1.5/5
Stars
24-year-old MBA graduate with a lucrative job
offer and an opportunity to go to London squanders it all away to pursue his
passion – filmmaking. Not too different from the recent Suniel Shetty-Rajpal
Yadav starrer ‘Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai’, albeit with a better premise.
The first 15 minutes of the film held some
promise. The opening credits have been well shot. The music is pleasant and
Rahil Tandon has done a tidy job. However, the story and the performances of
the supporting cast are a big downer. There are a handful of decent moments in
the film, but it’s just not worth your time and money.
Suraj Kumar (Rahil Tandon), an MBA-graduate,
has an offer to go to UK with a salary of 5,000 pounds but he gives it all away
to pursue a career in filmmaking. He wants to become a writer-producer-director
and his only learning has come from watching countless movies ever since he was
a kid.
However, in the bargain, he loses his
girlfriend, best friends and family’s trust. Upon entering the ‘big bad world
of Bollywood’, Suraj realizes that being a filmmaker is not as easy as he made
it out to be. He encounters strange personalities such as the maverick money
launderer Shakti (Sheikh Arif), the high-handed producer Irani (Shahnawaz
Pradhan), the shady middle-man Mansoor (Mukesh Bhatt) and the self-proclaimed
genius Khanna (Punkaj Kalra). So, he gets pushed from one set to another. No
one is willing to promise him a break and everyone just wants to get their work
done. So, Suraj puts up posters, helps actors with the lines, cajoles heroines
into coming for the shot, attempts to write his own scripts, but nothing seems
to impress the ‘big shots’ of the industry.
There’s another shocker coming his way! His
father owes a family-friend-turned-foe Ramani a lump sum of 10 lakh rupees. It
boils down to Suraj to be able to collect enough money to repay the debt. So,
his passion now turns into desperation. He can no more afford to be choosy and has
to adjust to the way in which the industry functions. This is where the
film loses steam. There’s a ladylove too, called Melrena (Bhavna Ruparel). For
some reason, the romantic angle looks forced. Overall, the story becomes
repugnant after the basic premise is settled.
Rahil Tandon is promising. He displays great
range in his acting. Yes, there are a few moments when the amateurishness shows
up. However, Rahil does a tidy job. Look forward to seeing him in
better-written films. The female lead, Bhavna Ruparel, is just about average.
Thankfully, there’s no hamming done but her performance isn’t noteworthy
either. The character, Melrena, shouldn’t have been there in the film in the
first place. The supporting cast is a bit of mishmash. A few artistes, who have
also appeared in big-ticket films, such as Punkaj Kalra of ‘Rock On!!’ fame
and Mukesh Bhatt of ‘Rocket Singh – Salesman of th Year’ fame, have performed
well. However, a major chunk of the character artistes just fail to leave any
impact.
The film offers a fresh take on a relatively
‘done-to-death’ topic. The cinematography (Hari Nair) is not quite up to the
mark. There are innumerable intercuts being thrown in during conversational
scenes. The makers must have thought of giving the scenes a seamless look, but
the end result isn’t too pleasing to the eyes. The opening credits have been
shot well. The music (Gaurav Dagaonkar) of the film is pleasant. With big names
such as Sunidhi Chauhan, Kailash Kher, Shreya Ghoshal and Javed Ali, the
line-up of singers is stellar. Although there isn’t any memorable number in the
film, the music tailors smoothly into the screenplay. The aspect where the film
terribly lets down, is the story and the dialogue. Pritish Chakraborty
(Director, Story Writer, Screenplay Writer, Dialogue Writer), in spite of being
completely in-charge of the writing department, fails to uplift the mood of the
film after a promising start.
Despite having decent music, a passable lead
pair, interesting concept and good production values, the film just fails to
deliver. Not worth it! (First Posted in MSN)
Shivom Oza
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