Having watched Sanjay Gadhvi's previous offerings (Mere Yaar ki Shaadi Hai and Dhoom 1) I had expected a brilliant film given that he had assembled the best cast he has ever worked with. Thus as I sat there the Canal Walk (Cape Town) cinema, my expectations were sky high.
Opening sequence was promising and then that song! "Dhoom Again" performed by easily the best dancer in the world, masterfully choreographed by stage whiz shiamak davar. The film already had its plus points.
However as the movie meandered on its course, the movie became more about gloss and less about substance.
Each character - except Abishek, who apparently was left in the dark ages - have worked on their looks and appearance for their repsective roles, but did any of the brains trust at YashRaj expect the attractive to not just look the part, but portray it as well?
The plot and screenplay was as skimpy as the clothing the female leads had to wear. Each and every sequence was copied from their superior Hollywood counterparts, and at many a times these looked like a lesser version of the original. At times the stunts were overly done.
Plusses: * With the regular costume designers given a well-deserved break from designing actual clothes, the actresses were forced to wear little, if anything at all.... well for some of us, that is a plus! *Hritik Roshan and his dancing skills: is this guy for real? * The brilliant locales (Rio, Durban, Namibia) * Some good music {though some have been plagiarised from mid-east singers} * Bipasha and Aishwarya: HOT! Need we say more? *some touches of on-screen chemistry between ash and hritik, bips and abishek. * Choreography by Vaibhavi Merchant esp. Crazy Kiya re and Dil Laga Naa
Minuses: * Aishwarya and Bipasha wasted in their respective roles. Both are noted actresses, and yet in this movie they are just used as glam dolls, mere props. Both ladies are there to look HOT and well they score points on that count only. Acting-wise,the less said, the better . And please fire the dialogue writer for Ash's character. * Abhisek BAchchan: his angry young dude role is somewhat lame and he looked like the odd one out. He needed a makeover, which the rest of the cast clearly had. * Forcing Abhisek to dance in the same movie or song as Hritik is like having a dance-off between a rank left-footed newcomer and an champion dancer. He looks laughable.
Regardless of my rants and raves, D2 will continue to dominate the box-office while more superior old-fashioned films (Babul) with actual substance will find their vying for appreciation an uphill battle.
Opening sequence was promising and then that song! "Dhoom Again" performed by easily the best dancer in the world, masterfully choreographed by stage whiz shiamak davar. The film already had its plus points.
However as the movie meandered on its course, the movie became more about gloss and less about substance.
Each character - except Abishek, who apparently was left in the dark ages - have worked on their looks and appearance for their repsective roles, but did any of the brains trust at YashRaj expect the attractive to not just look the part, but portray it as well?
The plot and screenplay was as skimpy as the clothing the female leads had to wear. Each and every sequence was copied from their superior Hollywood counterparts, and at many a times these looked like a lesser version of the original. At times the stunts were overly done.
Plusses: * With the regular costume designers given a well-deserved break from designing actual clothes, the actresses were forced to wear little, if anything at all.... well for some of us, that is a plus! *Hritik Roshan and his dancing skills: is this guy for real? * The brilliant locales (Rio, Durban, Namibia) * Some good music {though some have been plagiarised from mid-east singers} * Bipasha and Aishwarya: HOT! Need we say more? *some touches of on-screen chemistry between ash and hritik, bips and abishek. * Choreography by Vaibhavi Merchant esp. Crazy Kiya re and Dil Laga Naa
Minuses: * Aishwarya and Bipasha wasted in their respective roles. Both are noted actresses, and yet in this movie they are just used as glam dolls, mere props. Both ladies are there to look HOT and well they score points on that count only. Acting-wise,the less said, the better . And please fire the dialogue writer for Ash's character. * Abhisek BAchchan: his angry young dude role is somewhat lame and he looked like the odd one out. He needed a makeover, which the rest of the cast clearly had. * Forcing Abhisek to dance in the same movie or song as Hritik is like having a dance-off between a rank left-footed newcomer and an champion dancer. He looks laughable.
Regardless of my rants and raves, D2 will continue to dominate the box-office while more superior old-fashioned films (Babul) with actual substance will find their vying for appreciation an uphill battle.