The Storyteller Weaves the Story with lot of Tamasha & Shor .. Par ye dil maange more…

I love the Ranbir – Deepika Jodi. Kat might hate it but they make a great couple onscreen. 

When I got in the theatre I was not expecting much – I wanted to see what this couple does differently this time…. I was a bit disappointed.

And I think the movie was hoping too much on their sizzling chemistry.

The movie had too many messages to convey and at once, it seemed like it was potpourri of YJHD, Love Aj Kal, and Rockstar which is not totally impossible as we are talking about the same director in two of these movies.

Corsica might get added in the list of honeymoon destinations for Indian couples now if not already one - the place is picturesque, the typical European destination and it is beautiful. It begins with the very predictable plot of Tara, the damsel in distress being rescued by prince Ved aka “Don” but with the twist that this couple will not to reveal their true selves to each other. The song ‘Matargasthi’ reminded me a bit of the song “Hawa Hawa” from Rockstar with the vivacious colors of the place and the vibrant local crowd.

Despite the promises, jokes and deals, the much anticipated mush up happens. The character of Tara was a bit of ‘Meera from Love Aj Kal’ and ‘Veronica from Cocktail’ in some ways – the ‘no promise’ attractive brunette who doesn’t regret her one night stand. She is the super confident and beautiful Indian girl who will not regret not loving her heart out -- forget the avla Indian Nari who would yell and break the place down if some guy would try ruining her “izzat” during her European vacation :)

The first half is display of an exotic vacation in Corsica with the mutual deal that Tara and Ved will never meet each other again.

Just like the geeky Naina fell in love with the charming Bunny so does “Mona Darling” fall in love with “Don” and she remains wrapped in his dramatic charisma even after four years past the Corsica trip.

Her dream world gradually dissolves into a shocking reality when her ebullient story teller “Don” turns out to be an extremely polite and well behaved gentleman whose life is terribly monotonous and unexciting in reality. She yearns for her lost love and in turn faces a confused and complex Ved who is the robotic employee trying to impress his boss and climb up the corporate ladder. Deepika looks flawlessly beautiful but her expressions are so constant in all her movies that I could almost predict her facial expressions in the scenes – I understand one can say there is a limit to which a person can portray expressions, guess I expected a little too much :)

The second half brings Ranbir’s character into focus and as he transitions smoothly between the regular office goer who is a blind rule follower and the free spirted story teller as he is trying to find his true self, the story actually grabs your interest.

Ranbir is a pleasant surprise smoothly bringing out the split characters – the expected good guy shadowing the inner passionate story teller. He brings out the complex character of the man who is in a dilemma whether to choose between the expected responsibilities he is burdened with as a Product Manager or live his life with his childhood passion of weaving amazing stories and keeping his audience enchanted and enthralled.

There are a few scenes when you can actually relate to him --- like when he tells his story to his family and brings out the fact how in the race to live up to societal expectations we snub out the childhood out of ourselves and with that all the childhood dreams and passions.

Piyush Mishra as the story teller reminds me of delightful Potli baba and it is this confused story teller whose anger actually turns the tide in the right direction for the lost hero who wants a ‘different’ story for himself and who finally dares to follow his heart. The childhood scenes of RK as the ‘child Ved’ lost in the wonder world of endless stories and their characters keep flickering throughout the movie in the quaint town of Shimla and the location kind of reminds of the hilly and misty Darjeeling in Barfi.

Vivek Mushran as the ‘Yes Boss’ of RK is funny and depicts the role of the typical Indian boss. 

As mentioned earlier one can actually find too many messages in the movie indeed – such as being passionate about what you really love in life and not get lost in the rat race of millions. And yes of course the power of love which brings out the best in you despite the puddles and mess you are in.  :)

All this along with the soothing music of AR Rahman brings out the simple and beautiful story which ‘appears’ to be complex – one time watch? Yes definitely J