The two leads – Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt – achieve spontaneous chemistry and Pankaj Kapur holds the balance with restrained flair.
It is aided by blithe directorial touches, flashes of smart writing (screenplay: Anvita Dutt Guptan) that yield some magnificently zany sequences, and a slew of energetic performances.Įven when Shaandaar flags a touch for want of sustained narrative force, especially in the second half, it is firmly propped up by the infectious joy and vigour that the actors bring to the table. While the results are at best mixed, the glitches that pop up along the way do not do too much harm to the film’s genial jauntiness. She not only has a dad who stands up for her no matter what, she also bonds big time with her half-sister.ĭespite the Karan Johar making an appearance to take good-natured digs at his own brand of entertainment, Shaandaar does not shy away from going the whole hog. It has all the ingredients of a parable – an orphan princess trapped in a loveless home, a prince charming who flies in from nowhere, and a cranky old man who dotes on his daughter to the point of distraction.Īnd there of course is a bad-tempered grandmother and a scheming mom who make every effort to make the adopted girl’s life miserable.īut the spunky orphan isn’t one to give up without a fight. The director also throws in animated flashbacks (with a voiceover by Naseeruddin Shah) to accentuate the film’s fairy tale impulses. In Shaandaar, the free-wheeling qualities of a modern-day fable meet the flamboyant and filmi flights of a KJo romance.
Movie Review Credit : IndiaTimes Shaandaar Review by NDTV So the two of them take midnight swims, befriend a frog, go horse-riding, and befriend bugs or even better, they dance to an array of songs- like the catchy ‘Gulabo’ or the all-time favourite 50s ditty, ‘Eena meena deeka.’ This one is between Alia (Alia), who we later discover is Bipin’s illegitimate daughter (damn, one should have known) and the wedding planner, Jagjinder Joginder, JJ (Shahid).Ī happy coincidence-like Alia, JJ also suffers from a sleep disorder. The ridiculous plot, allows one real romance to also blossom.
Everyone is scared shit of ‘mummyji” so they abide by what she says. This ‘deal’ has to go through or they will remain cash-strapped for life. Years later, Bipin’s belligerent mother decides to get his daughter, Isha (Sanah Kapur) married into a rich Sindhi family called Fundwanis (howlarious!). Even worse, the bechari anath is an insomniac. The tycoon’s harridan mum (Sushma Seth) and ambitious wife (Nikki Aneja) do not take a shine to the child. You can defend the director’s indulgence or even forgive him for borrowing Tarantino’s Kill-Bill, part-animation, part-live narrative style to tell you the tale of an orphan girl who is given shelter by an affluent businessman, Bipin (Pankaj Kapur). However in his attempt to spoof destination weddings of the bankrupt and the famous, Vikas Bahl, (who also directed that gem, Queen) forgot to take a script along. The rest of it is a non-stop barrage of stereotypes being played for laughs: rich Sindhi men and their love for living life large, grooms obsessed with their eight-and-a-half packs, limp-wrists and fat waists.Ĭredit : Indian Express Shaandaar Review by Times of India She has a couple of strong scenes, and wears her weight well. The only one who leaves an impression in this crowded-yet-slack film is Sanah Kapur, the real-life half-sister of Shahid, who plays a bride being used as part of a ‘deal’ between two business families.
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