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May 12, 2012
Ishaqzaade: Refreshing and Different
Gone are the days, when heroines only had to only dance to 'Ankhiyon se Goli Maare'. This heroine shoots bullets like there is no tomorrow and has shikaar as her hobby. The Hero is anti-hero and almost borders at being a villain. Ishaqzaade is an Action-Romantic-Comedy with a good and fast paced narrative, Innovative characterization, pretty grippy direction, good performances, amazing background score, a couple of good songs, but could have been better with a better cast and technical team. In plethora of romantic comedies or mindless action flicks, it comes as a refreshing delight and is recommended to watch especially due to an innovative story line and strong characters. Overall : 7/10
Ishaqzaade is the usual Hindu Boy Vs Muslim Girl love story set in ek doosre ke khoon ke dushman family drama, but this is all the usualness about it. It has some very innovative characterization sans any other that you might have seen. The fresh, amazingly written characters and a Western UP political landscape provide a very strong base to the overall story. They hate each other, Their Families hate each other and (ofcourse) they love each other later, only to realize there is a twist in the tale which would make you go.. o fuck.. and then the movie turns on it's head.
The best part about the movie as i mentioned earlier, would be the 'hatke' characters in an unusual setting. The second best part is Parineeti Chopra's impressive performance after Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. She is the only one that keeps some interest as far as the performances are concerned. As soon as she goes away, the movie loses its steam. Full Marks. Amit Trivedi's music is again a very strong point along with the background score by Ranjit Barot. Especially the title track as well as Pareshan. Both so different to each other, but such great and kick ass songs. The overall setting is quite refreshing, though reminds of Omkara at more than a few occassions. And last but not the least, the 'message without being preachy' bit.
The problem areas that i found were, more to do with the direction. The movie goes pretty smoothly and fast paced and suddenly some stupid side track takes place or a zabardasti ka kissing scene or some romantic bullshit and characters lose their character (pun intended ;P ). Also, sometimes the movie gets quite repetitive. Gun Shots, people getting shot, aggressive romance, Lead pair running and dodging bullets, shooting people, running away, hiding.. Repeat process. Also, i soo wish there was someone else in the leading role in place of arjun kapoor, the overall cast is also not impressive apart from parineeti. Nobody impresses. The overall UP small town setting also is not explored in an aesthetic manner or it doesn't say anything to the audience. I wish the cinematographer could have done a better job.
Overall: Recommended to watch due to its fresh treatment and novel characters. Much better than the bullshit served by Bollywood these days.
Feel-O-Meter: 7/10
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