Laziness has ruled. I am more and more disturbed that I am mixing up the contents of films or that I forget if I really seen a certain film. So this writing exercise will hopefully help me to remember what I have seen.
This "romantic comedy" is starring Ranbir Kapoor who is probably never going to become a mega-star. On IMDb I learned that I saw him in PK as Alien 2 - yes, a minor role, even a negligible one.
This film plays with the typical Bollywood-template. of course only to confirm it at last. The name Raj Sharma rings a bell in my mind, as a former friend who turned out to be a traitor used this as his nickname. Whatever. Raj is introduced here as stallion who seduces women in an assembly-line manner, The first one is a girl from Punjab, then an aspiring model in Mumbai and at last he meets his fate in Australia. The scenes are colorful, very scenic, but a colorful background can only barely disguise the lack of substance.
Raj is cynical and easily destroys the lives of women, giving hope and destroying destinies. This is shown in the first part, as if this was a joke. Pick up women and dumping them again is shown as a legit hobby.
The insight that this is loathsome comes to Raj by getting the same treatment when he finally meets love, but a unrequited one. Now he remembers that maybe he has destroyed several lives already and tries to make good what he has ruined. He has to endure some purification, again something that is supposed to be funny. Yes, female revenge is a joke for the Indian macho.
Actually Raj could have skipped the purification, as the woman who rejected him at last runs into the stable on her own.
This could have been good, if the material had not been treated in such an unbearable superficiality.
The music has heavy beats and is orientated towards Western ideals. Where is the sound of Bollywood? This is like eating Tikka Masala with ketchup.
Altogether: 3/10.
This "romantic comedy" is starring Ranbir Kapoor who is probably never going to become a mega-star. On IMDb I learned that I saw him in PK as Alien 2 - yes, a minor role, even a negligible one.
This film plays with the typical Bollywood-template. of course only to confirm it at last. The name Raj Sharma rings a bell in my mind, as a former friend who turned out to be a traitor used this as his nickname. Whatever. Raj is introduced here as stallion who seduces women in an assembly-line manner, The first one is a girl from Punjab, then an aspiring model in Mumbai and at last he meets his fate in Australia. The scenes are colorful, very scenic, but a colorful background can only barely disguise the lack of substance.
Raj is cynical and easily destroys the lives of women, giving hope and destroying destinies. This is shown in the first part, as if this was a joke. Pick up women and dumping them again is shown as a legit hobby.
The insight that this is loathsome comes to Raj by getting the same treatment when he finally meets love, but a unrequited one. Now he remembers that maybe he has destroyed several lives already and tries to make good what he has ruined. He has to endure some purification, again something that is supposed to be funny. Yes, female revenge is a joke for the Indian macho.
Actually Raj could have skipped the purification, as the woman who rejected him at last runs into the stable on her own.
This could have been good, if the material had not been treated in such an unbearable superficiality.
The music has heavy beats and is orientated towards Western ideals. Where is the sound of Bollywood? This is like eating Tikka Masala with ketchup.
Altogether: 3/10.
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