Karan Johar has been on the Bollywood power list for almost a quarter of a century. His dad's banner Dharma production remains one of the biggest banners of the Hindi Film industry, but for a while, there was some negativity getting attached and he was not exactly at his peak. Today after watching the romantic family drama-Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, I am convinced he is back with a bang. The film has a familiar love story of two opposites Ranveer and Alia, whose families-the Punjabis and Bengalis are even more opposite. How they end differences and succeed in their love story is what this hit film is all about. The film borrows heavily from plots and subplots of Saudagar, 2 States, Bhansali's vision, Beta, Mohabbatein, Barjatya's family sagas, Yash Raj locales, Vikki Donor and Karan Johars own K3G. However, it is KJO's stamped treatment which makes the film loveable. Performances wise Ranveer and Alia are in the top slot and so are veterans Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi. The other star cast of Ranveer and Alia's parents are perfectly cast. Only, I somehow didn't like Jaya Bahaduri's strict mom's rather negative role which had traces of Dina Pathak's old Khubsurat, Aruna Irani's Beta and Amitabh's Mohabbatein and K3G. The music could have been better. Apart from that the film is all that we love about big Bollywood films-romance, family scenes, comedy, emotional scenes and everything larger than life. The usage of old Hindi film songs and backgrounds is something everyone will love. I have not been a KJO fan as such but personally, this is the second film of his after Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which I liked so much. Overall, in his 25th year, Karan Johar made a really good film which is doing great business as well!
Review of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
