Watch the film and you'll see what I'm talking about. Anyways, before I get into anything, let me begin with the problems with Barsaat.
1. The first half of the film claimed to be filmed in America but clearly it was not. I am tired of Indian directors trying to pass off one country as another in Hindi films! It is annoying and frustrating! The White extras all had European accents, the cars had weird license plates and nothing within the context of the first half's scenes resembled anyplace I've seen in America so far, and everybody I know who has seen the film agrees.
2. The White extras in Hindi films are always so monotonous. It's like they just show up to read their lines, no acting required and it's especially bad in this film. For more Bad Gora acting, see films like Asambhav, Elaan, Aitraaz, Kisna etc. etc.
3. The film starts out to slow and depends on the songs too much. Every song in it is great so I can't really blame them for running to a song scene whenever the film started to drag.
4. Anna's (played by Bipasha Basu in a role that Aishwarya Rai turned down) parents in the film were killed in a motor accident, yet while taking a car out from a dealership for a test drive, she foolishly attempts to tie her hair into a scarf while maneuvering the steering wheel on a freeway at the same time. What a psycho!
5. The Ist half of the film is like an overblown BMW commercial gone awry.
That said, the role of Arav was clearly meant to be acted by somebody as cool and as collected as Bobby Deol. Nobody else could have channeled the character as much as he did, and many kudos go to him for that. Shah Rukh Khan would have overkilled a role like this and Akshaye Kumar would have made you want to commit suicide after watching it. Priyanka Chopra redeems herself after such silly roles in films like Karam, Andaaz, Yakeen and more by playing a role that could have been splashed to fit the life of 10 Indian women. She gets a clap for that. And Bipasha Basu having redeemed herself in the eyes of all those people who called her too fat to act, by dropping major pounds looks smashing in this film and the folks at wardrobe would stop at nothing to let you know it. At one point, you would believe that she has worn every possible daisy duke, mini skirt, and skimpy top left on the surface of the earth and she never ceases to look anything short of stunning in them. Needless, to say the three afore mentioned character are a love triangle. Priyanka Chopra does double duty in this film as she acts and playback sings as well. Extra kudos go to her for looking so beautiful and singing just as beautifully.
My favourite line in the film is from the scene where Anna quizzes Arav at the BMW office.
Anna: So, what's your sexuality? Are you Bi, Hetero, Metro, Tetro?
Arav: Well, I'm very happy and gay!
(It was a joke Yar! but very funny)
All that and in the end, I blame Bobby Deol's Arav for everything that goes wrong in the film.
1. The first half of the film claimed to be filmed in America but clearly it was not. I am tired of Indian directors trying to pass off one country as another in Hindi films! It is annoying and frustrating! The White extras all had European accents, the cars had weird license plates and nothing within the context of the first half's scenes resembled anyplace I've seen in America so far, and everybody I know who has seen the film agrees.
2. The White extras in Hindi films are always so monotonous. It's like they just show up to read their lines, no acting required and it's especially bad in this film. For more Bad Gora acting, see films like Asambhav, Elaan, Aitraaz, Kisna etc. etc.
3. The film starts out to slow and depends on the songs too much. Every song in it is great so I can't really blame them for running to a song scene whenever the film started to drag.
4. Anna's (played by Bipasha Basu in a role that Aishwarya Rai turned down) parents in the film were killed in a motor accident, yet while taking a car out from a dealership for a test drive, she foolishly attempts to tie her hair into a scarf while maneuvering the steering wheel on a freeway at the same time. What a psycho!
5. The Ist half of the film is like an overblown BMW commercial gone awry.
That said, the role of Arav was clearly meant to be acted by somebody as cool and as collected as Bobby Deol. Nobody else could have channeled the character as much as he did, and many kudos go to him for that. Shah Rukh Khan would have overkilled a role like this and Akshaye Kumar would have made you want to commit suicide after watching it. Priyanka Chopra redeems herself after such silly roles in films like Karam, Andaaz, Yakeen and more by playing a role that could have been splashed to fit the life of 10 Indian women. She gets a clap for that. And Bipasha Basu having redeemed herself in the eyes of all those people who called her too fat to act, by dropping major pounds looks smashing in this film and the folks at wardrobe would stop at nothing to let you know it. At one point, you would believe that she has worn every possible daisy duke, mini skirt, and skimpy top left on the surface of the earth and she never ceases to look anything short of stunning in them. Needless, to say the three afore mentioned character are a love triangle. Priyanka Chopra does double duty in this film as she acts and playback sings as well. Extra kudos go to her for looking so beautiful and singing just as beautifully.
My favourite line in the film is from the scene where Anna quizzes Arav at the BMW office.
Anna: So, what's your sexuality? Are you Bi, Hetero, Metro, Tetro?
Arav: Well, I'm very happy and gay!
(It was a joke Yar! but very funny)
All that and in the end, I blame Bobby Deol's Arav for everything that goes wrong in the film.