Saturday, July 16, 2011

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara : A review

Saw the movie with a couple of my friends this evening and thought i'll pen my thoughts on the movie.
First, the movie is about the age old story of seizing the moment, being yourself etc. etc. Three friends meet for a bachelors holiday (not anything like hangover) and realize about life and how they've been leading it by different experiences on the way during the road trip.
The movie is shot in the beautiful locales of Spain. Like DCH made us aware of unknown landmarks in Goa like Chapora, this movie does that to Spain. Farhan absolutely rocks with his dialogue delivery. But what steals the cake is his voice-over saying all those beautiful poetry. I can't get "Dilon main tum betabiyan leke chal rahe ho to zinda ho tum, nazar main kahbon ki bijliyan leke chal rahe ho, toh zinda ho tum" out of my head.Abhay Doel is proving to be the best Deol. Hrithik well I think he's done well. His dialogue delivery is spot on and he is believable as a money minded investment banker.
Zoya Akhtar has done a great job again in infusing so much reality in the narrative. There is a sub-plot of Farhan in the second half which made the film a tad boring at that point, but no complaints.
The best part about the movie is a mix of drama and comedy in the same scene. You would be laughing and then suddenly there is a rush of emotion. Brilliantly done combination.
The ending was awesome, 'simply SUPPPERB'.4 stars from me without a doubt. Infact the friends I went with were all discussing about the holiday never done or instances were we had not let our hair down to do something crazy. This is what this movie does to you
Go seize the moment.