The concept of a mature 21 year old daughter in search of her father who turns out to be an immature 40+ yo sounds interesting. The stellar cast of Saif, Kumud Mishra, Farida Jalal, Kubra and others deliver their very best in what the script demands from them but the overall product fails to leave a mark.
Saif's Jazz/Jassi is the most well fleshed out among all. Everyone else is there to add to his growth. Alaya's Tia is mature, non clingy but since she is the 2nd most important character, they should have fleshed her out better. For instance she has a great bond with one pivotal character - but why, they show in 2 secs or mostly glaze over. I was very excited for Tabu but she is in a special appearance, lasting for a few mins, at max. Other characters, who are all great actors, deliver their best.
The emotional connect, the depth is very surface level. It doesn't touch you enough to make you feel or root for the characters. The film fails to make you laugh (baring a few scenes), it's quite long at 2hrs 10mins. They could've easily chopped down a few more minutes. The conflicts (esp the main conflict) are very forced just to draw out the movie. There are many random club scenes injected in the first half (of random people dance), which just adds to it's length.
Also, notice the influx of duplicate high rated (9 and 10 star) reviews. These particular reviews are repeated- exact same body, exact same headline, only different usernames. For instance the ones with heading- "avant garde", "Jazz tia we love you", "new concept, fresh content" etc. And this I noticed while just glancing. It seems like the production house's endeavor to increase the rating/review of the movie. Which is sad because I look at imdb ratings before making a choice. I think I'll be cautious about the hindi movie ones from now on.
Saif's Jazz/Jassi is the most well fleshed out among all. Everyone else is there to add to his growth. Alaya's Tia is mature, non clingy but since she is the 2nd most important character, they should have fleshed her out better. For instance she has a great bond with one pivotal character - but why, they show in 2 secs or mostly glaze over. I was very excited for Tabu but she is in a special appearance, lasting for a few mins, at max. Other characters, who are all great actors, deliver their best.
The emotional connect, the depth is very surface level. It doesn't touch you enough to make you feel or root for the characters. The film fails to make you laugh (baring a few scenes), it's quite long at 2hrs 10mins. They could've easily chopped down a few more minutes. The conflicts (esp the main conflict) are very forced just to draw out the movie. There are many random club scenes injected in the first half (of random people dance), which just adds to it's length.
Also, notice the influx of duplicate high rated (9 and 10 star) reviews. These particular reviews are repeated- exact same body, exact same headline, only different usernames. For instance the ones with heading- "avant garde", "Jazz tia we love you", "new concept, fresh content" etc. And this I noticed while just glancing. It seems like the production house's endeavor to increase the rating/review of the movie. Which is sad because I look at imdb ratings before making a choice. I think I'll be cautious about the hindi movie ones from now on.