Review of film -- Disney Khoobsurat--

Caught Disney Khoobsurat this weekend...& had a nice funtime with family...& starting with honest confession watched it just for Fawad Khan....!! So, no gurantee for me being unbiased in review when it comes to praising the lead actor  :P :P

Khoosburat, just only shares its name & basic premise with the original khoobsurat i.e like original its still a story of a girl entering a well disciplined family run by a strict matriach...apart from this basic concept it doesn't share any similarity with the original whatsoever...infact as a film its more on the typical boy meeting girl & eventually falling in love formula...& its has resemblence with all concepts of Disney fairytale romances....that Girls meet their prince charming, they fall in love & live happily ever after...Film just carry forwards the fairytale romance which we have seen in their characters uptil now as kids...

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Story wise its not too complicated, a simple love story which eventually has a happy ending like in all fairytales...there are not much twists & turns...& you come out with a smile on your face...it seems like you watched a fairytale on screen...

In terms of acting actors suit their particular characters & look apt choices, be it the Raja, RaniSa, prince everyone

Except for female lead Sonam, at certain places she seemed to be going over the top, (Its was my first experience of watching her film wonder if she happens to be same in all her films :/)
Even  the character of Mili, it was not necessary to conceptualize as too loud or too clumsy...writers cud have kept it subtle also....after certain point of time Mili's clumsiness, she getting too loud & dramatic, she falling again & again  was getting repetitive & boring... it cud have done away with it....& there cud have been more scenes which presenting sensitive & caring side of Mili...

 Coming to the main reason for me watch the film Fawad Khan, he just has been amazing & looked every bit of prince charming Vikram Rathore, not only appearance wise but as a character he suited to personality of a Prince, A special mention for his voice diction he looked so fluent & perfect whenever he spoke... wud have loved to see him getting more of screen space... comparatively because Mili had been a loud character, Prince looked too subtle & soft....wud have loved him to be more strong, & Khadoos... :P :P :P but inspite of everything he made his presence felt ....& Loved watching him onscreen... & he was his best after Interval, the emotional turmoil, the confusion, his acceptance/refusal of his feeling towards Mili ...emoting in such scenes is his forte...& He did his best as was expected from him :)

Hope its not a spoiler, but last 5mins of Viku's proposal to Mili & after that his short scene with Manju was best thing to watch ... "Seedhe haan karti ho yaha bhaga kar lejau..." It was fun to see all sophisticated prince to break into more local language *ROFL*
His transition from Hum to Main *ROFL*

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Overall wud give 2 out of 5 but a +1 for Fawad :)  overall 3 out of 5, one time watch movie just for fun... :) & nice time...

Hoping to see Fawad, soon in some other project...
All the best to Him :)

My Reviews- Samrat & Co--Engaging...Worth a watch!!

First things first, when u go to watch Samrat &Co dont go with a comparative state of mind that you gonna watch Desi Sherlock, or Indian Benedict Cumberbatch...because if you will deliberately try to find someone else in Samrat it will not only be unfair but disappointing also as  it will kill the whole idea & fun of watching a suspense film.
 

So for all those who have seen & read Sherlock holmes (like me) comparisons are inevitable because  the mere mention of word detective is synonymous with Sherlock holmes....but you wud not enjoy the film if you watch Samrat & Co with an intention of comparing scene to scene , frame to frame, dialogue to dialogue... so my advice is before watching Samrat&Co keep all detective references back home... & welcome & meet Samrat as a new detective, an addition to the whole list of Detectives we have known till now, & film Samrat &Co.... as any other new suspense film..trust me, you will enjoy the film more...

  

Initially when the case actually started off I also was comparing but gradually kept comparisons aside & focussed on the case as it engages you eventually & you start solving case alongwith Samrat, you start making your own assumptions who is criminal who is not, who is positive or negative !!

Film as a whole has been good...it sticks to its genre,  efforts of writer & director shud be appreciated they managed to keep the intrest & Mystery level intact till the end (It kept me guessing till the end) & everytime u think Samrat has solved the case...it just takes a twist & u get surprised...& dats the basic requirement for any suspense thriller...& must say Samrat&Co fulfills it... 

A special mention for the dialogues some have turned out really good... like
"Pyaar aur war mein sab fair hota hai kyunki dono mein second prize nahi hota"..."aadmi woh nahi hota jo woh dikhata hai...aadmi woh hota hai jo woh chupata hai"

CD & Samrat's camaraderie is something to watch out... CD manages to crack u up at many places...

Though I personally felt there were certain things which director cud have done away with...for instance he cud have reduced number of suspects b'coz if you loose the track of story,  somewhere admist of so many characters it tends to get confusing (I did got confused) but guess to keep the mystery more gripping it was required :)  Also, putting in romantic angle for Samrat-Dimpy wasn't required since it was there we watched, if it wudn't have been there it wudn't have made much of difference...& thankfully it wasn't dragged much... :) :)

Since as a audience the main focus remains on the case Samrat needs to solve so,like any other suspense film it didn't have much scope for music, except for the background music, & Ofcourse "Sawalon mein", it was wonderful...wud have loved to hear more of it ....Song in itself has a mysterious & chilling feel to it...

As a character Samrat is very much of a detective,  intelligent, smart, & a very keen observer...not even a minute details escapes his eye... just a glance & he will know your past present & future... Best thing about Samrat is director & creatives have not made him a filmy & heroic kind of character... even in the opening fight sequence more than muscle power it was all about brains coz physically Samrat was no where in competition with the fighter (Though the whole shot was a proper fangirl moment for me ^_^ ) Samrat solved the case more with brains....& with his instincts oops sorry (tcchhh) seventh sense!! ...

Rajeev as samrat pulls off to manage Samrat convincingly enough...& practically carries film on himself inspite of presence of other characters who make their presence felt....As Samrat Rajeev makes you beleive in him as a detective & as a Rajeevkhandelwal fan its gonna be a treat to watch him...

Overall wud give 3 out of 5...(tried to be as unbiased & non-comparative as possible) you wud enjoy the film if you watch it with open mind...Dont watch it just for the heck of comparison or to rip the film apart & trash the film.... instead the efforts of writer, director, actors, production house to come up with something like this should be appreciated... The whole team deserves praise for introducing us to a new private investigator, I dont think hindi films has any detective film in past many years... atleast I have not seen it...
Trailer 

Once again Welcome the new detective "Samrat"