Bachna Ae Haseeno
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Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone,
Minissha Lamba
Year: 2008
Music: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani (Vishal-Shekhar)
Lyrics: Anvita Dutt Guptan
Cassettes and CD's on: YashRaj Music Records
Banner: Yash Raj Films
Presenter: Yash Chopra
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Director: Siddharth Raj Anand
Bachna Ae Haseeno directed by one of the industry's talented directors "Sidharth Anand" whose hit the deck in the past with hit films like 'Salaam Namaste' and 'Ta Ra Rum Pum', Production house being The Yash Raj Films, stars bollywood's most happening couple Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone aka. Randeep along side Bipasha Basu and Minisha Lamba.
Heavy star cast, great production house and a talented director. So, does 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' fare?
Here goes the plot.
This flick is about a tinsel town boy Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) and his informal relationships with 3 women in Gayatri (Deepika Padukone), Radhika (Bipasha Basu) and Mahi (Minisha Lamba).
Radhika is a very chirpy, smart and a sexy babe, who happens to be a struggling actress looking to make a mark in film industry. Gayatri who in Australia is a cab driver has got her own way of doing things and believes
in making her own rules does not believe in marriage. Mahi is a very innocent girl (remember the DDLJ times) who is very confident that she could easily fancy her chances with Raj (here comes the character of DDLJ)
Bachna Ae Haseeno orbs around these four characters, Raj's heroics with each girl and the moral he learns with each relationship. This flick is for all the dudes out here, that doesn't mean it hasn't got anything for the dudette's.
The movie kicks off well with the first half being a romantic comedy, Ranbir kapoor the lead gets involved with three girls.
The first story with Minissha Lamba is a very sweet teenage romance which is a bit funny at times, a well directed part. The second story with Bipasha is an open relationship.
Its absolutely a relationship that most guys seek for. The third and final story is with Ranbirs real life girl friend Deepika which is the most important part of all three tales and not a very well directed part taking in account that the Mahi part with Minisha Lamba was directed
really well.
Over all the first half is entertaining. The after interval part is worked up to emote sobbingly, which is a bit lethargic and very much predictable. The director should have channeled it a bit finely. Should have refined the editing. The songs have been filmed really well, especially Khuda Jaane and the all time classic Bachna Ae Haseeno. Hats off to the cinematographer. Ranbir Kapoor has time and again proved that he is a filled-talent. This guy has got an immense potential to fit into his fathers shoes. The much talked about this flick would be the spoonful smooches he shares with the three ladies. Minisha Lamba at times good but overall very inconsistent.
Bipasha carries herself really well exhibiting talent and showing how experience counts. Deepika's role was a bit small but well executed. She fares well.
The final say is that Bachna Ae Haseeno is an Ok movie which could have easily be made much better. This flick will be pulled together with combination of audiences negating it, loving it and some knocking it off. Will have to wait and watch what the equal to par effects of the multi starter God Tussi Great Ho will have on it.
