Review By Bobby Sing,
Spoiler : The review reveals the basic storyline of the film in order to disclose its various inspirational sources.
One
of Bollywood’s oldest but most used formula is to mix concepts taken
from more than one Hit movies and then mash them together to make a new
film for its audience. Incidentally both the movies released this week
can be studied as a perfect example of this trend followed by the Hindi
Film Industry from decades. But moving ahead of the uninteresting JODI BREAKERS,
here we have a little better film in comparison, revolving around the
same old concept of Love which starts developing between the lead couple
as the film progresses and then they happily unite together after a
dramatic climax.
As far as the recipe of TERE NAAL LOVE HO GAYA goes, it straight away lifts or copies its first hour from Danny Boyle’s A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (1997) which might have come across the makers while researching on the director, post his SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
The opening sequences where Riteish loses his job, thinks of taking a
revenge from his employer Tinnu Anand, goes to his house, get holds of a
gun from security men and then unintentionally kidnaps Tinnu’s daughter
Genelia in a funny manner have all been taken from the English flick as
it is. Amusingly in TNLHG, when Riteish is counting 1,2,3 with his
fingers on the trigger, then Genelia says 3 from behind and the Gun goes
off, whereas in the original Cameron Diaz says 5 and we hear the shot.
Later, all the scenes of couple entering a deserted house by breaking
the glass and then calling home for ransom, are also copied in this
Hindi version in the most truthful manner. However the difference here
is that in TNLHG, its Genelia who forces Riteish to kidnap her
willingly, whereas in the original it’s the boy who takes the call. And
that is the only authentic insertion tried by the director in this first
half.
Post intermission the English influence gets replaced by our own Bollywood Hits like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge or Jab We Met
along with their Punjabi flavor, where either the boy or the girl is
living with the family of the other and starts winning the hearts of its
every important member with his cute gestures. In the present version
it is the girl, Genelia who stays with Riteish’s family, who are famous
for their abduction profession all over the region. And then after this
whole process of love in the air, it all ends with a dramatic climax as
usual with a pinch of little suspense to keep your interest alive.
So
this is the recipe of Bollywood’s latest romantic comedy made on the
same old formula tried several times before. The film has an above
average soundtrack by Sachin-Jigar which also has a Punjabi number sung
by the current rage of Punjab, Diljeet and that is an intelligent
addition to create some ripples in the North belt. Being in Punjabi Pop
business from many years, TIPS very well knows this art of
value-addition and they keep on using the same in their productions on a
regular basis. Cinematography captures the outdoors of Punjab and its
surrounding Hills well, which keeps the freshness intact despite of its
repetitive storyline.
But
then why TNLHG is being rated here as much better than the rest? That’s
because it has a light, refreshing feel throughout, perfectly supported
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