Bridge over troubled waters

Gori tere pyar main: Movie Review

   When a significant amount of attempted romedy with some larger-than-life tamaasha from a Karan Johar movie is combined with the seriousness of Ashutosh Gowariker movies, Punit Malhotra special ‘Gori tere pyar main’ is born.

   Yet another movie with background of a South Indian Tamil, this time Sriram being played byImran Khan and Dilli ki Punjaban Diya enacted by Kareena Kapoor Khan. Laidback, flirtatious, spoilt chickitarian Sriram, a foreign returned architect straight pulled out from Wake up Sid is hypnotised by ‘Shabana Azmi’ type NGO worker who every alternate day fights for a new social cause. All-the-time kohl filled eyes, immaculate dressing, neatly tied up hair and manicured hands irrationally glorify her character. Only in a hindi movie can a social worker be so perfect spick and span. Predictable as hell, the plot becomes obvious when self-centered narcissist Sriram annoys Diya who moves to ‘another’ Gujarati village Jhumli after rightly being labelled as a hypocrite.  Sriram on the other hand lands in Jhumli to assist the villagers in setting up a bridge. The clandestine motive though is to woo away the lost love after he is brain washed by fiancée Vasudha (Shradhha Kapoor) to run away on the wedding day. Sad, bored colourless Jhumli inhabitants look like the distant relatives of Ramleela’s exuberant colourful Gujarati community

Plot of the story is stale and no the old wine hasn’t been packaged in a new bottle. Narrative is the weak link with abrupt jumps between two scenes. Music is entertaining but is forced in the scenes. Pre interval, there is minimal lead pair chemistry and over dosage of Tamilian vs Punjabi with absolutely no conviction. Second half, there is badly written comedy along with negligible amount of romance. With Lagaan as background music and similar scenes it seems like a part of it. Story is stretched just like the ‘chingum’ and the climax is conventional.

 Only recommended for those who enjoy entertainment more than the quality of the story and can sit through the boring attempts to justify the flow of the story.