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Gori Tere Pyaar Mein: Movie review

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Tooh

Naina

Dil Duffer

Story: She's the Punjab-di-gori who loves her 'mera gaon mera desh'. He's the rich Tamilian playboy who likes his women and his cars 'fast'. In a clash of ideologies, they seem to be a bridge too far.

Review: Meet the gorgeous gora-gori jodi of this village-side story. Dia (Kareena), a social worker living in Bengaluru. There she meets the phoren-educated architect Sriram (Imran) - who she calls 'Sridevi'; a misfit and 'black' sheep in a traditional, lungi-clad Tam-Brahm family. He's carefree, casual about love, lazy and shows little humanitarian inkling. She's a fiery, righteous rebel, a mini 'Mother India' who fights for everything 'unfair'. They fall in love, but their ideologies are unaligned, so over some 'tooh-tooh main main', they split up and move on. He moves on to Vasudha (Shraddha), the pretty matrimonial pick, while Dia heads to a remote village in Gujarat.

 

Soon he realizes his dil beats for Dia, and he follows her all the way to Jhumli gaon. The only way to win her over is to embrace the gobar, gareebi, gais (cows) murghis (though he'd rather see the 'chick(en)s' in a tandoor), and whole bunch of dhoti-clad villagers (straight out of 'Lagaan', even with 'Oh Mitwa' playing in the background for impact). Yes, he even sacrifices his strictly 'chicketarian' diet for dhoklas instead (becharo chhokro!). Lastly, he helps Dia with her mammoth dream of replacing the gaon's shaky rope-bridge with a real one. Now, will 'Sridevi' be able to use his chaalbaazi to crossover to his chhori - That's the idea.

Imran, is most at ease playing Romedy roles, it shows. He's endearing and likeable as a loverboy. Kareena looks stunning in her desi avatar and pulls off the chhori-chichhori with spontaneity and spunk. Shraddha makes a 'pretty' pleasant cameo; and Anupam Kher entertains with his madcap act.

Punit's 'GTPM', is a sweet, breezy romcom with likeable characters presented in glossy, lavish, true Karan Johar (producer) style. In the second half, the 'the bridge over troubled waters' project is a bit stretched, and you wish the gaonwallahs would leave the pair to romance instead. Music (Vishal-Shekhar) is peppy and pleasing.

This isn't the most rousing romance (second-half lacks 'rom'), but has its feel-good moments. Chew it up with some 'Chingam' and a cute date. 

 

Rating:***1/2 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/gori-tere-pyaar-mein/movie-review/26203751.cms   

R.. Rajkumar Times of India Reviews!

Story: A rowdy Romeo falls in love with a village belle, but he has to fight the enemies of love - chachas, chamchaas and cronies - to take home his dulhaniya.

Review: He rips, he roars, he rages. He rides roughshod. Like a lovelorn 'Rambo', he rolls his 'R's. He's the riotous R...Rajkumar (R for Romeo!). Once again, a rebellious and raving hero jumps out of Prabhu Dheva's story - loaded with gaon-full of goons, buffoons, 'item' chhoris, less 'silence' and unstoppable violence.

'RR' (Shahid) lands in Dhartipur, with his heart on his colourful sleeve, double power in his muscles and bravado in his bones. Flaunting his mawaligiri and 'maar'daangi with equal gusto. One quick encounter with desi beauty Chanda (Sonakshi) and his dil is 'attached' to her for eternity. He woos her aggressively (lovingly calls her Lollipop!), even turns Action Jackson for her, 'breaking a few legs' and tons of bottles. She's no less a razor-tongue firebrand and hard-to-get girl, albeit briefly.

Some gandi baat, chummas, and 'sari falling' scenes later (nothing scandalous!) she melts, and their love story seems complete. Not really! The gaon is infamous for two warring drug dons, Shivraj (Sood) and Parmar (Vidyarthi). 'RR' joins Shivraj and becomes his lead henchman, but soon realizes that Lollipop is Parmar's niece. More trouble ensues' it turns into a 'sarry affair' (everyone seems to fight for a yard of Chanda's sari!) and 'RR' has no choice but to become the new posterboy of the now stereotyped, violent, angry, young man.

Shahid pulls off the tapori act well, dances fabulously, does kickass action and slips in good comic moments. His makeover as action hero can't go unnoticed, but his demolition man act is unconvincing for action larger than his boyish shoulders. He scores better as Romeo than ruffian. Sonakshi has some dumdaar lines but repeats her desi doll act. Sood's dabang-giri works, Asrani (as Shivraj's senile soothsayer) shoots funny one-liners, but his OTTism is sadly stuck in an 80s loop.

While 'R...Rajkumar' entertains at some levels, it suffers from utter plainness and predictability. The raw action is impressive (Ravi Varma), the songs (Pritam) and the choreography are routine attractions. The second half seems like a sari too long and the comedy is often forced.

It has some 'Must Haves' of a pot-boiler, but misses the real thing - a SOLID STORY! 

Rating:***
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