Directed By:Zoya AkhtarPlot:3 friends Kabir(Abhay Deol),Imran(Farhaan Akhtar)&Arjun(Hritik) plan a bachelor road trip in Spain 2 months before Kabir’s wedding.The intention is to have fun & relive goodold college days.Imran has hidden agenda for choosing Spain which the other two are not aware of.Arjun has no time for such stupid trips.His only goal is to earn loads of money & retire at the age of 40.The only reason he decides to come is to make Kabir happy & he himself is going through an emotional breakdown due to break-up with his GF.Kabir is getting married to to his childhood buddy in two months.He is the most desperate of three for this trip.The reason is obvious for any guy who’s getting married soon.This road trip turns out to be the one where they overcome their fears literally & unknowingly emotionally.like Arjun overcomes his fear of water while attemting deep sea diving & Imran overcomes fear of height while jumping off the plane for sky diving.Kabir’s fear is the most interesting which he comes over in the climax during bull-run while almost getting stamped by a raging bull.
My Review:You can’t expect anything less from one of the most talented families of bollywood,”The Akhtars”.Zoya Akhtar’s direction is flawless.The conversations between 3friends are as natural as realtime friends sitting in a bar.No loud jokes or funny faces.Simple conversations between them also make you laugh just because as an audience you feel as if its you sitting with your friends in a bar.The topics are as natural as remembering an old school teacher with an accent,singing school anthems(My favourite is “Diamond biscuit “jingle by Hritik),bathroom pranks etc… The best part between three is the “My Buoy” jokes with an accent.The max fun is made at the cost of Arjun’s character as since beginning he has been a serious character.In real life also we make fun of the friend who’s poker faced.Imran is the most lively character & most lovable also in the film.In this regard I must say its sisterly love of the director to make this character most lovable plus the dialogues are written by Farhaan himself.So best of the lines are for his character.Its good to see a mature,non- stary act by Hritik.His lovestory with driving instructor(Katrina Kaif) is boring at times.Diving instructor ,that too Indian in Spain,going for drink with the boys after first session,sharing their bathrooms etc looked un-natural.Plus it didn’t add any value to the movie.Comparisons with Dil Chahta hain is inevitable.Even though DCH was more fun,this has its moments of fun in a mature sense.As if Sid,Akash & Sameer have grown up.Its like a sequel of DCH.The symbolic Bullrun in the climax puts Zoya Akhtar in the league of Anurag Kashyap & Vishal Bharadwaj.In all I really enjoyed the movie.
My Ratings:3.5/5,watch it.highly recommended.(I've a feeling that DVD watch might not be as much fun)
"Its like a sequel of DCH." sounds interesting to me..
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