A self-professed remake/rendering of 'Cyrano De Bergerac', this light flick, despite its flaws, of which there are quite a few, works, and manages to come across as a good bit of fun to have this weekend (actually, last) at the local multiplex.
The unconvincing parts, to me, was in the pairing up of the lovers, which is handled in a matter-of-fast fashion, missing they key ingredient that so many love@firstsight stories need to have - magic. However, that is made up for by showing the rapport between the members of the boy's household when he's on summer holidays. The things broke young men do to impress their girls are also treated with a warm fondness (leading me to wonder/conclude that the helmer was waxing nostalgic about his own time when he was younger).
The weak ending kind of dampens everything that came before, in an effort to be satirical, but the attempt is laudable.
Avasarala gives himself a few powerful scenes, and directs himself with aplomb, that I was cheering his performance along with everyone else in the auditorium.
Newcome Rashi Khanna's quite good, but is let down by poor characterisation during both phases of her presence. Newcomer Naga Shourya tries, but I confess not finding him adequate to the needs of how the character needed to emote/acquit himself.
1 song's quite good, along with 1 sequence of pleasantly unexpected hilarity, that's worth the price of admission alone. If the rest of the movie had lived up to the quality set by those 2 sequences, I would have been happier. For now, this is as good as it gets, and that's not necessarily a bad thing either. Go watch it, along with your significant other.
The unconvincing parts, to me, was in the pairing up of the lovers, which is handled in a matter-of-fast fashion, missing they key ingredient that so many love@firstsight stories need to have - magic. However, that is made up for by showing the rapport between the members of the boy's household when he's on summer holidays. The things broke young men do to impress their girls are also treated with a warm fondness (leading me to wonder/conclude that the helmer was waxing nostalgic about his own time when he was younger).
The weak ending kind of dampens everything that came before, in an effort to be satirical, but the attempt is laudable.
Avasarala gives himself a few powerful scenes, and directs himself with aplomb, that I was cheering his performance along with everyone else in the auditorium.
Newcome Rashi Khanna's quite good, but is let down by poor characterisation during both phases of her presence. Newcomer Naga Shourya tries, but I confess not finding him adequate to the needs of how the character needed to emote/acquit himself.
1 song's quite good, along with 1 sequence of pleasantly unexpected hilarity, that's worth the price of admission alone. If the rest of the movie had lived up to the quality set by those 2 sequences, I would have been happier. For now, this is as good as it gets, and that's not necessarily a bad thing either. Go watch it, along with your significant other.
