It's always hard to know which Bollywood movie might be a gem and which movie might bite. For instance, I found Om Puri's 'Aapke Bhi Pehle Kahin Dekha Hai' awful. Rules definitely falls in the gem category.
The story - SPOILERS coming up - is about a young girl Radha who has a major crush on supermodel Vikram Verma ever since she was fourteen. Unfortunately for an unconspicuous assistant photographer dating Vikram is a dream. Seeing her granddaughter pine for the love of her life her dadi decides to share with her five rules to snag a man.
The story of Rules is told in the third person by characters who don't seem to fit anywhere in the story - except ofcourse for Radha's dadi - which is a very entertaining technique. The story is also very entertaining and at times just plain hilarious. And Rules has something you won't find very often in a Bollywood movie - SPOILER - A very Hollywoodesque full on kiss. Somehow the kiss really fit and gave the movie just a little bit extra. Hopefully other Bollywood productions will pick up on this trend.
*****/5 stars
The story - SPOILERS coming up - is about a young girl Radha who has a major crush on supermodel Vikram Verma ever since she was fourteen. Unfortunately for an unconspicuous assistant photographer dating Vikram is a dream. Seeing her granddaughter pine for the love of her life her dadi decides to share with her five rules to snag a man.
The story of Rules is told in the third person by characters who don't seem to fit anywhere in the story - except ofcourse for Radha's dadi - which is a very entertaining technique. The story is also very entertaining and at times just plain hilarious. And Rules has something you won't find very often in a Bollywood movie - SPOILER - A very Hollywoodesque full on kiss. Somehow the kiss really fit and gave the movie just a little bit extra. Hopefully other Bollywood productions will pick up on this trend.
*****/5 stars