Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Movie Review!

The year could well turn out to be that of Ranbir Kapoor’s.  After giving a stupendous performance as Sid in Wake Up Sid, and waking a generation up, he returns as Prem Shankar Sharma in which has been touted as the Funniest Romantic Comedy of the Year, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. The film also marks the return of Raj Kumar Santoshi to a Genre through which his film Andaz Apna Apna attained Cult status Years after it released. It was always a mystery as to why Rajkumar Santoshi did not make any film belonging to the Comedy Genre after that. But now that he has, it is well worth a ride. And it won’t take years for the film to attain Cult Status. It is easily one of the funnier films Bollywood has produced recently. Just don’t try to find any logicality in this film. This is Pure Paisa Vasool Movie, and it should be received as that.

The Basic Premise of the Movie is that Prem Shankar Sharma is a Ninth fail Happy-Go-Lucky person who ends up in the Biggest of Problems, as the Savior i.e. He is the president of the Happy Club, the local Club whose soul objective is to Unite Lovers and see everyone Happy in the Fictional City. He is not aware of what it feels to be in love, only until he meets Jennifer i.e., the new girl in town. He conjures up a friendship with her, which as told by him, will have “No Complaints, No Demands.” Jennifer is an orphan whose so-called parents want her to get married to a rich Catholic lad from Goa, Tony. She is abducted to Goa where they will get her married to Tony forcefully. Prem lands up to save his ‘friend’, who he loves but is never able to confess that in front of her. Prem is able to Kidnap Jenny, although he came to know that she actually loves someone else. She loves Rahul, who in the form of Upen Patel lands up suddenly into the story-fold. Now from thereon, the story takes some more Humorist twists and turns, when we end up with a ‘Bollywood’ Climax.

The Film belongs to Ranbir Kapoor, who is slowly but surely turning out to be the “Lambi race ka Ghoda.” He is able to play Prem with a certain ease that makes you feel as if he himself is Prem. Same happened with Sid in WUS. He goes under the skin of the characters he plays very subtly, bringing in some aspects of his life into the fold. He is truly Superb in this film. His stammering could have been better, but since it is a light-hearted film that slight mistake is pardonable. Katrina Kaif is as affectionate as over, and after New York delivers one of her performances. Slowly but surely, she is starting to act, instead of just Starring in Films. That is a positive sight. She still has some room for improvement. Darshan Jariwala as Prem’s father is turning out to be a popular actor of this Genre. With films like Life Partner, What’s Your Rashee? and now this, he is playing the role of a Dad superbly. Kudos to the man! Upen Patel is one of the weakest links of the movie. He is an eyesore throughout this two and a half hour long film. He needs to attend acting classes for some years, before taking up any other acting assignment if he wants to stay alive in this Industry any longer.

The Music by Pritam is one of the reasons why this film has received the year’s Biggest Opening in some circles. Most of the songs are great. Atif’s renditions of “Tu Jaane Na” and “Tera Hone Laga Hoon”, KK’s “Main tera Dhadkan Teri” and Javed Ali’s “Aaa Jao Meri Tamanna” are the pick of the lot. Each and every song is picturised beautifully. Neeraj Sridhar sung “Prem Ki Naiyya” provides a Comic touch to the film. Ranbir’s charm helps in the song picturisations. The choreography of the songs are in sync with the mood and setting of this fun film.

While it will be wrong to say the film is flawless, it will also be wrong to see the film and still find logic in it. Most of the funnier gags did not have any logic involved with them. But who cares man! We go into the theatres to have fun, and leave our Boring life back, and enjoy our Money’s worth. Therefore, the funnier moments in this film, are undoubtedly one of the better ones we have seen in recent times.

Rajkumar Santoshi, the director of such intense movies as Ghayal, Damini, Khakee and Family returns to a Genre he dazzled the audience with after a long ga of 15 years. Nobody can forget the Chemistry of Amar-Prem in Andaz Apna Apna, and the audience expected no less from this one. And thankfully, the audience is not disappointed the least bit. The film is written with the youth of the 21^st Century India in mind, and this is pretty evident in the styling of the film. The cinematography by Thiru is top-notch. His lens makes the fictional town come alive. Editor could have been a little tighter. But, It’s alright.

Overall, I can safely say that if you go into the theatre with an open mind, you would not be disappointed by this film the least bit. It is so damn funny, and I forgot to say so Romantic. Some of the dialogues will stay with you for a long time. The Chemistry between Ranbir and Katrina is another one of the things that you need to watch out for! It is much more than crackling. The film is a must watch! Going to the Cinemas is Fun again!

Rating: 3 out of 5.

Things I learnt in the past week!

