Aashiqui 2

First of all, why is it that movie makers these days resort to using the name of a movie that is over 20 years old to mislead the audience? Is it because they know that their movie is so bad that if not for these cheap efforts, no one will come to see it? Can you think of any other reason for them to do this?

I can tell you that the method works.  But leaves a very bad taste with the audiences.  Especially when the similarity ends with the name of the movie.  Unfortunately, the audiences have a very short memory and will forget about Mohit Suri and the producers of this below par effort and will promptly go for the next piece of crap that is dished out. No wonder that the movie business in India is a fool proof one.

 

Rahul Jayakar (Aditya Roy Kapur) aka RJ is a successful singer who usually gets in full houses wherever he goes.  Even the likes of Wembley and other International venues.  You see, everyone thinks he is God’s gift to mankind.  But RJ is very troubled and doesn’t want any of this success.  He just wants to be happy.  And drunk.

 

After a drunk altercation at a concert in Goa, RJ almost runs over a girl who has been vegetable shopping in the middle of the night and has purchased 86 bucks worth of vegetables.  A few snide remarks later, RJ finds himself at the only bar that is serving alcohol till 2am in Goa (yeah right!!!).

 

Guess who is the star attraction there? Arohi Keshav Shirke (Shraddha Kapoor) aka girl who buys vegetables at the middle of the night at 86 bucks.  Although RJ is her favourite singer and she is singing his song, she cannot recognize him.  You see, the dark glasses that RJ is wearing do an effective job in masking his true identity.

 

To cut a long story short, RJ thinks that AKS will be the new singing sensation.  He also secretly has fallen for her.  He puts heaven and earth together to make her a star.  She falls in love with him.  They move in together but don’t get married.  His career goes into a tail spin.  He cannot handle her instant success.  Etc. etc. etc. – Hey wait a second, isn’t that the story of Abhimaan (1973) also?

 

Either ways, the crappy direction and the weak story line (Shagufta Rafique) does nothing but nearly bore you to death.  I have only pointed out some of the simple errors that I saw as a lay person.  There are many others that I would not get into due to lack of space and time.

 

The saving grace are some reasonable performances from both leads.  The support cast led by Shaad Randhawa (RJ’s friend Vivek) is a disaster.  The dialogues are boring as hell.  But the music is quite good and makes up for all the crap.  But that, you could listen to and don’t need to watch.  Don’t waste your time with the movie. 3 on 10.

 

Watch the trailer on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyXXgpPqe6w