The buzz of the movie was high. It flopped.
Being an Imtiaz Ali movie with Shah Rukh Khan in it, expectations were high.
But always - I believe with Imtiaz Ali's movie - there are a few things we need to be aware of: (This is how I have understood about his movies)
1. It could be a road movie 2. It will be a romantic movie 3. It will be a leaf out of Imtiaz's life (to some extend) 4. The songs will be catchy 5. The second half would meander a bit 6. The ending sequence will always be different 7. One or two sequences of sub-plots in the movie would be bad 8. It will be a slice of travelogue of some place
Yes, this are standard things about Imtiaz Ali's movies
Imtiaz has 8 movies in his credits, and this was the biggie he had marched to by looping in Shah Rukh Khan.
Does it have all the ingredients of Imitiaz Ali's magic hat? YES Does it work - NO
What is good - Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma have acted well
What is not going okay - the gheesa - peeta script, A one-liner story.: A guide - Shah Rukh, traveling with a Gujarati girl (Anushka Sharma) to search her engagement ring all over Europe - while in the end the ring is found in her purse.
Just a Dud..!
In that journey - Shah Rukh's disinterest in the journey with Anushka from the beginning turns into an attraction and though Anushka tries to avoid falling in LOVE with Shah Rukh - is unable to resist the LOVE charm. And as expected - both are in LOVE by the end of the movie.
As Anushka is going to get married - she has to travel back to India, and Shah Rukh Khan later realizes that he should travel to attend her wedding and tell her "I LOVE YOU" just to find she has already canceled her wedding. Thus to the delight of Shah Rukh, he takes Anushka to his Punjabi village where they sing in the mustard fields to end the movie. Happy ending!
Through the journey they travel from Amsterdam (my beautiful city - gorgeously shown) to Prague - via Vienna, Lisbon and Budapest.
Have they captured Europe beautifully? - Um... Yes and NO. Imitiaz has touched some attractive tourist spots of each place, but there are so many beautiful places all over Europe that what is shown - just seems too little and too cliché.
The movie is musical with beautiful songs, but some may find them distracting and too many.
The LOVE emotions are good - especially for the person if s/he is in LOVE in real life - otherwise for routine audience - they are usually boring - all seen and dusted.
It seems that Imtiaz had taken this script to Shah Rukh - with a story of a depressed loner guide - who was suicidal - because he keeps on falling in LOVE and no girl stays with him till he meets this Gujarati Girl Anushka.
Shah Rukh (may be under influence of YashRaj and Dharma banner, Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra duos) wanted to make the movie a fun romantic ride.
I think that was the loser. The earlier story idea if executed well - would have had been different.
The same story with a younger fresh new pair - would have raised eye- balls and may be - people would have liked to movie.
With Shah Rukh expectations were too high.
The movie is not so bad - if you are a romantic.
(Rating 6 out of 10)
Being an Imtiaz Ali movie with Shah Rukh Khan in it, expectations were high.
But always - I believe with Imtiaz Ali's movie - there are a few things we need to be aware of: (This is how I have understood about his movies)
1. It could be a road movie 2. It will be a romantic movie 3. It will be a leaf out of Imtiaz's life (to some extend) 4. The songs will be catchy 5. The second half would meander a bit 6. The ending sequence will always be different 7. One or two sequences of sub-plots in the movie would be bad 8. It will be a slice of travelogue of some place
Yes, this are standard things about Imtiaz Ali's movies
Imtiaz has 8 movies in his credits, and this was the biggie he had marched to by looping in Shah Rukh Khan.
Does it have all the ingredients of Imitiaz Ali's magic hat? YES Does it work - NO
What is good - Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma have acted well
What is not going okay - the gheesa - peeta script, A one-liner story.: A guide - Shah Rukh, traveling with a Gujarati girl (Anushka Sharma) to search her engagement ring all over Europe - while in the end the ring is found in her purse.
Just a Dud..!
In that journey - Shah Rukh's disinterest in the journey with Anushka from the beginning turns into an attraction and though Anushka tries to avoid falling in LOVE with Shah Rukh - is unable to resist the LOVE charm. And as expected - both are in LOVE by the end of the movie.
As Anushka is going to get married - she has to travel back to India, and Shah Rukh Khan later realizes that he should travel to attend her wedding and tell her "I LOVE YOU" just to find she has already canceled her wedding. Thus to the delight of Shah Rukh, he takes Anushka to his Punjabi village where they sing in the mustard fields to end the movie. Happy ending!
Through the journey they travel from Amsterdam (my beautiful city - gorgeously shown) to Prague - via Vienna, Lisbon and Budapest.
Have they captured Europe beautifully? - Um... Yes and NO. Imitiaz has touched some attractive tourist spots of each place, but there are so many beautiful places all over Europe that what is shown - just seems too little and too cliché.
The movie is musical with beautiful songs, but some may find them distracting and too many.
The LOVE emotions are good - especially for the person if s/he is in LOVE in real life - otherwise for routine audience - they are usually boring - all seen and dusted.
It seems that Imtiaz had taken this script to Shah Rukh - with a story of a depressed loner guide - who was suicidal - because he keeps on falling in LOVE and no girl stays with him till he meets this Gujarati Girl Anushka.
Shah Rukh (may be under influence of YashRaj and Dharma banner, Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra duos) wanted to make the movie a fun romantic ride.
I think that was the loser. The earlier story idea if executed well - would have had been different.
The same story with a younger fresh new pair - would have raised eye- balls and may be - people would have liked to movie.
With Shah Rukh expectations were too high.
The movie is not so bad - if you are a romantic.
(Rating 6 out of 10)