Directed by : Abhinav Kashyap
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2576450/
After Anjaana Anjaani, 2nd Ranbir movie that enters 'never see again' list.
Read at your own risk, the post is full of spoilers.
Mere seene mein dil nahi, jigar hai.. aur woh kabhi toot-ta nahi hai.
When I saw Dabangg2, I had said that the film missed Abhinav as Arbaaz was terrible as director. With Besharam, I don't know what I should say. Maybe I should give Abhinav another chance, or maybe it was Salman-Abhinav duo that worked as team, independently both gave very average (or bad) films.
The story is of a orphan guy Babli (Ranbir Kapoor) who is a car thief, he is told to get a good car for Chandel (Javed Jaaferi). He happens to meet Tara (Pallavi Sharda), before he met Chandel. So as expected, Tara has just bought a new mercedes, and thats the car Babli unknowingly steals. Then, starts the journey of getting the car back, with a few realisations occuring in lives of Babli and Tara taking them closer to each other.
The main plotline of the movie is 'There is no right way of doing the wrong thing'. To be frank, that's a good one to write a entire movie on. But that is what doesn't happen in case of Besharam.
There are moments when the jokes clicks, Ranbir being a great actor does provide some lovable scenes. But the screenplay is too predictable, cliched (that monologue scene of Ranbir when he tells Tara why he steals) and full of songs. In the narration, there is a song, followed by 1-2 minutes dialogue scene, followed by another song. This happens twice in the film, if you carefully notice.
Also, Ranbir-Pallavi as a pair didn't work. I won't blame Pallavi for it, it was the character sketch written for her, she got a role that was never going to work.
The story reminds of 80's era, a spoilt girl (to certain extent here) makes fun of guy in front of all officemates, and later falls in love with the guy. It may have worked if there were some super punchlines like Dabangg, but they are very far and few. One that I may recollect right now is 'Mere seene mein dil nahi, jigar hai.. aur woh kabhi toot-ta nahi hai'. Also, what was the need to make Pallavi say 'besharam' time and again.
There are 2 kind of films, one where comedy drama are inserted into a story, and other is where story is inserted into comedy drama situations. Besharam was the 2nd kind.
The kapoor's real life relation is forcefully put into the story, when Ranbir says 'aapka aashirwad hai na mere saath', or when they adopt Ranbir at the end.
Though the songs weren't the kind that I may remember after years, but they weren't plain bad either. I specially love the background music in 'Ban jaa besharam' song, also the floor moves of Ranbir. To watch all Kapoors dance in 'Hand utha ke nacche' was wonderful, even if Rishi Kapoor looks odd while dancing now. My favs ofcourse were 'Love ki Ghanti' and 'Dil ka jo haal hai', the former reminds me of Kishore kumar songs, while the latter the sweet 90's romantic songs. Rest two songs were pretty okay.
Ranbir Kapoor tries hard to make a bad film work with his performance, but that doesn't happen. He is let down by the script. Wonder how he didn't see while signing the movie, that it wont work, or did the script change a lot when the shooting began ? He came across as a sensible actor who choses right scripts until now. Though it was a lovely change to see him in a larger than life character, unless he makes a habit of doing such films which I hope he wont.
Pallavi Sharda for first time in a lead role, acts well, but she gets the worst role to make any kind of mark. She looked beautiful in those indian dresses, and loved her dance moves.
Javed Jaaferi is very good in a villaineous role, which is sadly restrained.
Rishi Kapoor is made fun of both by Ranbir and Neetu through their dialogues, he is decent... same for Neetu. They both couldn't save the film either. It was good to see all 3 kapoors together in same frame, but would had prefferred a better film for that, not this one.
Amitosh Nagpal in supporting role is pretty good.
Overall, Besharam is a badly directed movie with poor script leaving nothing for the actors to do. Its some good moments, and songs that take you till the end. I thought this maybe finally a masala movie this year that I would love completely, but that wasn't the case. A masala movie needn't have logic or story, but atleast give good entertainment with lovable dialogues and actors with scope to perform.
After Anjaana Anjaani, 2nd Ranbir movie that enters 'never see again' list.
