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Film
Review: Dil Kya Kare
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Reviewer:
Sapna Chhaya
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Dil Kya Kare
Cast
: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Mahima Choudhary, Chandrachur Singh
Producer: Veeru Devgan
Director: Prakash Jha
Sapna.Chhaya's Rating: 4/5
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About
Movie:
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Anand Kishore (Ajay Devgan) and Kavita Kishore (Mahima Choudhary)
is a well-settled and affluent couple with a young daughter,
Neha (Akshita Garud) in Delhi. Kavita's college buddy, Somu
(Chandrachur Singh) regularly visits the family to read his
poems to Kavita. Life gets scary when an unknown woman begins
visiting Neha at school, gifting her with presents and taking
her out for periodic car rides. While Anand is on a business
trip, Kavita discovers that the mysterious woman visiting
Neha is actually her birth mother, Nandita Rai (Kajol). (The
Kishores had adopted a baby Neha from an orphanage after Kavita's
miscarriage several years earlier.) Sympathising with Nandita's
maternal instincts, Kavita allows her to stay with them for
a night and leave in the morning after meeting Anand. But
life takes a turn for the worst when Anand returns home the
following day. A battle over trust, love, deception, infidelity
and parental custody soon ensues, as the film jumps endlessly
between filmi and real world situations. Dil Kya Kare relies
on uneasily explained character motivation and actions, and
that is why it works. The complexity and often real human
behaviour of these characters makes the film a pleasure to
watch
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Ajay
Devgan does a splendid job, torn between his wife and the other
woman. He handles the complex role with admirable understanding
and ease. Kajol, as the other woman, is also excellent. But
her characterisation will not find universal acceptance for
the simple reason that she walked into the affair without enough
justification. Mahima Choudhary also acts very ably. She is
especially brilliant in emotional scenes and she looks really
beautiful in every scene...a very nice role after Pardes (Subhash
Ghai's). Chandrachur Singh does an average job and suffers on
account of a weak characterisation. Laxmikant Berde irritates.
The couple's daughter has done a good role without over acting
in any scenes. Farida Jalal is okay in an average role. Mohan
Joshi, Anant Mahadevan, Dinesh Hingoo, Avtar Gill, Rajendra
Gupta, Aroon Bakshi, Misha Gautam and the rest provide able
support.
Rajan Kothari's gorgeous, colourful and scenic cinematography
is nice. But the heroines' always perfect hair and make-up and
their eight daily costume changes (even while depressed) is
a bit indigestible.
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi are okay. Music of Jatin Lalit is okay
too but he has do more better to remain in his position. The
tittle song "Dil Kya Kare" is good and is sung by Alka Yagnik
and Udit Narayan. Another song "Menu Lagan Lagi" is catchy but
seems that dance is inspired by Malaika in "Chaiya Chaiya"(Dil
Se). "Do Dilon Ki" is moderatly better than any other songs.
"Monday Bhi Ho Sunday" (Abhijeet, Kavita, and Children) come
and go without making even the slightest impression. On the
whole music is okay and doesn't seems to leave impression in
your mind.
Prakash Jha packs the film with a dozen too many commercial
distractions. If only Jha had made it a more character-orientated
and a slightly less glamorous product, it would have had phenomenal
success with the classes. The masses are certainly going to
have a tough time watching, understanding and appreciating this
inappropriately packaged flick.
Of course, for those of you who like a bit of novelty, acting
and a not-too-common story, Dil Kya Kare is better than thousands
of Taal. |
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