Thursday, September 20, 2012
Heroine : Exclusive Movie Review
Written & Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala / Madhur Bhandarkar
Starring Kareena Kapoor , Arjun Rampal , Divya Dutta & Randeep Hooda
Theater - Abu Dhabi National Cinemas, UAE
20/09/2012 - 9.30 pm
Occupancy - 100% (Sold out) & next show too soldout
National
Award Winning Director Madhur Bhandarkar is always famous for his
realistic women-centric films. Be it Chandni Bar, Page 3, Fashion or his
Award Winning Traffic Signal his films were always hard hitting and
welcomed by both critics as well as audience. His new film Heroine is
releasing tomorrow all over India. Heroine is in news from the the day
its casts were announced. Bhandarkar approached Kareena to do the main
lead role. But she refused to do sighting the role has many intimate
scenes. Later the role was offered to Aishwarya Rai and she accepted it.
But after few days of production began, Aishwarya left the film due to
her pregnancy and it created a lot of controversy between Bhandarkar and
Bachchan Family. Finally Bhandarkar re-approached Kareena Kapoor and
convinced her to do the film. Also Heroine releasing on Kareena’s
Birthday (September 21st)
Heroine is the story of Mahi Arora
played by Kareena Kapoor, and her controversial relationships with
Superstar Aryan Khanna played Arjun Rampal and Cricketer Angad Paul
played by Randeep Hooda. Her main aim was to become the No.1 actress of
her times. Will she succeeds in that? Was her True Love
ever
going to be successful? Was Mahi going to lose everything she cared for
OR was there any way of saving herself to emerge as her dream of a true
Heroine?
First Lets go straight to the Positives of The Film
There
were rumours that Heroine’s story is a mix of Fashion, Page 3 &
Dirty Picture. Well the truth is that Heroine has no resemblance with
DirtyPicture or Fashion or Page3! Heroine is 100% ORGINAL! The story
written by the Bhandarkar himself and the screenplay by Anuraadha Tewari
and Manoj Tyagi (both worked with Bhandarkar’s earlier films) are
brilliant. A big applause should go to Bhandarkar for showcasing the
real truth and the dirty politics happening in Bollywood through
Heroine. Bhandarkar has never shamed from telling the dirty truth
happening in film industry through his movies and Heroine is no
exception.One of his finest works. Cinematographyby Mahesh Limayeis
good. Music by Salim-Sulaiman is excellent with the chartbuster ‘Halkat
Jawani’.
Kareena Kapoor is ROCKED as Mahi Kapoor. No two
opinions on that. Reserve all Filmfare, Zee Cine, Stardust, IIFA Awards
for 'Mahi Arora! Be it for her innocent or jealous character, her strong
emotions or dare to bare act, or for using shockingly foul languages,
above all for her excellent brave acting & Yes Kareena’s acting is
an EPIC !!! While watching the film I tweeted ‘Last week it was chote
bhai Ranbir's #Barfi , This week it's badi deedi #Kareena's #Heroine.
Those who loved Kareena for her JabWeMet’s Geet are going to adore Mahi
Arora of Heroine! Also she looks million bucks hot in both Title song
& Halkat Jawani.
Arjun Rampal is good, though there is not
much scope for him to show his versatility. Randeep Hooda is superb in a
short but significant role. Talented actress Divya Dutta is excellent
as always. Ditto are Ranvir Shorey and Shahana Goswami. Sanjay Suri
& Mugdha Godse are effective in their limited roles. Remaining
supporting cast is good.
But on the negative side, The film loses
its pace in the second half. The song picturised on Randeep-Kareena was
not needed. Few scenes/foul languages should have avoided. Compared to
first half, second drags a bit and more towards the climax. Climax is
too ordinary. But these negatives won’t harm Heroine if you look at the
overall execution and Kareena’s power packed performance.
Overall,
Heroine is another brave film coming fro-m Madhur Bhandarkar. Don’t get
surprised if Heroine opens to a bumber response at the box office. A
8-9crore is on the cards on the opening day with a weekend around 32
crores. I’m sure that Heroine will be loved for its realistic story and
will bag many awards this year. A sure shot super hit !!!
Verdict : HAPPY HEROINE HIT BIRTHDAY TO KAREENA KAPOOR
Rating – 3.5/5
P.S - Aishwarya Rai’s MISS is Kareena Kapoor’s EPIC
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