After the two month deadlock between multiplexes and producers, films finally returned to the cinemas today, like cowboy’s riding back into a dead county.
The first release of this summer was producer Vashu Bhagnani’s film ‘Kal Kisne Dekha’ starring Jacky Bhagnani (Surprise! Surprise!) and Vaishali Desai.
The first release of this summer was producer Vashu Bhagnani’s film ‘Kal Kisne Dekha’ starring Jacky Bhagnani (Surprise! Surprise!) and Vaishali Desai.
Director Vivek Sharma whose past includes Asoka & Bhootnath may not be counting on a heavy fan following after this release. Having said that, this film may still do well at the box office purely because the release has been strategic in ending the draught. Families would rush to cinema houses for anything (trying to defend my stand here.)
The film introduces new faces but severely lacks freshness and passion.
Nihal Singh (Jacky) is a small town boy who moves to Bombay and joins a college that is in South Africa (First fall - did the director forget that 60% of Bollywood viewers are from Bombay, this is really pushing creative license). Nihal is bright, enthusiastic, questions the existence of dreams, has an oddball kind of charm and is a visionary. No, he does not work with the BMC to improve conditions during monsoons, but is too busy trying to convince Meesha, the college’s spoilt brat that he can dance. Meesha’s character claims that she’s never said 'Sorry' to anyone in her life, well she should, I strongly recommend, apologize to the audience for being a part of this project.
Nihal Singh has the gift of seeing the future. He thus succeeds in saving Meesha’s life by helping locate and disseminate a bomb. However his gift is unveiled by media and before Nihal can dance on the next song with Meesha, he’s already a part of a mad scientists plan.
Nihal’s world is rudely interrupted when Meesha disappears and thus begins a dangerous game, where Nihal’s powers are used by him, against him. His innocence is violated and his vision is used as a blue print to plan one of the deadliest attacks on the city. In a corny kind of fashion Nihal doesn’t see this coming!
The biggest let down of this film is its dialogues. I can’t seem to decide whether Vivek Sharma is a bad director or an even worst dialogue writer. But I think I’ll award him for the latter. The dialogues give the film a dated feel. Dated 15 -20 years back, when Jacky was still a 130 Kgs.
The music and the locals of the film make it just about watchable. Sajid – Wajid have displayed a decent range between composing the peppy 'Soniye Billori' and the heartfelt 'Tere Bina'. I even liked 'Aasmaan Jhuk Gaya'. But just three out of eleven compositions would not be considered a good score. The trailers served only as good appetizers and the short clippings made Nihal look like a better dancer. Though the film was heavily promoted in concerts all over the country, with the likes of Kareena and Lara scorching the stage with Jacky, he still has quite a few miles to go.
After witnessing many fathers launch their sons, I have to say there is only one Greek Diva and Hrithik Roshan is yet to be dethroned.
The film introduces new faces but severely lacks freshness and passion.
Nihal Singh (Jacky) is a small town boy who moves to Bombay and joins a college that is in South Africa (First fall - did the director forget that 60% of Bollywood viewers are from Bombay, this is really pushing creative license). Nihal is bright, enthusiastic, questions the existence of dreams, has an oddball kind of charm and is a visionary. No, he does not work with the BMC to improve conditions during monsoons, but is too busy trying to convince Meesha, the college’s spoilt brat that he can dance. Meesha’s character claims that she’s never said 'Sorry' to anyone in her life, well she should, I strongly recommend, apologize to the audience for being a part of this project.
Nihal Singh has the gift of seeing the future. He thus succeeds in saving Meesha’s life by helping locate and disseminate a bomb. However his gift is unveiled by media and before Nihal can dance on the next song with Meesha, he’s already a part of a mad scientists plan.
Nihal’s world is rudely interrupted when Meesha disappears and thus begins a dangerous game, where Nihal’s powers are used by him, against him. His innocence is violated and his vision is used as a blue print to plan one of the deadliest attacks on the city. In a corny kind of fashion Nihal doesn’t see this coming!
The biggest let down of this film is its dialogues. I can’t seem to decide whether Vivek Sharma is a bad director or an even worst dialogue writer. But I think I’ll award him for the latter. The dialogues give the film a dated feel. Dated 15 -20 years back, when Jacky was still a 130 Kgs.
The music and the locals of the film make it just about watchable. Sajid – Wajid have displayed a decent range between composing the peppy 'Soniye Billori' and the heartfelt 'Tere Bina'. I even liked 'Aasmaan Jhuk Gaya'. But just three out of eleven compositions would not be considered a good score. The trailers served only as good appetizers and the short clippings made Nihal look like a better dancer. Though the film was heavily promoted in concerts all over the country, with the likes of Kareena and Lara scorching the stage with Jacky, he still has quite a few miles to go.
After witnessing many fathers launch their sons, I have to say there is only one Greek Diva and Hrithik Roshan is yet to be dethroned.
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