minor melodrama here and there.
That aside , the film is lengthy , a lot of songs ,which were not awesome , sweet but not awesome , not as good as i would like them to be for sitting extra minutes in the hall , that's a very average work from Amit Trivedi. But not all of them taste your Patience. Some are really good , MAIN KAUN HOON is an exceptional piece of compositions , And NACHDI PHIRAN is really melodic . Also songs are placed well . Its just that although they fulfill their purpose but not without slowing the film. Then again , its not a fast film by itself.
Some other faults were , the relationship between INSIA (ZAIRA WASIM) and SHAKTI KUMAR (AAMIR KHAN) is established too quickly which is hard to believe , when it comes to Music Industry.
But the movie had its heart in the right place. In fact it had its heart in more then one place (and all those places were the right one).
First and Foremost , its a movie about believing your dream and standing up for it.
But my favorite theme was the MOTHER-DAUGHTER relationship. The way Mother and her Teenage daughter talks in this film , the topic they discuss , all the way from childish things like making faces on LAPTOP CAM to all the serious discussion about the mother must give Divorce to his husband because she deserves better life , i have never seen such practice relationship between Mother and a Teenage daughter in any Bollywood film.
Then there is the Domestic Violence issue. Including how Woman in some part of Indian society doesn't have a freedom to live on their own terms and have to be submissive to their husbands. Its one of those topics which our society doesn't want to accept as a reality even after everybody knows its a truth , and the Bollywood also usually shy away from this topics . But we have seen this topic in few number of films. Its done in a slight subtle manner here , as its a movie about teenage Girl's dream , also u know , its a Diwali Film.
And lastly there was teenage love-story too. Which was also not the best i have seen in Bollywood films but believable enough..
The way Zaira Wasim have started her carrier in Bollywood with such strong two film , i don't think any other child artist have got such a launch. Thanks to Aamir Khan of coarse who in many interviews have said she is like a daughter to him, interestingly enough i can see his love to her in many scenes of the film too. But that doesn't take any credit from her. Zaira did a really fine Job. Even in the scenes where she had to act like a singer singing a song. Playing a singer is not that easy , even adult actors sometime do it wrong.
Meher Vij is a loving mother everybody wants. She has been shown as an illiterate woman , but it was shown very nicely that , its not the education you need to be a great mom, rather its good heart , love for your children , fighting for their dream and ability to sacrifice which makes a great Mom. Thankfully , i have got one of my own.
Aamir Khan was deliberately Overacting here. And he was hilarious. Every time he opens his mouth , will make you laugh. Which makes me wanting an out an out Comedy film from Aamir. We only get bit and pieces of Shakti Kumar's own life as he was not the central character. There was one scene where Aamir says to Zaira that they have a same kind of life , but he never completely explain her how. And yes there were some emotional scenes of him too . He was there in the movie exactly as much as required. It was not a cameo. Not even an extended cameo. More then that.
So that's it. Bear some melodrama , some cliché , some predictability , some unnecessary but well placed songs and you will get a movie which far better then Bollywood offers every Diwali.
7.6/10
By ANuP APu KuMaR
Its a really simple story. Never trying to be something out of the box. Just trying to be a good , truthful and good hearted film by doing all the things right. And that it did, with some flaws , Yes.
Advait Chandan is a debutante director , and he is certainly not great. In fact he cant control his scenes from turning itself from Drama to Melodrama. So yes , there were some minor melodrama here and there.
That aside , the film is lengthy , a lot of songs ,which were not awesome , sweet but not awesome , not as good as i would like them to be for sitting extra minutes in the hall , that's a very average work from Amit Trivedi. But not all of them taste your Patience. Some are really good , MAIN KAUN HOON is an exceptional piece of compositions , And NACHDI PHIRAN is really melodic . Also songs are placed well . Its just that although they fulfill their purpose but not without slowing the film. Then again , its not a fast film by itself.
Some other faults were , the relationship between INSIA (ZAIRA WASIM) and SHAKTI KUMAR (AAMIR KHAN) is established too quickly which is hard to believe , when it comes to Music Industry.
But the movie had its heart in the right place. In fact it had its heart in more then one place (and all those places were the right one).
First and Foremost , its a movie about believing your dream and standing up for it.
But my favorite theme was the MOTHER-DAUGHTER relationship. The way Mother and her Teenage daughter talks in this film , the topic they discuss , all the way from childish things like making faces on LAPTOP CAM to all the serious discussion about the mother must give Divorce to his husband because she deserves better life , i have never seen such practice relationship between Mother and a Teenage daughter in any Bollywood film.
Then there is the Domestic Violence issue. Including how Woman in some part of Indian society doesn't have a freedom to live on their own terms and have to be submissive to their husbands. Its one of those topics which our society doesn't want to accept as a reality even after everybody knows its a truth , and the Bollywood also usually shy away from this topics . But we have seen this topic in few number of films. Its done in a slight subtle manner here , as its a movie about teenage Girl's dream , also u know , its a Diwali Film.
And lastly there was teenage love-story too. Which was also not the best i have seen in Bollywood films but believable enough..
The way Zaira Wasim have started her carrier in Bollywood with such strong two film , i don't think any other child artist have got such a launch. Thanks to Aamir Khan of coarse who in many interviews have said she is like a daughter to him, interestingly enough i can see his love to her in many scenes of the film too. But that doesn't take any credit from her. Zaira did a really fine Job. Even in the scenes where she had to act like a singer singing a song. Playing a singer is not that easy , even adult actors sometime do it wrong.
Meher Vij is a loving mother everybody wants. She has been shown as an illiterate woman , but it was shown very nicely that , its not the education you need to be a great mom, rather its good heart , love for your children , fighting for their dream and ability to sacrifice which makes a great Mom. Thankfully , i have got one of my own.
Aamir Khan was deliberately Overacting here. And he was hilarious. Every time he opens his mouth , will make you laugh. Which makes me wanting an out an out Comedy film from Aamir. We only get bit and pieces of Shakti Kumar's own life as he was not the central character. There was one scene where Aamir says to Zaira that they have a same kind of life , but he never completely explain her how. And yes there were some emotional scenes of him too . He was there in the movie exactly as much as required. It was not a cameo. Not even an extended cameo. More then that.
So that's it. Bear some melodrama , some cliché , some predictability , some unnecessary but well placed songs and you will get a movie which far better then Bollywood offers every Diwali.
7.6/10
By ANuP APu KuMaR