The tagline of the film says only 'Only love can bridge the gap'. No,
there isn't any sub-textual deep meaning behind this. A hoity-toity self
centered man Sriram (Imran Khan) chases
his love of life Dia (Kareena Kapoor) all the way till a village and
the only way he can get her to come with him is to make a bridge!
The story of the film is as little as the synopsis or even the tagline
could've sufficed for the actual story of the film but the second time
director Punit Malhotra stretches it to 2hours and more adding banal plots and sequences to add weight to his script.
You literally have the first half of the film establishing how selfish
his main protagonist is with repetitive instances, an image which could
be earned for Sriram in a montage sequence itself. Similar is the case
of his love story too, there's enough screen time given to establish
that both Sriram and Dia have contrasting personalities.
What's worse, to a plot which is threadbare, the maker forcefully
inserts a non-linear narrative with the insertion of Shraddha Kapoor's
character in the film.
If you think it's only the story that leaves you in a comatose position
then you're wrong, this reviewer has been through much worse - Imran
Khan. The actor comes back to the genre he started with, rom-com, but
fairs much worse than his prior films as well. He desperately tries to
act funny or emotional throughout the film but fails at both. Kareena on
the other hand tries to cover up for the lack of her co-star and ends
up acting doubly.
In terms of production quality too Dharma Productions film disappoints
this time around for the set up of the village appears highly
caricaturish and the film also has continuity flaws.
This review could go on and on about the shortcomings for Gori Tere
Pyaar Mein which clearly was made with fun, frolic and laxity but it
should suffice to state that the film is one of the weakest from the
Dharma camp in a long while and an easy skip too lest you are Imran or
Kareena fans.
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