By Zina G., November 29, 2007 - 19:36 IST 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
The movie is quite nice and well made, maybe i´d watch once or max twice again. I think i had too high expectations from the movie due to the fantastic promos which show some very deep moments of the movie.
The movie looks very expensive due to the giant sets and the colourful costumes...one has a lot of fun while watching.
i think the first half was much better than the second cuz srk´s and deepika´s acting is better...
1st falf: the 70s are shown in a verrrry realistic way, even if i wasnt even born at that time, i could imagine that era very well due to the effort farah has put into directing (and research^^?).
the co-stars, namely shreyas talpade, arjun rampal as the villain and kiron kher are good, too, though arjun´s perfomance was the most outstanding one (cuz i think his acting skills werent thaat good in his earlier movies, such as dil ka rishta, etc.).
one has the feeling to be sitting in a broadway musical when the song dastaan-e-om comes: srk daning on the stairs with the background dancers, the costumes, the colour, the dramatic music, all that gives the feeling of a broasway musical. (nice idea!)
maybe there was too less comedy and romance as i found many jokes not funny in the movie. (e.g. that "uribaba" sequence....its ok but not thaat funny; or that "bachaao"-dialogue srk has to shout..it has been shown so often in the promos that its not funny any more.)
What I liked about the movie:
The dramatic scenes; especially the songs deewangi deewaangi and Daastaan-e-Om!
And of course the topic, reincarnation is very interesting.
deepika is a good actress...
and srk´s perfomance was just mind-blowing! he still is getting better by the number of his movies...
What I didn't like about the movie:
I think the "wow-effect" is missing. It´s not as touching as other bollywood movies.
maybe there was too less romance (or- you better say almost NO romance!) between srk and deepika padukone.
Would you recommend this movie to your friend: Yes
