Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) movie wallpapers and poster :
Rating :
Acting – 8/10
Direction – 6/10
Screenplay – 3.5/10
Music – 7/10
Technique – 7/10
Review :
Kapoor Ho To Aisa…
In the middle of an impromptu jig on the streets of Rome, Ranbir Kapoor does the Ek pal ka jeena hand-pumping move. Something tells us it must have been an impromptu move by Ranbir. Hrithik Roshan, if you haven’t watched Bachna Ae Haseeno yet, go watch it now. The challenger — or maybe successor — to your prized crown of the biggest star-actor in Bollywood has arrived.
Bachna Ae Haseeno is a much bigger and better showcase of Ranbir Kapoor than Saawariya could ever be. He is not caught in a space-and-time warp, not asked to play the joker and definitely not made to go all blue! Ranbir’s Raj in Bachna is a far more complex character than his Raj in Saawariya was and he pulls it off with true-blue RK elan. He makes the good first half great and the boring second half bearable.
In fact, if the end credits had rolled after the 100-minute first half, Bachna would have been a far better film. At the end of 160 minutes, it’s a definite one-time watch with some terrific individual scenes created by writer Devika Bhagat and director Siddharth Anand. It’s now clear that Siddharth, who made Salaam Namaste and Ta Ra Rum Pum, is great at handling froth but struggles when melancholy is on the menu.
A little bit of Alfie, a lot of Broken Flowers and a dash of The Bachelor, Bachna starts off with a lovely-but-long homage to Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. In search of DDLJ’s ‘Raj’, Mahi (Minissha) finds Ranbir’s Raj on Eurail and takes that now-famous Switzerland-Zurich overnight journey. She falls in love Ahista Ahista in the course of the night but for him she is just a means to an end — showing-off his ladykiller ways to his friends. (Even though he does go “wow” after the first real kiss from the first fake romance.)
Up next is Radhika (Bipasha) the small-town girl who comes in as his noisy Mumbai neighbour. A couple of cups of borrowed sugar and a never-ending elevator trip later they are breaking down the walls that separate them. They live in but when it’s time to exchange vows, The Killer, as his best friend Sachin (Hiten Paintal) calls him, takes flight… Down Under. That leaves, in one of the film’s many dodgy scenes, Radhika in full bridal-wear sticking out her mehendied hands in the rain. Mellow drama, anyone?
Finally, Raj meets Gayatri (Deepika) in Sydney, who is an MBA student by day, grocery store attendant by evening and taxi driver by night. He is besotted by her and believes she is the one, but she would rather drive cabs than settle down with the super-rich Microsoft game-maker. Not that she doesn’t love him but because she doesn’t believe in marriage.
Now if you think we’ve given out everything, well, this is just intermission point. What the heartburn does to Raj and what he does to set his past wrongs right is the shorter-but-not-sweeter second half. The curious mix of The Return of DDLJ and Devil Wears Prada Again is predictable, convenient and a somewhat disappointing culmination to that fluid and fun first half.
Ranbir, of course, is the raison d’etre of Bachna Ae Haseeno. What could have so easily become a smartass Casanova is actually an endearing Raj. He is very good in the fun scenes and even better in those get-it-out-of-the-way emotional moments. And just like his father, he brings so much verve to song-and-dance, you feel like joining in.
Of the teen deviyaan, Bipasha shows that all the years of experience haven’t gone a-begging. She is completely convincing as the girl with dreams who is ready to follow her heart. Minissha is good yet again, but her face takes on so many contours when she smiles or sobs it’s a tad distracting. Deepika is the weakest link and one of the reasons the film stops short of being a truly great entertainer. She looks great but given half-a-page of lines on the trot, she struggles big time. Hiten as the funny friend is the find of the film.
Bachna is also the best shot film of the year. Sunil Patel’s camera is as zippy on the Swiss Alps as it is on the Italian roads or the Sydney beaches. Vishal-Shekhar gives us an aural treat with Khuda jaane and Ahista ahista, although one of the two Bipasha songs — Lucky boy and Small town girl — needs to go in Half Two. And after Jaane Tu…, another RD Burman song lifts a film in 2008. Thanks, Panchamda.
Watch Bachna for the man who will rule your hearts in years to come. Not because he has the best body or the best dancing feet — he of course can lay claim to neither. But because he is so believable and likeable as the charming young man. He won’t be called an Uncle real soon, he doesn’t need artificial hair transplant, he doesn’t do mindless comedies and he is charm personified.
Bachna ae heroes, lo Ranbir aa gaya…
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