Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo was one of the most awaited movies of the year. It was also a film from Rajshri Productions and Suraj Barjatya after a long time.
The movie surely lives upto its expectations of grandeur with lavish sets which remind you of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Suraj Barjatya has left no stone unturned in ensuring that it is one of the grandest movies to come this year.
The movie borrows its theme from the Rajesh Khanna starrer 'Bawarchi' with the hero Prem trying to mend relationships between family members of the royal family. But the movie does not match Bawarchi in storytelling. At almost 3 hours, the movie is too long and has multiple songs erupting for various occasions. The movie does work at times and the moment you feel that now it is getting interesting, the flow of the movie is halted by a song. If a few songs had been removed from the script, it would have been better, but would not have made much difference to the end result. The overall storytelling is slow and unimaginative. The audience can easily guess what is going to happen next but is kept waiting for it to happen. The movie has a good storyline but the story has been wasted with a poor script.
Even the many songs which should have kept the audience interested are not very great and slow down the pace of the movie.
Acting wise no one makes a mark. Salman is average. Sonam looks beautiful in the movie but does not have much to do. Among other actors Anupam Kher does a fair job.
The direction is left wanting throughout the movie. Though the movie has look of a 2015 movie, but it feels like a movie from the 1990's. The director has not moved with the ages and has tried to present a story in the age old way. The director is caught in the past and loses the audience's interest midway through the movie.
When I went to see the movie on its 3rd day, I expected the show to be near housefull, but it was not even 50% full. Todays audience is not interested in old style of storytelling and the director needs to learn this.
In the end, the movie is not worth a watch. You may want to watch it only if you are a Sooraj Barjatya fan.
Rating - 2.5 / 5
The movie surely lives upto its expectations of grandeur with lavish sets which remind you of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Suraj Barjatya has left no stone unturned in ensuring that it is one of the grandest movies to come this year.
The movie borrows its theme from the Rajesh Khanna starrer 'Bawarchi' with the hero Prem trying to mend relationships between family members of the royal family. But the movie does not match Bawarchi in storytelling. At almost 3 hours, the movie is too long and has multiple songs erupting for various occasions. The movie does work at times and the moment you feel that now it is getting interesting, the flow of the movie is halted by a song. If a few songs had been removed from the script, it would have been better, but would not have made much difference to the end result. The overall storytelling is slow and unimaginative. The audience can easily guess what is going to happen next but is kept waiting for it to happen. The movie has a good storyline but the story has been wasted with a poor script.
Even the many songs which should have kept the audience interested are not very great and slow down the pace of the movie.
Acting wise no one makes a mark. Salman is average. Sonam looks beautiful in the movie but does not have much to do. Among other actors Anupam Kher does a fair job.
The direction is left wanting throughout the movie. Though the movie has look of a 2015 movie, but it feels like a movie from the 1990's. The director has not moved with the ages and has tried to present a story in the age old way. The director is caught in the past and loses the audience's interest midway through the movie.
When I went to see the movie on its 3rd day, I expected the show to be near housefull, but it was not even 50% full. Todays audience is not interested in old style of storytelling and the director needs to learn this.
In the end, the movie is not worth a watch. You may want to watch it only if you are a Sooraj Barjatya fan.
Rating - 2.5 / 5
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