Rocky aur rani kii prem kahaani is a family comedy drama romantic film directed by karan johar.
Ohh, this was an overstuffed package, both good and bad. Let's travel those one by one. Ranveer singh and alia bhatt share an infectious chemistry, completely quashing every claim of lack of chemistry between them by netizens. Infectious are their performances too. Ranveer singh, brought up in a toxic household, still holds on to the soft masculine side that his grandfather possesses. He is quirky, sometimes over the top and always ready to acknowledge the differences. I liked his character portrayal. Alia bhatt plays the independent, outspoken, progressive, independent woman. And she plays the part where she looks like rubbing her personality onto other women as well. She was drop dead gorgeous as well, if I may add. The frames that dharmendra and shabana azmi shared was great. Their kiss was the most lovable moment of the film. The supporting cast is excellent. Especially tota roy chowdhury, who imparts the soft, generous male character to the film. A kathak dancer, by profession, always laughed at by the bystanders, he takes it on his chin and never lets it affect him. Shabani azmi is too good an actor. This was a cakewalk for her. However, the characters of churni ganguly and jaya bachchan, i could not fathom. Speaking of churni, nobody talks like that, in that british personified english at their home. Jaya bachchan plays her real husband from mohabbatein, too backdated for her own good, a caricature.
If we talk about the technical details, then the cinmatography was routine. The frames were luxurious, money oozing but the artistry was not much found. The music album is good. The songs 've kamleya' and 'ro layn de' are the best of the lot. 'Heartthrob' is a fresh party song, wonderfully sung by dev negi. However, what outclass these songs are the songs of the bygone era. Songs like 'abhi na jao chhodkar', 'aaj phie jeene ki tamanna hai', 'aap jaisa koi' still make out jaw drop in awe of the sheer difference in quality.
This film maybe the most progressive KJo film. It talks about toxic masculinity and how it ruin childhood and upbringing. The case of casual racism, sexism, societal shaming all are the bright points. Let's start the negatives from here itself. The social themes that the film tries to address, themselves pull back the film. There is so much stuffing in the second half, that it becomes overbearing. You need to give your viewers some time to digest the social themes, before you throw more at them. This also leads to the stretching of the film during the latter part of the second half. Another negative is its conflict resolution. Things are resolved way too simple, way too quickly. I know its a film, distant from real life, but atleast try to make it more relatable. Another thing is the half hearted take on the bengali accent. Being a bengali, it hurts when people playing bengali characters are not pronouncing it correctly. And in this aspect, i respect shabana azmi for bringing authenticity in her accent. Alia bhatt and namit das tried, but failed for the most part of it. And what is the need to talk in a language that is khichdi of english, hindi and bangla. Nobody says lines like 'mere hridoy e dard hota hai',(exaggerated) that is not a way to talk, please.
I am happy that family dramas are still earning at the box office. Its an enjoyable watch too. Maybe the second half could have been better, culminating in an even more impressionable film.
Ohh, this was an overstuffed package, both good and bad. Let's travel those one by one. Ranveer singh and alia bhatt share an infectious chemistry, completely quashing every claim of lack of chemistry between them by netizens. Infectious are their performances too. Ranveer singh, brought up in a toxic household, still holds on to the soft masculine side that his grandfather possesses. He is quirky, sometimes over the top and always ready to acknowledge the differences. I liked his character portrayal. Alia bhatt plays the independent, outspoken, progressive, independent woman. And she plays the part where she looks like rubbing her personality onto other women as well. She was drop dead gorgeous as well, if I may add. The frames that dharmendra and shabana azmi shared was great. Their kiss was the most lovable moment of the film. The supporting cast is excellent. Especially tota roy chowdhury, who imparts the soft, generous male character to the film. A kathak dancer, by profession, always laughed at by the bystanders, he takes it on his chin and never lets it affect him. Shabani azmi is too good an actor. This was a cakewalk for her. However, the characters of churni ganguly and jaya bachchan, i could not fathom. Speaking of churni, nobody talks like that, in that british personified english at their home. Jaya bachchan plays her real husband from mohabbatein, too backdated for her own good, a caricature.
If we talk about the technical details, then the cinmatography was routine. The frames were luxurious, money oozing but the artistry was not much found. The music album is good. The songs 've kamleya' and 'ro layn de' are the best of the lot. 'Heartthrob' is a fresh party song, wonderfully sung by dev negi. However, what outclass these songs are the songs of the bygone era. Songs like 'abhi na jao chhodkar', 'aaj phie jeene ki tamanna hai', 'aap jaisa koi' still make out jaw drop in awe of the sheer difference in quality.
This film maybe the most progressive KJo film. It talks about toxic masculinity and how it ruin childhood and upbringing. The case of casual racism, sexism, societal shaming all are the bright points. Let's start the negatives from here itself. The social themes that the film tries to address, themselves pull back the film. There is so much stuffing in the second half, that it becomes overbearing. You need to give your viewers some time to digest the social themes, before you throw more at them. This also leads to the stretching of the film during the latter part of the second half. Another negative is its conflict resolution. Things are resolved way too simple, way too quickly. I know its a film, distant from real life, but atleast try to make it more relatable. Another thing is the half hearted take on the bengali accent. Being a bengali, it hurts when people playing bengali characters are not pronouncing it correctly. And in this aspect, i respect shabana azmi for bringing authenticity in her accent. Alia bhatt and namit das tried, but failed for the most part of it. And what is the need to talk in a language that is khichdi of english, hindi and bangla. Nobody says lines like 'mere hridoy e dard hota hai',(exaggerated) that is not a way to talk, please.
I am happy that family dramas are still earning at the box office. Its an enjoyable watch too. Maybe the second half could have been better, culminating in an even more impressionable film.