U must be thinking, what sort of title is this & what does Taran Aadarsh has to do with this review?
“yeh bahut dukh bhari kahani hai bhaiyon (sorry no space for behens! Rakshabandhan is over!!), sun kar tumhari aakhein bhar aayengi”.
The day was March 4, I was browsing the internet as usual and suddenly I opened indiafm.com, where I found an article by Taran Aadarsh. It was the movie review of “chand sa roshan chehra”, a movie released on the same day itself. I read the review and went to the movie the very next day. After coming out from the theatre, all I wanted to say was “Taran! I want my money back!!”. Obviously I couldn’t do that there, so I am doing it here. Now in order to justify my title, here is what I felt about the movie.
One day Salim Akhtar sahab (producer of films like “raja ki aayegi baraat”) was sitting in his studio thinking about this strange fact that almost all the current top heroes (barring our king khan) are from the industry itself! So why not he too join the bandwagon? Apparently he decided to launch his boyish, cute looking nephew Samir .
Now the next problem, what about the story? Well that isn’t difficult, he thought and decided to opt for the most successful formula. That is “Cover him with Armani suits, handle him a guitar, add black goggles to an already ‘gora-chitta munda’ and convert him into a ‘cool dude’ (or rather the next superstar!!).
Now come to the large screen. Enter our guitar playing (at the age of hardly 7-8) hero Raj (God!!! Can’t they think of any other name?) Who is in love with another 6-7 something Jia. Jia’s father Kishan Oberoi(Kiran Kumar) is an opportunist, who instantly disapproves their relation and later flew away to Switzerland with his family.
Time flies and our 7.something hero is now turned into a handsome hunk (Samir Aftab) . Forced into the narration is a musical competition (in Switzerland, where else?). Naturally our hero goes there and come across Jia (Tamanna) but he couldn’t recognize her. Now ensues the regular stuff ,initially they fail to identify each other, some absurd tiffs occur between them and after we have had enough doses of all that, the two lovers identify each other, and decide not be afraid of Mr. Oberoi’s slaps anymore and go ahead (with some more naach-gaana!!!) .
Finally in the climax our hero challenges his arrogant father-in-law (with another song! Grrrrr!!!) and……………………………
..
What “and”?
Ok Baba, Ok!!!
Oberoi realizes his stupidity, hero meets heroine, “khel khatam paisa hazam”
Oh sorry! (U have one another song, as the drapes roll!)
This is the worst way I could write the story of a film, but what other do u expect from me, “to fracture my fingers for this ‘revolutionary & innovative’ script?”
Now let me tell u some more horror tales:
Samir Aftab, this guy was being projected as the next Shahid Kapoor (as I read in one magazine).Forget Shahid, he isn’t comparable with Tusshar also (Now plz don’t start a debate because it could be a tough one!). The way he delivers his lines, especially in the emotional scenes, it’s could be a tough task to control your ribs. But one thing is there about him, which I must say that in the recent years among all handsome males in the industry apart from models, he for sure finds a place. I actually heard some of the girls sitting behind me saying that “Uff! Kaash ise thodi acting bhi aati?”. But every good looking guy need not be a hero. There are various other options to them except robbing us of our 60 rupees.
Since I have given 7 lines to Samir, I guess, the other sparkling talent of the film Tamanna shouldn’t be given more than 7 words.
So here are they “Forgive us by not acting in future”.
Before the movie actually went to the floors, Kiran Kumar must have been much enthusiastic about his role, but even in his wildest dreams he wouldn’t have imagined that it will shape in this way. In fact the role that sounded like that of Amrish Puri in DDLJ is reduced to …(sorry! I am out of words!!). Though he had tried hard, he couldn’t save his character being reduced to a caricature.
It was only for the supporting cast that the film was somewhat less bearable in the theatre. Talat Azeez, Vijyendre Ghatge, Himani Shivpuri, they all were at their sympathetic best (obviously to us!!). And yes, apart from these actors two over-actors are also there, the two child artists playing the lover’s childhood roles. Watch out for them, they really show promises to grow up exactly like our lead actors in the future.
The only saving grace:
Now let’s pay tribute to the two persons who were the only saving grace of this otherwise terrible nightmare!
Jatin Lalit: after their break-up with Chopras and Johars, for the first time they have come with some really outstanding compositions. “Doli Leke Aaye Hain” and “Aage Aage Chahat Chali” reminded me of their hay days (at the time of DDLJ and KKHH), while “Digi Digi Dum” was another heart rendering no. Rests of the songs were also above average. I know, not many people will agree with me at this point but has this movie been a hit, u could have seen the album’s popularity?
I had often heard words like routine story and ghisi-piti kahani, but this movie is a shining example how to make an excellent ghisi-piti movie. For instance
The names of the characters Raj ,Jiya, Oberoi, Kapoor. Couldn’t they think of a single non-filmy name?
Hero carrying a mangalsutra and sindoor always in his pocket, I mean in which are we living?
An unnecessary Indo-Pak friendship gesture (involving another actress and of course one more song!!). It will be a pleasant experience to watch one, if well executed but plz
Don’t make it look like a comic strip.
So friends! What have we learnt from this film?
1) The soon u will learn playing guitar, sooner girls will fall in your trap.
2) Thinking of a gift for your valentine. Here is the advice: Gucci handbags may fail, Givenchy perfumes may fail but present her a ‘mangalsutra’ and she will be yours (only in case she doesn’t slaps u).
3) If u are a heart patient, never rush to a theatre on the very first day of a newcomer’s film, u never know when the terror may strike.
NOTE: IF U WON’T LEAVE A COMMENT AFTER READING THIS REVIEW I WILL PHONE YOUR LOCAL CABLE OPERATOR TO SCREEN THIS MOVIE TONIGHT.
(hahaha, just kidding……..).
Bye,
Hope u enjoyed reading this review..
