RAABTA Movie Review : Sushant-Kriti's crackling and adorable chemistry emerges as a true winner!
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DIRECTOR - Dinesh Vijan
GENRE - Romance
DURATION - 2hrs 34mins
RATING - 4/5
PLOT - Shiv and Saira the love birds meet in picturesque Budapest and realise they are drawn to each other like long lost lovers, mostly because they are. Their love dates back centuries, and the reason why they drifted apart, has drifted back into their lives.
REVIEW - Raabta marks the directorial debut of Dinesh Vijan. The film spends a lot of time telling you things, and not nearly enough in making them seem believable. Shiv (Sushant Singh Rajput) quintessential Delhi guy, lives in a foreign country. He meets Saira (Kriti Sanon) when he is on a date with someone else and sees Saira in a patisserie. He falls in love with her. Saira starts to reciprocate to Shiv’s foolish antics soon but later on falls in love with him. She talks to herself in the mirror and explains that she's been experiencing weird tribal nightmares. As they both get infatuated and verbalize to each other that it’s all happening too soon, Saira starts feeling the same connection with Zak/Zakir Merchant (Jim Sarbh) - another blast from the past. We’re told that in their previous lifetime, Zakir and Saira were in love, until a savage warrior seduced her away. Sushant-Kriti's contemporary love story goes, it is relatable, but a bit strange too.
The first half is packed with romance and suspense. Some sequences could have been trimmed. The film has reincarnation elements - comets, dreams, revenge, death wishes everything present in it.
Writers Siddharth-Garima wrote a beautiful story and debutant director Dinesh Vijan’s conviction isn’t questionable. Technically movie looks great, however it misses the raw passion required in a love story. Especially one that’s been brewing for 800 years!
Writers Siddharth-Garima wrote a beautiful story and debutant director Dinesh Vijan’s conviction isn’t questionable. Technically movie looks great, however it misses the raw passion required in a love story. Especially one that’s been brewing for 800 years!
There are too many obvious influences: the saccharine first half is full of walk-and-talks in a beautifully shot European city (Before Sunset); the tribal past is right out of Game Of Thrones — Dothrakis are replaced by Murakis and astronomy is given similar importance; a scene towards the end is a forced throwback to Titanic.
As much as you can force influences into a love story, you can’t force love itself. Neither with good-looking actors flirting with chocolates and flowers. Nor with an ambitious flashback that adds years as opposed to maturity to the plot. But Raabta relies on this kind of forced love rather than the force of love. Pritam's music works as magic.
Sushant Singh Rajput is a fine actor, looks charming and makes the self-important Shiv lovable. Sushant's sense of humour and funny reactions towards the end is the best thing. There is something unique about Jim Sarbh, he's not the regular Bollywood actor, he's ntense but cool. He proves "Never can a film be any good without a demon." His dialogue delivery is little bit awkward; he doesn't have the gravitas required for spouting those evil-genius kind of lines in Hindi. Kriti Sanon surprises, she looks good and seems to have honed her acting skills. Her character from past life is much interesting. Rajkumar Rao's special appearance deserves a special mention, we wanted to see him more.
FINAL WORDS - If you are a fan of Romantic love tales having a connection with past, then this one is specially for you! Don't miss it!
FINAL WORDS - If you are a fan of Romantic love tales having a connection with past, then this one is specially for you! Don't miss it!
IN DEPTH ANALYSIS -
DIRECTION - 3.5/5
STORY - 3.5/5
DIALOGUES - 4/5
MUSIC - 4/5
VISUAL APPEAL - 4/5
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