Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)

Bachna Ae Haseeno is not entirely unwatchable. A big reason why this film doesn't entirely suck is because of its inspired cast who put their best foot forward. Minissha Lamba is a revelation, especially in the film's first half; she's earnest and sincere and fits the role to a perfection.Bipasha Basu is the best she's been in a long, long time, and plays her part so well, you can literally see the growth her character's made in the film.I am not entirely convinced by Deepika Padukone's performance, then in all fairness the blame must be shared with the film's writers for saddling her with a half-baked role. A word here also for Hiten Paintal who's spot-on as the hero's salivating sidekick, one of the film's best-written characters. Bachna Ae Haseeno sets the mood for an engaging romantic comedy mere minutes into the film. The romance is all breezy, the dialogue remarkably real yet spunky, and the actors in very good form. In fact, the film's first half flits by without too many hiccups as the screenplay succeeds entirely in keeping a consistent tone through all three of Raj's romantic chapters. The film borrows its basic plot and its episodic narrative from Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers and the Tamil hit Autograph, but for the most part, Bachna Ae Haseeno is a home-grown Yash Raj product, complete with references to the banner's many recent films, and a rather indulgent nod to its most popular hit, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.It's post-intermission that Bachna Ae Haseeno nosedives drastically, its screenplay skidding off the path and going into predictable territory. You're never quite satisfied with the manner in which Raj achieves his redemption with the two girls. In fact, I'll go so far as to say he's let off the hook too easily, and it's a failure on the part of the writers that we never once feel like Raj has truly understood what a cad he's been.The emotional scenes in the second half are so labored, the film loses its grip on your attention completely. What started out as such an enjoyable screen experience is irreparably damaged by careless writing—you can't really expect us to feel sorry for the way his exes respond to him when he turns up suddenly with an apology. It's difficult to explain without going into details, but the manner in which the film wraps up its third act is so convenient, you get the feeling they were running out of time or ideas or both. Despite its strengths, the film isn't terribly good, and that's a pity because it most definitely could have been. Ultimately, it's an average film, at best time-pass viewing.In a nutshell, Bachna Ae Haseeno could've been the ideal youthful entertainer, occupying the position that Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na enjoys amongst the youth crowd. But as things stand now, it's a great looking film with nothing outstanding about it. Strictly okay for a single watch, that's about it!

Just when you thought, Bollywood's first family Kapoor khandan is ready to hand over the title to Bachchan family, here comes a young, handsome, dude, who is here to stay. I never cared to watch Sawariya (from all its promos, it looked too wimpy). But this one surely is going to place him on the hot-stuff category! The three heroines are adequate, with spl mention of Deepika P. Though the character is bit unrealistic (who cares for realism anyways in commercial bollywood films?), but she definitely carries on the role of an independent, yet vulnerable character! Music is great, Khuda Jaane is going to the classics. You just can't get enough of it. Jogi Mahi takes time to grow, but when it does, it sticks. Lucky boy is yet another dhin-chak number with less substance. Shreya Ghoshal & Lucky Ali's Ahista Ahista is a lovely track, that takes time, but it becomes addictive. Another good note: thanks to Vishal Shekhar to have given youngsters some chance: Raja Hassan and Himani Kapoor are on the tracks, though very small contribution.Cinematography: well, I really don't believe in going to nice locations, Australia, Italy, Switzerland to make a nice 'looking' movies, however cinematographer has made use of locations well. While the movie cinematography is alright, but song picturization is surely a winner! Loooove the long sweeping camera movements in 'Khuda Jaane', the camera rotations in colorful 'Jogi Mahi' or the 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' title track with the morphs, or the scooter-on-the-move sequences in 'Ahista Ahista'! The movie is a great watch. Very contemporary, even the languages and dialogues. The other casts, like Kunal Kapoor, and Sachin (isn't he Paintal Jr?) do a great job.Overall, a decent watch. If you do have the DVD, watch the deleted scenes too. Kapoor is definitely going to become the next Hrithik Roshan (though real HR is not going anywhere).

I was about to get something new by watching this garbage but then suddenly i was more disappointed. Certainly a new generation movie with cool new concept but when the film ends u would have nothing special to think over.Few scenes u can remember. I gave it 1/10 as the acting was awful (obviously ranbir was there)and no great comedy or romance or any time pass.looked like tried to make success for new Kapoor family boy.Average movie with a great hype.don't watch it if u have to pay money.

Grow up YRF.. Such movies are not gonna fetch you a Super hit which you need desperately these days after the debacle of Tashan and Thoda Pyaar.. Though this one is way better.. It still disappoints big time considering the potential this flick had.Had this movie been a super-cool playboy flick as the promos suggested, it could have scored way better. The emotional scenes introduced in the film were pretty weak and unrealistic. Plus the movie was at least 30 minutes long, considering a just-average storyline. Deepika's cold performance is also a setback.As for the positives, Ranbir and Minisshha look all-set to be the next-big thing in Bollywood. Bipasha looks hot as usual. Plus the movie does have some fine moments to cherish.Overall, a potential trend-setter turns out to be an average time-pass flick.. Go for it but don't expect much..