Raanjhanaa Movie Review...

‘Raanjhanaa’- Movie Review- Tanmay Dubey

 

Starring :- Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Swara Bhaskar, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub

Director:- Anand L Rai

 

Ranjhana is an unusual love story. It treads the uphill path of being captivated in love and downhill path of abhorrence in love. Devoid of any big star power this film solely depends on its screenplay, performances and music. Set in the colorful Banaras (beautifully cinematographed) loveable Kundan (played brilliantly by national award winner Tamil actor Dhanush) is madly in love with more affluent and ‘well educated’ Zoya ( Sonam Kapoor at her chulbuli and intense best) he loves her slaps, her gaalis but he doesn’t know as he grows up when his teenage infatuation becomes his deewanapan in which he is ready to hurt himself to hurt her. Enter the charming and dashing JNU leader Akram (Abhay Deol) who loves Zoya (and she loves her back too!) So a love triangle is set….but hang on there a twist in the offering!

The story takes a complete U-turn and from a feel good romance it becomes a romantic film set up in the corridors of politics in Sansad and JNU.  That’s where the film slightly loses the grip on audience not on the intensity quotient but on the lighter and funnier quotient (which is very well stitched in first half by smart one liners referring to UPism and Banarasism by writer Himanshu Sharma and delivered well by support cast Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub)

Couple of dialogues and scenes are sarcasm at it best “ hum banaras ke pandit hai aise hi logo ko dara dara ke itne saal se apna kaam chala rahe hai’ or a scene where an intellectual discussion happens between the JNU activists on why a person becomes ‘chor’ while the ‘chor’ sleeps patiently beside them J!  

AR Rahman’s music has a soft feel to it and will take time (as always) to get on the minds of masses. Swara Bhaskar as Bindiya is kind of wasted she doesn’t have much to do. Director Anand L Rai (his previous ‘Tanu weds Manu’) does a good job in narration, casting and scripting. It will not be a big hit as it lacks the punchs ( or shud I say the taali maru and seeti marru moments) it does have couple of sensitive moments and is bound to impress the thinking audience J !  

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Good Music, good story and brilliant performances.

-  ive:-  slight low on comic offering and lacks the stickiness factor.

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3.7 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 3.5 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Not Bad;

(2)  One Time Watch; 

(1)  On your own risk;