Although the memory I have of it isn't as bad as the actual film (which is mostly due to the music). The story I saw didn't move me, which is the least it could have done. But I don't go to the theater to listen to music I go to watch a story. The music works, Tum Hi Ho is undeniably a brilliant song. There's something wrong with this romance but all good love stories need to be wrong. Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor strike good chemistry, they get the tone right but it's not the fault of the actors if what they are speaking is lousy drivel and/ or idiotic hogwash. They made me laugh, roll my eyes in disbelief, clench my fist in anger or just get plain old weirded out.

The dialogues in this movie are absolutely atrocious. The situations are in place but what are extremely out of place are the dialogues. As far as action is concerned, the script gets it somewhat right. Action as in what the characters do and dialogue as in what the characters speak. Screenwriting has two aspects - action and dialogue. The story isn't bad, just the way it is told is. The protagonists of the film are definitely right for each other but the circumstances don't fatefully agree.Īfter I came out of the film, I knew that the passion had been stirred, the music sounded great, the performances were adequate but there was something blatantly amiss and that something is a good screenplay. As a truly romantic filmmaker (Wong Kar Wai) said (in his film 2046): It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late. Arohi is on the uphill climb, starting her journey to reach the peak. Rahul is way past the peak of his career and has reduced himself to a self-destructive alcoholic. Personally, I feel Mohit Suri must have really loved Rockstar (2011) and wished he could make something like it. It has more to do with Abhimaan (1973) but let's not get into Hrishikesh Mukherjee's great film and distort the evaluation. Something that only Imtiaz Ali seems to care about these days.Īashiqui 2 has nothing to do with the 90s Aashiqui. The intense passion from love 'aaj kal' is entirely missing. Pain and heartbreak are not given enough credit in movies these days. What I do love is an old-fashioned romance.

I love the music and that's saying something because I'm not into Mahesh Bhatt's brand of movies or music. Review Aashiqui 2 & earn 20 DM Points.* Review Submit

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