Directed by Kunal Kohli
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2354407/
deewane hai aapke iss baat se inkaar nahi,
kaise kahein ki humhe aapse pyar nahi..
kuch toh kasoor hai aapki adaayo ka,
akele hum gunehgaar nahi.
When you are showing 3 love stories set in different times, you need to construct a screenplay so as you don't drag any love story too much, and yet you let the audience connect to each one of them. In Teri Meri Kahaani, no story gets dragged, almost all get equal amount of screen time.. but in an attempt to over-commercialize the narration, the film ends up way below the mark.
Shahid Kapur plays 3 characters - Govind, Krish and Javed while Priyanka Chopra plays - Rukhsar, Radha and Aradhana. The times are divided into Lahore (1910), Bombay (1960) and London (2012).
My fav was Bombay and to certain extent London. There is a good dose of lovable sequences in both these stories. The set constructed for Bombay part, makes it look so beautiful.. plus the charlie chaplin type walking style humour was nice. The first conversation between Govind and Rukhsar is well written. Special mention to the costumes of Priyanka and Prachi Desai (guest appearance).. pink saree of priyanka and the indian outfit on prachi looks so beautiful. Also, the whistle tune of 'Yeh hai bombay meri jaan', is rightly placed. One irritating thing Kunal Kohli did was, those 'woh mile', 'woh phir mile', 'uff', etc etc.. that wasn't needed. 'Jab se Mere Dil ko Uff' choreography was so average, its my fav song from album.
The London part brings today's youth, and the social networking into limelight aptly, especially twitter that is mainly in focus. The revenge between Krish and ex-gf Meera (Neha Sharma, guest appearance) looks unreal to me. Also, the split between Krish and Radha wasn't too convincing. Special mention to that Don dialogue, and the drunk sequence of Krish with his friends and a random girl at bar.
Lahore part was the one I disliked the most, there is over-dose of shayaris. And the character of Javed is too filmy to make me like it. How silly was the picturisation of 'Humse pyar kar le tu' song! Even its choreography was terrible.
Upto interval, I quite liked the film and was wondering this could be a re-watch film. But, the film totally goes downhill in 2nd half, and the climax culminating all 3 parts is rushed creating no impact what so ever. Specially, Javed-Aradhana end is so dramatic.
Kunal Kohli gives touches of his old films 'Hum Tum' and 'Fanaa' in this film, but wish he made a film as good as them instead.
Shahid Kapur acted very well, loved him the most as Govind. Priyanka Chopra looked better, and was much more likeable then her last few films. I liked her in all three roles equally.
Prachi Desai in small guest apperance was good. While I couldn't like Neha Sharma in her guest role.
Overall, Teri Meri Kahani works at places mainly Bombay and London parts. The narration and Lahore part lets the film down.
Verdict : BELOW AVERAGE
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2354407/
deewane hai aapke iss baat se inkaar nahi,
kaise kahein ki humhe aapse pyar nahi..
kuch toh kasoor hai aapki adaayo ka,
akele hum gunehgaar nahi.
When you are showing 3 love stories set in different times, you need to construct a screenplay so as you don't drag any love story too much, and yet you let the audience connect to each one of them. In Teri Meri Kahaani, no story gets dragged, almost all get equal amount of screen time.. but in an attempt to over-commercialize the narration, the film ends up way below the mark.
Shahid Kapur plays 3 characters - Govind, Krish and Javed while Priyanka Chopra plays - Rukhsar, Radha and Aradhana. The times are divided into Lahore (1910), Bombay (1960) and London (2012).
My fav was Bombay and to certain extent London. There is a good dose of lovable sequences in both these stories. The set constructed for Bombay part, makes it look so beautiful.. plus the charlie chaplin type walking style humour was nice. The first conversation between Govind and Rukhsar is well written. Special mention to the costumes of Priyanka and Prachi Desai (guest appearance).. pink saree of priyanka and the indian outfit on prachi looks so beautiful. Also, the whistle tune of 'Yeh hai bombay meri jaan', is rightly placed. One irritating thing Kunal Kohli did was, those 'woh mile', 'woh phir mile', 'uff', etc etc.. that wasn't needed. 'Jab se Mere Dil ko Uff' choreography was so average, its my fav song from album.
The London part brings today's youth, and the social networking into limelight aptly, especially twitter that is mainly in focus. The revenge between Krish and ex-gf Meera (Neha Sharma, guest appearance) looks unreal to me. Also, the split between Krish and Radha wasn't too convincing. Special mention to that Don dialogue, and the drunk sequence of Krish with his friends and a random girl at bar.
Lahore part was the one I disliked the most, there is over-dose of shayaris. And the character of Javed is too filmy to make me like it. How silly was the picturisation of 'Humse pyar kar le tu' song! Even its choreography was terrible.
Upto interval, I quite liked the film and was wondering this could be a re-watch film. But, the film totally goes downhill in 2nd half, and the climax culminating all 3 parts is rushed creating no impact what so ever. Specially, Javed-Aradhana end is so dramatic.
Kunal Kohli gives touches of his old films 'Hum Tum' and 'Fanaa' in this film, but wish he made a film as good as them instead.
Shahid Kapur acted very well, loved him the most as Govind. Priyanka Chopra looked better, and was much more likeable then her last few films. I liked her in all three roles equally.
Prachi Desai in small guest apperance was good. While I couldn't like Neha Sharma in her guest role.
Overall, Teri Meri Kahani works at places mainly Bombay and London parts. The narration and Lahore part lets the film down.
Verdict : BELOW AVERAGE
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