The story is set in Panchgani, a hill station. Saahil (Shivam Patil) and his gang of friends are a bunch of teenagers in school who have their share of fun and pranks. During the summer break, he and his friends are introduced to Anita (Poonam Pandey), the new drama teacher. She decides to make them do a play. All the boys in the group fall for her beauty and persona. But its Saahil who gets the most intrigued by her. Slowly, he realizes he cannot think of anything but her. As rehearsals of the play go on, he starts to fantasize about being with her though he already has a girlfriend. When Anita's boyfriend/fiancé, Samuel comes to town, Saahil cannot control his emotions.
Love and lust are the same side of same coin in this coming of age movie. Younger boy being infatuated with an older teacher isn't a new phenomenon. I think everyone would have fantasized about their teacher and thought that they were in love with them, but we grow up soon enough. The premise is obviously potent, but the major drawback of Nasha is the acting by the protagonist and debutant, Saahil (Shivam) who doesn't have any personality or acting ability beyond staring vacantly, but is getting praised for his non-existent talent. His gang of friends are a bit better, but it was annoying watching them since nobody has at least a sense of decency or moral code. Fun and masti are all good and fine as long as its reasonable and doesn't envelop every aspect of their life. The adults in their family didn't act like adults which came off as unrealistic. Saahil's father just telling him to stop was just laughable. It just doesn't strike a chord with people who are actually born in India.
The bigger debut in Nasha was Poonam Pandey's; the woman who makes a noise everywhere in real life with her 'bold' (that was sarcasm. People need to grow up already and stop giving her attention) image. She was pretty unconvincing, but was marginally better than Shivam and that's saying something. The majority of the movie was spent objectifying her and rather than being erotic, it was just so tedious. Her clothes betray her profession as a teacher and she never once did anything worthwhile at the school. As a teacher, her calling that skinny Saahil, 'stud' every single time was hilarious and I wish it were more mocking than sincere because that was so lame. There were two good performers in this movie though - Sheetal Singh who played Saahil's girlfriend, Tia and Anita's fiancé, Samuel who had a strong presence (but not much acting chops). The music is overbearing and cheesy. Add that to the already contrived situations, this movie was almost a 'sazaa' (punishment). Nasha is more romantic (well, as romantic as stalking can be) than anybody could have imagined by seeing the promos and that isn't a bad thing, but the execution was severely lacking. This is the kind of summer that you won't ever remember again in your life. Neither intoxicating, nor romantic, Nasha, ironically, would be far more appreciated by the ones who aren't allowed to watch it in the first place - Teenagers. But, I'm sure they will find ways to see this one if they really want to.
3/10
Love and lust are the same side of same coin in this coming of age movie. Younger boy being infatuated with an older teacher isn't a new phenomenon. I think everyone would have fantasized about their teacher and thought that they were in love with them, but we grow up soon enough. The premise is obviously potent, but the major drawback of Nasha is the acting by the protagonist and debutant, Saahil (Shivam) who doesn't have any personality or acting ability beyond staring vacantly, but is getting praised for his non-existent talent. His gang of friends are a bit better, but it was annoying watching them since nobody has at least a sense of decency or moral code. Fun and masti are all good and fine as long as its reasonable and doesn't envelop every aspect of their life. The adults in their family didn't act like adults which came off as unrealistic. Saahil's father just telling him to stop was just laughable. It just doesn't strike a chord with people who are actually born in India.
The bigger debut in Nasha was Poonam Pandey's; the woman who makes a noise everywhere in real life with her 'bold' (that was sarcasm. People need to grow up already and stop giving her attention) image. She was pretty unconvincing, but was marginally better than Shivam and that's saying something. The majority of the movie was spent objectifying her and rather than being erotic, it was just so tedious. Her clothes betray her profession as a teacher and she never once did anything worthwhile at the school. As a teacher, her calling that skinny Saahil, 'stud' every single time was hilarious and I wish it were more mocking than sincere because that was so lame. There were two good performers in this movie though - Sheetal Singh who played Saahil's girlfriend, Tia and Anita's fiancé, Samuel who had a strong presence (but not much acting chops). The music is overbearing and cheesy. Add that to the already contrived situations, this movie was almost a 'sazaa' (punishment). Nasha is more romantic (well, as romantic as stalking can be) than anybody could have imagined by seeing the promos and that isn't a bad thing, but the execution was severely lacking. This is the kind of summer that you won't ever remember again in your life. Neither intoxicating, nor romantic, Nasha, ironically, would be far more appreciated by the ones who aren't allowed to watch it in the first place - Teenagers. But, I'm sure they will find ways to see this one if they really want to.
3/10