Movie Review HAMARI ADHURI KAHANI Is Tiresome And Outdated Romantic Drama
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Friday, 12th June 11:00 AM IST
HAMARI ADHURI KAHANI Is Tiresome And Outdated Romantic Drama
Pluses:
Emraan Hashmi underplays his character well, Rajkumar Rao is good in brief role, good camerawork, couple of decent songs Minuses:
dialogues are unintentional comic, poor screenplay, pathetic editing, non existent direction
Critic Rating: 1.5/5
Business Rating: 2/5
Verdict:
Watch it for only and only sleep inducing experience
Detailed Analysis:
Mohit Suri gave two hit flicks 'Aashiqui 2'and 'Ek Villain'. Now he is back with another urban relationship film 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani' starring Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan.
The film kicks off with the old, tired and worn out Vasudha Prasad (Vidya Balan) who is on the verge of collapsing on the streets of Bastar district. On the other hand, her old and weak husband Hari (Rajkumar Rao) is pouring his heart out to a doctor emphasizing on the fact that Vasudha did visit him wearing a red dress, something that the doctor rubbishes as his hallucination. Amidst that time, he gets to know that Vasudha has set for heavenly abode. That's when he visits his son's home to do the last rites of his dead wife… only to be shooed away by his son. When everyone is fast asleep, he escapes with Vasudha's ashes to be immersed in Bastar and not in river Ganga. But before leaving the home with the ashes, he leaves a diary for his son (and the audience) to tell the unknown tale of Vasudha. The 20 years flashback shows Hari leaving Vasudha within a year of marriage, but not before making his presence 'felt' in her life. Also to act as an everlasting memory, he gets a tattoo done of his name of Vasudha's arm. In the diary, Hari mentions about Aarav (Emraan Hashmi), the multi millionaire business tycoon and also an owner of a whopping 108 hotels! It was actually a love at first sight for Aarav the very moment he sees Vasudha, who works as a florist in his Mumbai hotel. Aarav gets impressed with her simplicity and selflessness so much that he immediately offers her a dream job in his plush Dubai hotel. After initial reluctance, she picks up the job. Love blossoms between the duo and they find solace in each other's company. Just when everything is going smooth, there re-enters Hari into the life of Vasudha. Hari then explains the reasons and the circumstances as to why he disappeared and why the police have mistaken him as a dreaded terrorist. Vasudha, who initially is mighty upset and angry at the very sight of Hari, then seeks Aarav's help to free Hari from the police by proving his innocence. Despite this being a tough task, Aarav takes it up solely for his selfless love towards Vasudha. While accomplishing the task, a very unexpected calamity strikes Vasudha which completely shatters the lives of Aarav, Vasudha as well as Hari. What is the calamity that strikes the trio, will Vasudha and Aarav ever be able to marry each other and does Hari overcome his selfish ways to help his wife 'unite' with her real love Aarav… is what forms the rest of the story. Performance wise Emraan Hashmi is good with honest act but he looks clueless due to badly written role. Vidya Balan has weakest role out of the lot and she makes fool of herself with such a poor written material. Rajkumar Rao delivers a loud act but he still manages to impress. Rest of the supporting cast is as tacky as the film. Film has such a poor and kiddish premises that one wonders what Shagufta Rafique and Mahesh Bhatt were smoking while writing this tiring romantic saga . Film has such a abd editing that at times one loses the flow of events. Cinematography and production design are good.
Director Mohit Suri tries to deliver a mature love story on the lines of 'Silsila', 'Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna' but faisl big time. Lack of chartbuster songs and jaded casting hurt him badly. Without hit songs even he is not the same director. Film will release today and it should take a sluggish start due to unexciting promos and competition from Hollywood release 'Jurassic World'. Film has almost no chances at box office as there is competition plus content is poor. And with such content, poor word of mouth will hurt the film further.
Go for this one if you can find any reason which we failed to figure! |