0.5/5 Stars
‘Qasam Se Qasam Se’ is a film that must be watched by most aspiring filmmakers around the country. The reason is that it offers a 2 and a half hour lesson on ‘How NOT to make a movie’? To amalgamate mediocre acting, lifeless music, meandering story line, inexplicable twists and turns, appalling dialogues and incessant hamming in the same film requires some effort.
Actors of calibre such as Satish Kaushik (who
plays Mamu) and Omkar Das Manikpuri (who looks ‘dapper’ in sloganeering
T-shirts, Hip Hop caps and baggy trousers throughout the film) are wasted in
this apology of a film. Kaushik who has a longish role in the film reprises his
hilarious ‘Pappu Pager’ act from ‘Deewana Mastana’, once again but fails to
impress.
‘Qasam Se Qasam Se’ is a film that must be watched by most aspiring filmmakers around the country. The reason is that it offers a 2 and a half hour lesson on ‘How NOT to make a movie’? To amalgamate mediocre acting, lifeless music, meandering story line, inexplicable twists and turns, appalling dialogues and incessant hamming in the same film requires some effort.
Actors of calibre such as Satish Kaushik (who
plays Mamu) and Omkar Das Manikpuri (who looks ‘dapper’ in sloganeering
T-shirts, Hip Hop caps and baggy trousers throughout the film) are wasted in
this apology of a film. Kaushik who has a longish role in the film reprises his
hilarious ‘Pappu Pager’ act from ‘Deewana Mastana’, once again but fails to
impress.
The leading pair Rohan (played by newcomer
Azim) and Faith (played by Faith Mehra) break into a song at some or the other
picturesque location after every ‘hard-hitting’ (Yes, it hits you hard!) scene.
Such inept acting has seldom been seen on the big screen and the stars of the
film scale newer depths. The film is about their love story set in a college.
Rohan fights all odds possible to win his ladylove. He gets jailed, beaten up,
humiliated, even labelled a terrorist but nothing comes in between the hero and
the heroine.
There is Rohan’s friend Vijay (played by
Faraaz) who ends up falling in love with the same girl and hell breaks loose.
His father DCP Mahadik (Ashwini Kaushal) pulls all strings to nab Rohan. The
crux of the film is about how the lovers will come together despite all odds.
The climax is noteworthy, for setting newer
standards in storytelling. An interesting revelation towards the end turns the
entire film on its head. The problem with the film is that it muddles up too
many issues – college rivalry, romance, action, comedy, terrorism, law and
order and lastly AIDS awareness. Even the best filmmaker in the country
Rajkumar Hirani wouldn’t dare to pull that off!
The music of the film is disappointing.
Considering that stalwarts like Neha Bhasin, Kunal Ganjawala, Farhan (from the
Pakistani band Jal), Mika, Shaan, Neeraj Shridhar, Mohit Chauhan, KK and Monali
Thakur sung for this film, the composer (Shailendra-Sayanti) too, needed to get
his act together. The cinematography (Johhny Lal) for the songs was good; the locations
played a big part.
The supporting cast too boasted of Mukesh
Tiwari, Rakhi Sawant, Satish Kaushik, Omkar Das Manikpuri and a few faces from
television, but none of them lived up to their billing.
The director (Ashfaque Makrani) and the
writers (Nazim, Moazzam Azm & Ravi Rawat) would have been better off
sticking to a conventional storyline rather than convoluting it with
nonsensical twists. This film disappoints, ‘Qasam Se’! 0.5 Star! (First Posted in MSN)
Shivom Oza
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