This one is similar to director Kunal Deshmukh’s previous flick Jannat – a uni-dimensional story with two lovers succumbing to their weaknesses leading to a fall out in a so-called happy live-in relationship with ample love-making, song-singing and smooching! The story although well placed against the back-drop of the infamous Mumbai floods that led to colossal loss of life and property, is after all, average fare.
The Mumbai Flood is reduced to a mere narrative tool as good or bad as a couple of gundas abducting the heroine and getting beaten by the hero for an alls-well ending. The flood scenes are only 10 odd minutes long with no significance except for making the protagonists realize -’Why did we break up?’
Technically, the film’s cinematography is worth appreciating as Prakash Kutty bends and curves it to accentuate the emotional and visual appeal going along with the twists and turns of the story. The dialogues are well written and refreshingly crisp. Pritam’s music is chart-topping but too many songs are rather annoying.
Performance-wise, Emraan has not much to do, I’m afraid, two more movies like these and he’ll get stagnated and type-cast. Soha looks funny in intimate scenes with an expressionless face, in other scenes she essays her part well. She probably needs a makeover too!
Overall, the film lacks the impact. It is watchable, but only once!
