Just came out of the theater after watching RAANJHANA and now I have some confessions to make
1. I never thought that I'd enjoy watching someone as plain looking as Dhanush act. Neither did I think that he would be able to carry a Hindi film on his shoulders.
2. I never thought that Sonam Kapoor would ever be able to act.
3. I never thought Abhay Deol would be the weakest part of a film.
but I was wrong.
Far away from Karan Johar's world of grandiose and show off there exists our real world where Aanand Rai grew up to make films like Tanu weds Manu and now RAANJHANA which has the characters that I've seen around me in my life. It's the world
..where for the boys every girl is a b**ch and for the girls every boy is a loser;
..where people do speak one liners like
"fat gayi hai, siyoge??",
"Love na hua UPSC ka exam ho gaya, 10 saal se clear hi nahi ho raha" and
"Shani bhi saadhe saat saal mein chhod deta hai, inhe to kitne 8-9 to ho gaye honge?";
..where people play Holi in the streets and where boys follow girls for themselves or for a friend just for the sake of following.
If one can ignore the unnecessary songs and hence the length one would love the film for its freshness, the acting by the leading actors, the setup, wonderful one-liners and the climax. Make sure to sit till the end; you might regret hearing the climax from someone else.