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I hate luv storys - something I never said before

>> Saturday, July 17, 2010

If I successfully draft and save this post it would be third this week. I am on a roll :) :) :).
Yeah, I am talking about the Karan Johar flick "I hate luv storys". Loving somebody and breaking off to latch on to somebody else is in vogue these days. At least it is in the bollywood. I do not understand the logic of loving somebody and then finding love in somebody else. You might argue it happened with "the" Romeo( I used the definite article because there are so many these days), one who killed himself for the sake of love, then why not with others. However, I beg to differ change becomes a habit and life ends before you stop changing people.
Why all this pep talk about love when I am talking about a movie? Then read the next lines carefully and figure out how meaningful it is. " A girl loves a guy, breaks off from him to love a guy who does not believe in love". The story is as meaningful as the above sentence. However, the lackluster story line does not dissuade one from enjoying the comedy that evolves from the backdrop the movie is set against.
Veer Kapoor( Karan Johar look alike) is famous for his romantic blockbusters with a superstar( Aamir Ali - a SRK look alike).J( played by Imran) works on the sets of Veer's latest venture. He struggles to get along as he does not believe in love which is, of course, the mainstay of Veer's film. Simran(played by Sonam) joins Veer's crew as an art director and the movie takes off.
The whole movie is an enjoyable satire on bland romantic movies and Karan Johar's style of movie making. Karan Johar must be appreciated for allowing his director do a satire on him through Veer's character. Other than this brave satire by the director Punit Malhotra, another entertaining element is Kavin Dave( guy from sprite ad).He plays a good supporting role as J's colleague and companion.In fact Bollywood could have just discovered a good sidekick in him.
The chemistry between Imran and Sonam, though not very romantic - of course the movie did not need it, is quite good. Punit succeeded in making a movie that is light, humorous, and devoid of loud comedy and drama. The good thing about the movie is you do not have a single punch being thrown or a heart wrenching sequence in whole of it. The movie, for sure, will not bore you unless you are expecting car crashes, bleeding noses and/or wet cheeks on the screen. All in all a simple, light movie to watch it after five days of whipping and slogging at office.

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