Imtiaz Ali is a good writer and
romance is his forte but it’s probably a writer’s thing when he chose to follow
his characters’ life rather painfully instead of getting through with it while
every one of us including him could see how it all ends miles before it actually
ends. Damn!! I had to buy more pop corn.
Basically what more could you add
into a classic love triangle that has not been explored umpteen number of times
by our very own Bollywood. If you got the answer right, the makers beat you to
it. It’s the clothes. And other than that and some great music Cocktail has
nothing new to offer right down to Second Hand Jawani. Liking the film depends
on how badly you want to see Saif and Diana reunite at the end and how Deepika
gets to play and lend so much dignity and vivacity to Veronica. I can’t
remember if I liked her personally in a film ever but this has to be the one
for me.
As far as love stories go this is
pretty much as per the textbook but the excellence of men behind it makes it a
superior film that celebrates its irreverence. The women in this film get meaty
roles and are competent. But Imtiaz and Adajania, two men who gave Saif his
better roles earlier have got this one off target for him. Saif looks a bit too
old and a bit too suave to play Gautam Kapoor and doesn’t charm as much as the
film portrays him to be. I guess no one has to start all over again with Boman
Irani. He is a delight and so is Dimple.
Locations and visuals show a lot
of exuberance and adding to them are the tastefully choreographed songs. There is
really no way this one could have been better except that it could have been
shorter. But that is only meant to say that it gets done pretty soon. It makes
for a good time with a girl friend in a cozy multiplex recliner but that can be
any film.
Bottom line: Not the stuff of the
names on the posters.
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