As the title says…

• Boys can’t concentrate nicely, when girls send them love letters. There are exceptions.
• Girls, who don’t like you, always have some problem with you. They just hate you.
• Fox News isn’t News.
• Dhoni has not lost his touch, yet.
• The Kolkata Derby has not lost its sheen. But it is ruining Indian Football.
• The New Facebook Live Feed is lame although innovative.
• Tanmay is a Philosopher.
• Iohannes would chose playing PES 2010 over any other comfort in this world.
• When I love someone, I become mad, and almost too passionate for the other person’s comfort.
• Indira Gandhi still has her share of Haters and Fans, and still is as controversial as ever.
• George Bush is not a hated personality in India. That’s why I say India is different from the World.
• Aamir is going all out for his Next Film’s promotion, 3 Idiots. Maybe taking some cue from the Publicity Freak, SRK.
• My sister has still not grown up. Sometimes, she is such a kiddo.
• People read my Blog, even though I don’t ask them to.
• Iohannes is less lazy than me.
• 2 States: Love Story of My Marriage, is Chetan Bhagat’s life story.
• I can type very fast in my Cell phone. Very fast. At least, faster than others. That’s because I have a proper keyboard in my cell.
• I hate Physics. I never did before.
• I love Biology. I always did.
• If given a chance, I can sleep for 15 hours or more.
• I love School, when I go i.e.
• I get screwed up much more than a normal person.
• I miss my Childhood. Maybe, The moments I had in it more.
• I should have become a Footballer. I was talented.
• Channel [V] is no MTV. MTV is no VH1.
• Pen is mightier than the sword. Sometimes, literally.
• MS Windows 7 is better than Windows Vista. You expected something more? Don’t tell me!
• I like KFC’s brand of chicken. I love McDonald’s more.
• The applications available for iPhone is better, qualitatively and quantity wise too.
• My Maa gains weight very damn fast. That’s more because of her thyroid problems.
• I am very lazy. I cannot keep up to my promises. I forget things easily.
• Mohit aspires to be a teacher.
• Its fun annoying Maheen.
• Everybody in Bengal knows about Classical Music.
• Girls have a fetish for Bags, Shoes, Lip-Stick, Junk [Costume] Jewelery, Kajal. Some exceptions are always there.
• I can love Physics, provided the teacher is good enough. And good-looking.

I need to sleep now. Enough of what I have learnt.

Day Two: Of Chandannagore, Vampire Weekend and Avinash.

I again slept late last night while listening to Music. Completed the album, ‘Vampire Weekend’ by Vampire Weekend by themselves. Heard a lot about this album therefore I was pleasantly surprised by this New Alternative Band. Really superb Music. I am sitting in a train right not heading to the small town of Chandannagore. This town is famous for its lighting during the festival of Jagaddhatri Puja. The main Puja actually is on Tuesday but we are going there two days ago to avoid the immense crowd during that day. It will be my first time there for the Puja i.e. I have been there earlier during Durga Puja ’07 when I and Piu went to see the Puja festivities at Nildeep’s house. The time now is 5:38 PM and I basically have nothing to do except for the singer who is playing his songs very graciously two seats from where I and my parents are sitting. My Dad is peeking at what I am writing trying to see what it is all about. Bio Miss came today and I was able to maintain the impression of a Good Boy which I built up on Day One. She has today given some Homework which I will like to complete. Bengali Miss, Mrs. Jayashree Pan, did not come to teach today as well. She and her excuses.! Went online for sometime but did not feel like doing anything. Did not still feel the urge to open my Orkut A/C and see. I hope that this urge continues to elude me for as long as possible. Lunch was nice today but I am a little irked at my Dad today because he promised we will travel by our Car but instead of that I have to travel in this half-crammed Local Train Bogey. But it’s Ok. I love Indian Railways. Oh, Yes we are getting another Car in the form of A Honda City or A Toyota Innova. Excited about that. The day has been good till now. Let’s see how it ends. I got to rush now. Write later at night.!

Its 12:44 AM now and I just published the first Day’s Note few minutes ago. I don’t think anybody will read that. But I am eager to see if any of my friends actually follow my Blog. Returned from Chandannagore at 11:45 PM. Had a really long day, and nigh too. Walked a lot which I like to do. Walking strangely is something which I don’t ever get tired of. If I was given an opportunity to walk endlessly I would be willing to do that. Because the prospect of ending up at a place I have never been to before is just too great for me. Forgot to mention earlier on today that there was also another person who was accompanying us. It was one of Dad’s workers. His wife’s Parental Home is situated here. So he is quite familiar with the town and therefore, my Dad asked him if he could show us around. He gracefully agreed. So we reached the C’nagore Station at about 6:15 PM. And By God, the station was brimming with people. There was not even an inch to move. It was so difficult to move around. I don’t particularly like crowds and I knew the situation would be like this. I did not want to come but I also did not want to make Maa sad. It was one of Maa’s wishes to witness this grand spectacle of Jagaddhatri Puja here once. So I thought I should endure it out. And endure I did.

This sleepy town which was once a French Colony becomes active during these four days of the Puja. It was playing Host to much more people than the town population consists of. I will post some pictures here. The pandals were Grand in Scale but it always felt like being in a small town of India. The atmosphere makes you feel so. The dressing sense of the people was very down-market, as one Tourist from Kolkata remarked. I felt it too. It was a good overall experience though. I hoped it would have been a little shorter. After I returned home at 11:50 PM, I came straight to my Computer because I had left it on seeing a download was on. I am currently downloading a 3.2 GB torrent of Old Hindi Songs. It’s a great torrent. I want it to complete it as soon as possible. So, I was very happy with the progress because the download speed was surprisingly decent. Had early dinner. I came online at 12:30 AM again. Copied the note from my cell to the PC, and after making a few amendments published it. And gave the modem away soon after. Dad does not allow the modem to be with me through the night or I will chat the night away either with Parul or Mansoor Bhaiiya. I heard that Tanmay has deleted his FB and Orkut Profiles due to a promise he made to his mother. Now that he is gone, I really don’t have any hunger to go back again to the world I have decided to get away from. I am missing everything there as I write this. Avinash probably will be off to his College tomorrow. I wish him all the luck for his education. I wish that he makes it Big someday. It’s very late now, and the day must come to and end. I don’t know whether to classify this Sunday as good or bad or sad or happy or tiring or irritating. I think it was all a mixture of that. Two Days are over very soon. Got school tomorrow morning and have to wake up at 7:00 AM. I hate waking up so early. From now on, I think I should really sleep on time and wake up on time and go to School and Akash Institution regularly. I will try to cut off my laziness in this endeavor. Ciao for now.

With love,

Dipanjan