Cast & Crew : Imran Khan,Deepika PadukoneMusic :Vishal-Shekhar
Cinematography :Andre Menezes
Editing : Anand Subaya
Director : Danish Aslam
Producer :Kunal Kohli
Written by: Danish Aslam,Renuka Kunzru
Producer :Kunal Kohli
Written by: Danish Aslam,Renuka Kunzru
Distributed by Kunal Kohli Productions,Reliance Big Pictures
Release date: November 26, 2010
Theater watched : PVR Cinema's Hyderabad
Rating: 2 / 5
Imran Khan New Film Break Ke Hindi Baad Movie Review:
First thing you have to accept when you are going to watch Break Ke Baad is that it is a romantic comedy and hence it is vain to expect something unpredictable. The genre dictates that it will be a love story, there will be light moments, there will be some drama and finally there will be a happy ending. Now if you have an issue with predictability then romantic comedies aren't for you. And once you accept the condition you could open yourself up for some fun Break Ke Baad offers.
Story:
Gulati (Imran Khan) and Aaliya (Deepika Padukone) grow up from childhood friends to twenty-something lovers after being overfed on a diet of Bollywood romances like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. But twenty years of togetherness seems to be a bit too much for this new age couple who begin to look for spaces in their relationship. Aaliya flies off to Australia to chase her dreams of becoming an actress and Gulati follows her to find out if this is a temporary break or a permanent break-up. Will love prevail?
Artist Performance:
Both Imran and Deepika take a step forward as actors. Having watched Imran closely from JAANE TU YAA JAANE NA days, I feel that he has come a long way in his fifth outing and you can see a marked difference in his performance. As far as Deepika is concerned, I like the spontaneity that she brings to the character. After LOVE AAJ KAL, this is another film that will make people sit up and notice her talent. Sharmila Tagore is wasted. Ditto for Shahana Goswami. Yudhishtir Urs irritates. Lillete Dubey gets to deliver some spicy lines. Navin Nischol gets minimal scope.
Technical and Other Departments:
Director Danish Aslam has handled a few moments well, that's it. A love story ought to be embellished with a lilting musical score, but Vishal-Shekhar disappoint this time. The songs are strictly okay and one misses that winning track that makes a love story memorable. Cinematography [Andre Menezes] is alright.
Analysis:
The basic idea of BREAK KE BAAD may compel you to think that it's going to charter a new path completely, but what comes across is a sham. I mean, the lovers break up for a flimsy reason [there's no persuasive rationale actually], then become friends, then go separate ways, then become friends again, then argue animatedly and then get married. Besides, the film is talk-heavy, extremely verbose and the chatter is pointless, senseless and ludicrous. One fails to understand why the girl drops the guy like a hot brick. Actually, there's no valid reason for her to do so. He is so committed, so devoted, so trustworthy that any girl would give her left arm to be with him. But the girl comes across as a no-brainer and expectedly, realizes her folly only towards the finale [as expected in a screenplay of convenience]. Besides a faulty screenplay, even the supporting characters [Sharmila Tagore, Shahana Goswami] are wasted.
Final View:
On the whole, BREAK KE BAAD has a vibrant Imran and Deepika as its USP, but a faulty and an unpersuasive screenplay as is its major stumbling block. Fails to impress!
