Director: Zoya Akhtar;
Actors: Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akthar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif;
Zoya Akhtar is a sensitive director who takes us on the trip of recurring themes of friendship, love, coming-of-age and travel.
'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' takes the cheerful voyage of a fun, all-boys road trip through Spain
It's the characters and their constant conversations, jabbering oftentimes, that lift up Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara to a higher grade.
Zoya and Farhan's biggest achievement with this movie, in all honesty, is that they stay true to what they have often expressed, of how significant friends are to them and how their friendships fulfilled the need for other significant relationships a man must have.
Their main characters, Kabir, Imran, Arjun, Natasha and Laila, are the people you are or may have seen or may have hung out with. School friends, Kabir (Abhay Deol), Imran (Farhan Akhtar) and Arjun (Hrithik Roshan) had made a deal to try out an adventure sport of their choice when they meet next. With Kabir getting married to Natasha (Kalki Koechlin), they take off forSpain
Zoya and Farhan's biggest achievement with this movie, in all honesty, is that they stay true to what they have often expressed, of how significant friends are to them and how their friendships fulfilled the need for other significant relationships a man must have.
Their main characters, Kabir, Imran, Arjun, Natasha and Laila, are the people you are or may have seen or may have hung out with. School friends, Kabir (Abhay Deol), Imran (Farhan Akhtar) and Arjun (Hrithik Roshan) had made a deal to try out an adventure sport of their choice when they meet next. With Kabir getting married to Natasha (Kalki Koechlin), they take off for
Three old friends - Arjun (Hritik Roshan), Imran (Farhan Akthar) and Kabir (Abhay Deol) - go on a three-week bachelor's road trip through Spain
During the trip, their outer shells are peeled off and their true lives are exposed to one another. Emerging stronger from the experience, they are prepared to live their lives moment by moment, taking pleasure in what they have than bother over what they don't.
The story doesn't examine their lives in detail, so we are not privy to much information except for maybe Imran's lifelong dream to meet his biological father. Kabir's mom and dad are the standard stereotypes of affluent parents while Arjun mentions his dad passed away quite early. Which is why, he argues with Laila (Katrina Kaif), he thinks of money as his greatest joy.
In a life changing moment, Laila prods him to ask himself if this is what gives him happiness and whether he's missing out on the joys life has in store for him. For Imran, a similar epiphany strikes when his father, throwing his paint-dripped hands up in the air, refuses to accept him. For Kabir, it's whether he's getting wedded too early -- more significantly, is Natasha the girl he really loves?
Zoya keeps it straight, as far as the dilemmas of her characters are concerned. The conversations between characters are laced with real humor, it has a mock-you sense of fun without being critical or slight. When they mimic their teacher, hum the Doordarshan tune in drunken abandon or perform the Diamond biscuit parody, they aren't acting -- just going along, being themselves as friends usually do.
The dialogue are moderate, they won't make you boring. The real achievement is that the characters are real and life-like.
Overall, it is an above average film. It is praiseworthy to watch once.
The story doesn't examine their lives in detail, so we are not privy to much information except for maybe Imran's lifelong dream to meet his biological father. Kabir's mom and dad are the standard stereotypes of affluent parents while Arjun mentions his dad passed away quite early. Which is why, he argues with Laila (Katrina Kaif), he thinks of money as his greatest joy.
In a life changing moment, Laila prods him to ask himself if this is what gives him happiness and whether he's missing out on the joys life has in store for him. For Imran, a similar epiphany strikes when his father, throwing his paint-dripped hands up in the air, refuses to accept him. For Kabir, it's whether he's getting wedded too early -- more significantly, is Natasha the girl he really loves?
Zoya keeps it straight, as far as the dilemmas of her characters are concerned. The conversations between characters are laced with real humor, it has a mock-you sense of fun without being critical or slight. When they mimic their teacher, hum the Doordarshan tune in drunken abandon or perform the Diamond biscuit parody, they aren't acting -- just going along, being themselves as friends usually do.
The dialogue are moderate, they won't make you boring. The real achievement is that the characters are real and life-like.
Overall, it is an above average film. It is praiseworthy to watch once.
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