'Cocktail' - Movie Review and more..

        The big Bollywood fan that I am, I thought maybe its time to break the lull in the blog by writing a movie review. Just got the opportunity to watch the movie Cocktail'. Before I start let me assure the audience that I will not be revealing the plot of the movie any more than what is already evident by the trailer of the movie.

         Since we mentioned the trailer, let us start with the trailer.I like the tag line of the movie. ' Friendship is confusing and Love is complicated'. So true. This line alone should get a lot of young audience inside the theaters.The movie trailer also mentions it is from the makers of 'Love Aaj Kal' which is of course for Imtiaz Ali. So what makes the movie different from all the love triangle movies we have seen so far. The movie has to be little different as the Bollywood audience is so used to watching Love triangles right from ' Sangam' to 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' .We have a  few recent releases also as Love Triangles but I stuck to mentioning the mega Hits only.

          The first half of the movie as it always is in such movies, fun. It moves at a good pace with some comedy. The second half as always adds more drama. The best part of the movie is that you will not be sad or upset for any one single character. Yes, it is equally distributed. I felt sad for Meera ( Diana Penty) , then for Veronica ( Deepika Padukone) and then for Gautam ( Saif Ali Khan). Later I was waiting in the end if I would feel sad for myself too for watching the movie but fortunately I did not.

          The movie plot is not only comic and dramatic but also helps us connect with the characters. I felt for Veronica where she realizes that it is so important for us to change for Love. The whole he should accept me the way I am shit never works in real life. Once you love it is always best to go through some changes so that our Loved one feels less hurt. As far as Meera goes, the way she mentioned, she was the kind of girl the guy's mother would like. I so accept. I thought of taking my mom for the movie to show her that this is what I need my girl to be. And ofcourse I felt for Gautam, cause as always, it is always the guy who suffers most when he really gets serious about a girl. Women keep complaining about Men being dogs but the fact is as soon as we turn human, we are prone to being hurt and most of the times we do end up being hurt.

        As far as acting goes, Deepika and Saif both have acted to their potential and both to me seem to be maturing and improving every time I see them. But kudos for the newbie Diana Penty. Not only is she truly simply beautiful but her acting skills is way above average. Specially after looking at some model turn actress like Nargis Fakhri and company, my expectations from Diana were very low. But she has the potential to be a what we say as ' Lambi race ka Ghoda'. Dimple Kapadia and Boman Irani in their short roles have done justice to their capabilities.

        The Direction is good. The Music could have been better. There was only one song that I really liked.  The 'Tumhi ho bandhu..' song. I would have preferred better music and that would have helped the movie more specially cause the story is something the audience has been exposed to from last 40 odd years. The end is predictable but it still manages to keep you on your seat.

         I would definitely rate the movie a one time watch. And would be looking for more from Diana Penty. So enjoy the movie guys.

Cheers!