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| Posted: 24 Sep 2011 09:08 PM PDT  It takes a lot for any actor to give away two years of his career for a film. And when one does, expectations from him peak to extreme extents. Shahid Kapoor might just be facing the same. After almost two years, the actor is making his way to silver screen with his father's ambitious project Mausam. The film has already been the centre of controversies first with the Indian Air Force's disapproval and now the Railway ruckus. Now it only remains to be seen whether it meets people's expectations or not. Mausam is a love saga of two star-crossed lovers Harinder Singh aka Harry (Shahid Kapoor) and Aayat (Sonam Kapoor) who keep meeting and separating time and again due to their ill-fate that works against them each time. Harry, a Punjab da munda first meets Aayat, a troubled soul displaced from Kashmir due to the political problems going there in small village Mallukot in Punjab. They meet, a vintage style love story sparks between the two and before the two can confess their love to each other comes the first twist, Aayat suddenly moves to Mumbai and Harry takes to further education as an air force pilot. Seven years later, the two meet again, this time in Scotland. Love reignites, but this time Harry disappears; Courtesy Kargil war. This happens twice over again and the ill-fated lovers keep hoping that they may re-unite someday. How they come together EVENTUALLY, follows through the rest of the plot. If you think that even the concise version of the plot appears long, then wait till you see this film. With a run time of nearly 3 hours, Mausam is painfully long and can easily pass off as a never-ending saga. Mausam's tagline 'A love story beyond romance' definitely holds true to itself as there are almost all the political events included in the film that occurred between 1992 to 2002 and surprisingly each and every event affects the lives of the couple. Mausam opens to a breezy, rustic and scenic Mallukot. The way filmmaker Pankaj Kapur weaves the love story with the backdrop of the small town in Punjab is very poetic. You almost get engulfed into the fascinating setting of Mallukot. The seedy lanes, the lush green farms and the joint terraces of bungalows; each and every frame is artistically captured by cinematographer Binod Pradhan. The chemistry between Sonam and Shahid remains consistent throughout the film and is praiseworthy. Right from the coyness in their love when they first meet to the intensity in their romance when they first kiss in Scotland, every aspect is well-defined. Shahid as an Air-Force though may resemble Brad Pitt of Inglorious Bastard but Shahid with all his boyish charm as a mischievous villager is very pleasing. Sonam struggles to act but appears extremely beautiful throughout the film and shares some of the most brilliant scenes with Shahid. The music of the film by Pritam brings out the romance and the longing of the couple brilliantly too. Supriya Pathak, Manoj Pahwa, Anupam Kher and almost each and every character actor contribute in making a film worthy. But despite many awesome moments in Mausam there are also many moments in the film that are bothersome. The biggest being its clichéd predictability. Even before a scene unravels on the screen you know what you are about to see. Moreover, the excessive usage of unsettling political events is tiresome and annoying. The script appears hugely flawed in the second half and hence makes people lose interest in the film. The climax of the film is highly filmy and would either make you red on your face or would make you laugh and the clichéd execution. Some of the dialogues too are very philosophical and serve as irritant. The highly controversial action sequence of the fighter planes is just about 2 minutes long and very amateurish. One barely gets a feel of an air force raid. To sum it up, Mausam is flawed and tiresome but still has a good chance with people who are simply in love with love.   |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2011 09:01 PM PDT  Actors tagging their names to films just because their content is good are a very common thing in Film industry now. Salman Khan did it with Chillar Party and so did Akshay Kumar with Speedy Singhs. This crossover cinema would've gone unnoticed completely had it not been for Akshay driving it all by himself. Despite the name attached to it whether this film works for the masses or not remains to be seen. Set in Toronto, Speedy Singhs is about Rajveer Singh (VinayVarmani) a 21 year old deviant youngster who prefers playing ice hockey than work drive trucks for his father Darvesh Singh's (Anupam Kher) transport business. Raised as a traditional Sikh, Rajveer was forbidden to cut his hair but he does so, his father never wanted him to take to a sport that was patented by the firangis but he does so again. How Rajveer eventually lives his dream of becoming a professional hockey players, forms his team Speedy Singhs going much against his father is what follows through the rest of the plot. There have been zillion films about rising from ashes or about sports or even about the conflict of Black and White skin. There have also been many films using sports as a medium to show this conflict like Chak De India, Bend It Like Beckham, Goal etc. However, despite the done to death plot, what makes Speedy Singhs stand apart is the wit, humour and the celebration of one's being. Each and every character revels in being a Sikh Punjabi and that's what makes it appeasing. The dialogues are extremely witty and intelligently written making you laugh every minute. Filmmaker Robert Lieberman delightfully brings out a crisp, smart and brilliantly executed film. The film doesn't stray even for once and sticks to the plot throughout. Even the love track between Camilla Belle and Vinay Virmani is shown subtly without wasting film's run time. The sequence of Ice Hockey matches are handled well too. The dialogues are intelligently written and do not come across as slapstick even for once. But it's not just the dialogues that do the trick. They work more only due to the brilliance of the actors and their near perfect comic timing. Debutant actor Vinay Varmani makes an impressive start. Russell Peters is humorous at best while other actors like Anupam Kher, Guggi, Naureen Dewulf are perfect as NRIs. The way they revel in their Punjabiness is very pleasing. Rob Lowe and Camilla Belle act well too. Music of Speedy Singhs deserves a special mention too. Composers Meet Brothers and RDB along with international artistes like Ludacris and Drake too have contributed well to the album. Despite the clichéd plot and predictable storyline, Speedy Singhs works for its humour and acting.   |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2011 08:58 PM PDT  Clashing with two big ticket flicks of this week Mausam and Speedy Singhs is a small time film U R My Jaan. When such a thing happens one wonders why do filmmakers clash their movie with big banner films. But come to think of it, I guess filmmakers in case of Aron Govil are sure that whether a clash or not, there hardly may be anyone who would go watch this film. However, it is our duty to educate you on what this film is all about. Reena (Preeti) is a wannabe actress from Chandigarh who fights from her family and goes to Mumbai for an international photo shoot with Versachee (Pun intended). The shoot goes kaput, Reena is left with no money and no return ticket. In a bid to get herself some money her agent hooks her up to a NRI business tycoon Akash (Mikaal) who prefers having an arm candy on his business trips. So the shrewd businessman meets a full of life girl and love blossoms. U R My Jaan may be the nth version of Hollywood's eternal love story Pretty Woman and a bad one at that. There are scenes which are satirically hilarious and scenes lift up frame by frame from the Hollywood film. So Reena keeps using Akash for shopping, getting an audition in a filmmaker's project et al. but when it comes to getting close to the actor she shies away. And the entire film passes like Paranormal Activity with each night passing without any action! The dialogues of almost every single actor in the film are dubbed and despite such excessive dubbing filmmaker Aron Govil finds it hard to hide the lisps of the lead actress. She not only needs a desperate speech therapy but should seriously take to acting course before she attempts any other film after this! The lead actor Mikaal fits the bill perfectly and could've salvaged the film had it been for better script and good actress. While the music pierces through the ears and is needlessly shoved on the viewers, the film is filled with continuity errors and out of focus scenes. To sum it up, U R My may just take away your Jaan if you dare to watch it!   |
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