Verdict : BELOW AVERAGE
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2576450/
After Anjaana Anjaani, 2nd Ranbir movie that enters 'never see again' list.
Read at your own risk, the post is full of spoilers.
Mere seene mein dil nahi, jigar hai.. aur woh kabhi toot-ta nahi hai.
When I saw Dabangg2, I had said that the film missed Abhinav as Arbaaz was terrible as director. With Besharam, I don't know what I should say. Maybe I should give Abhinav another chance, or maybe it was Salman-Abhinav duo that worked as team, independently both gave very average (or bad) films.
The story is of a orphan guy Babli (Ranbir Kapoor) who is a car thief, he is told to get a good car for Chandel (Javed Jaaferi). He happens to meet Tara (Pallavi Sharda), before he met Chandel. So as expected, Tara has just bought a new mercedes, and thats the car Babli unknowingly steals. Then, starts the journey of getting the car back, with a few realisations occuring in lives of Babli and Tara taking them closer to each other.
The main plotline of the movie is 'There is no right way of doing the wrong thing'. To be frank, that's a good one to write a entire movie on. But that is what doesn't happen in case of Besharam.
There are moments when the jokes clicks, Ranbir being a great actor does provide some lovable scenes. But the screenplay is too predictable, cliched (that monologue scene of Ranbir when he tells Tara why he steals) and full of songs. In the narration, there is a song, followed by 1-2 minutes dialogue scene, followed by another song. This happens twice in the film, if you carefully notice.
Also, Ranbir-Pallavi as a pair didn't work. I won't blame Pallavi for it, it was the character sketch written for her, she got a role that was never going to work.
The story reminds of 80's era, a spoilt girl (to certain extent here) makes fun of guy in front of all officemates, and later falls in love with the guy. It may have worked if there were some super punchlines like Dabangg, but they are very far and few. One that I may recollect right now is 'Mere seene mein dil nahi, jigar hai.. aur woh kabhi toot-ta nahi hai'. Also, what was the need to make Pallavi say 'besharam' time and again.
There are 2 kind of films, one where comedy drama are inserted into a story, and other is where story is inserted into comedy drama situations. Besharam was the 2nd kind.
The kapoor's real life relation is forcefully put into the story, when Ranbir says 'aapka aashirwad hai na mere saath', or when they adopt Ranbir at the end.
Though the songs weren't the kind that I may remember after years, but they weren't plain bad either. I specially love the background music in 'Ban jaa besharam' song, also the floor moves of Ranbir. To watch all Kapoors dance in 'Hand utha ke nacche' was wonderful, even if Rishi Kapoor looks odd while dancing now. My favs ofcourse were 'Love ki Ghanti' and 'Dil ka jo haal hai', the former reminds me of Kishore kumar songs, while the latter the sweet 90's romantic songs. Rest two songs were pretty okay.
Ranbir Kapoor tries hard to make a bad film work with his performance, but that doesn't happen. He is let down by the script. Wonder how he didn't see while signing the movie, that it wont work, or did the script change a lot when the shooting began ? He came across as a sensible actor who choses right scripts until now. Though it was a lovely change to see him in a larger than life character, unless he makes a habit of doing such films which I hope he wont.
Pallavi Sharda for first time in a lead role, acts well, but she gets the worst role to make any kind of mark. She looked beautiful in those indian dresses, and loved her dance moves.
Javed Jaaferi is very good in a villaineous role, which is sadly restrained.
Rishi Kapoor is made fun of both by Ranbir and Neetu through their dialogues, he is decent... same for Neetu. They both couldn't save the film either. It was good to see all 3 kapoors together in same frame, but would had prefferred a better film for that, not this one.
Amitosh Nagpal in supporting role is pretty good.
Overall, Besharam is a badly directed movie with poor script leaving nothing for the actors to do. Its some good moments, and songs that take you till the end. I thought this maybe finally a masala movie this year that I would love completely, but that wasn't the case. A masala movie needn't have logic or story, but atleast give good entertainment with lovable dialogues and actors with scope to perform.
After Anjaana Anjaani, 2nd Ranbir movie that enters 'never see again' list.
Verdict : BELOW AVERAGE
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