Dhadak ‘Dhadak Fails to Tug at the Heartstrings’ Mately Falls in Love with Him
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CMYK CMYK ..................................................................................................................................................................................... SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2018 Page 15 CMYK FILM CMYK REVIEW Dhadak ‘Dhadak fails to tug at the heartstrings’ mately falls in love with him. Little do which this one is a remake. they know that their innocent romance However, my issue with a film like will land them on a path peppered with this is very personal. There may not be a pain, torture and deadly risks. single individual who shares a similar The closest film that Dhadak relates opinion and that is perfectly ok. It very By Ambar to will be "Ek Duje Ke Liye" even though hard for me to like a film like Dhadak there have been numerous similar films primarily because when I look at cinema, Chatterjee over the years. We know the story, we I expect to be enthralled, either by con- know our way around the screenplay but tent or by execution or by the perfor- what would have made this film differ- mances or simply by scale and reach. ent from the others would have been the Dhadak has none of that. It's a story that treatment and the performances. I wouldn't bother missing. It doesn't have Uptosome extent, Dhadak captures your imagination. The first half is breezy with some funny and sweet sequences between Director: Ishaan and Janhvi that would have Shashank Khaitan worked a lot better if Janhvi could have tried a little harder to act and worked on her dialogue delivery. Everytime she speaks or tries to be bossy, she ends up being laughable. Ishaan is a natural:it's Cast: no wonder that he was chosen by the great Majid Majidi for his "Beyond the Ishaan Khatter, Janhvi Clouds". Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana, The first half is peppered with fluff Ankit Bisht, Shridhar and sequences were Madhukar is shown drooling over Parthavi with puppy blue Watsar eyes. His friends played by Ankit Bisht and ShridharWatsar add to some well re- alized comic sequences that extracted Rating: some genuine laughs. Ishaan asks for a kiss from Janhvi and she dares him to 2.5/5 come down to his house on her brother's birthday and take it. Ishaan arrives and hadak chronicles the journey of the film completely changes gear from Parthavi (Janhvi) and Madhukar there on. face the stark realities of the world like the kind of performances that would force (Ishaan) as romance blossoms be- The second half of the film is a stark dirty rooms, lack of money, common toi- me to fall in love with it. It has a shock- D lets and lack of guardians to fall back on. ing finale but not one that brought tears tween the two in their native town of contrast from the first half. It is mostly Udaipur. Parthavi is the daughter of the about Madhukar and Parthavi running Their love for each other is tested and a to my eyes. I liked the performances local strongman and about-to-be MLA around hopping from town to town sav- time comes when they are on the verge of (mostly in the second half) but I wasn't Ratan Singh (Ashutosh Rana) but is a ing their neck from Ratan Singh's men calling it quits. involved in the tale. That was primarily This is the portion of the film that is because of the glossy exterior of the film the most rewarding. Both Ishaan and which though wanted us to get involved Janhvi act their hearts out in these se- in the milieu but didn't give us a chance quences. What I found wonderful was that to. there was very little said in these scenes. If compared to Sairat, Dhadak would Most of it was just acted out through ex- fall even more short of the mark but I pressions and this is where both the ac- wouldn't get to that here. I viewed it as a tors scored well. The director was smart enough to not make a hero out of Ishaan. He is naïve, innocent and vulnerable. He loses his head quickly and is afraid to move away from his home town. He blames his plight on Parthavi and is mean to her on more than one occasion. He misses his parents too. Yet with time, he learns to be the man of the house and ap- preciates Parthavi for what she is and what she had done just to be with him.Parthavi has a hardertime coping without her fam- ily and her struggle is brought out to life in a nuanced act from Janhvi towards the end. standalone film with its own setting and Dhadak is not the kind of film that characters and was never fully invested CMYK can be called a run-of-the-mills love story. in it. It showed flashes of brilliance but It smartly lures you in with songs-and- they were too few and far apart. The mu- headstrong girl with unprecedented free- who are vying for their blood after dance routines, innocent love and beau- sic was catchy especially the title track dom and power over her father. Madhukar Parthavi literally rescues and elopes with tiful settings but changes gear in a matter and the infectious "Zingat"refashioned CMYK is a happy-go-lucky guy who has his Madhukar. Once they reach Kolkata and of minutes and turns into a whole new from the original to suit this film. To sum friends for company and Parthavi to drool the running stops, a different type of beast. The manner in which it ends will it all up, Dhadak is strictly an average over. His innocent advances are met with problem settles in. Domestic unhappi- leave a lot many heartbroken. That was film that can be at best a onetime watch. warmth and love from Parthavi who ulti- ness. For the first time, the couple has to also the case with the ages better Sairat of Feedback: [email protected] CMYK CMYK.