{"id":10600,"date":"2023-07-31T02:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T06:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/?p=10600"},"modified":"2023-07-31T02:44:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T06:44:39","slug":"movie-review-rocky-aur-rani-kii-prem-kahaani-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2023\/07\/movie-review-rocky-aur-rani-kii-prem-kahaani-2023.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review : Rocky aur Rani kii prem kahaani (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rating : \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong>\u2b50\ufe0f 1\/2
Genre:<\/strong> Romance
Year<\/strong>: 2023
Running time<\/strong>: 2 hour 48 minutes
Director<\/strong>: Karan Johar
Cast<\/strong>: Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Aamir Bashir
Kid rating<\/strong>: PG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rani Chatterjee (Alia Bhatt) is a Bengali news anchor on television and Rocky Randhawa (Ranveer Singh) is the scion of a wealthy Punjabi business family. She is into culture and he is into name-brands, and never the twain shall meet until . . . hidden family ties come up. Then they are co-conspirators in another love-story. All this meeting, mingling and co-conspirating has effects on the twosome too. And this being a Karen Johar production, it\u2019s all done with color, cliche and comedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Kahani milks the Punjabi-Bengali culture divide for all it\u2019s worth! Rocky comes from a traditional Punjabi business family where the women (except for the matriarch) keep the house and their counsel. Rani comes from a cultured, well-read, egalitarian family, where the women speak their minds. Rocky is flamboyant, loud, and really out there. Rani is well-educated, sophisticated and ready for a fling. Because when the meet-cute happens and the attraction grows, it is, for her, \u201ca fling, just a thing\u201d. For him, it is much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course when they get over that hump, there are several more – the chief one being convincing the families to countenance each other and the proposed alliance. So they come up with a plan – Rocky will go live at Rani\u2019s place for three months and she will go live at his – and they will each attempt to endear themselves and their philosophies to the family members. Now what could go wrong with that hare-brained scheme?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is much opportunity for comedy when polar opposites attract. And Ranveer and Alia are just the couple to give that comedy wings. Ranveer is perfect as the hyper-flirtatious Punjabi hunk, and Alia is wonderful as the confident, truth-speaking firebrand Rani! He mistakes a portrait of Rabindranath Tagore for Rani\u2019s grand-father, and she seethes watching his father ill-treat his mother. This cannot end well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The films spews Karan Johar\u2019s brand of feminism – pooh-poohing misogyny, and castigating illiberal Punjabi folk, while preaching the message of equality. It is a good message too, and we get behind it and the lovely couple when they attempt to act on it, despite opposition. There are fireworks galore, with head-on cultural collisions and plenty of emotional drama to keep the film engrossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I say Johar\u2019s brand of feminism because he dabbles in it off-and-on, and when it makes money (cynical? who, me?). In the past, his films have spouted liberal tenets (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna<\/strong><\/a>) but they have also had scenes poking fun at fat people, or gay people or just \u201cdifferent\u201d people. His films have glorified pativrata naris<\/em> and Karva-Chauth, suhaag<\/em> and sindoor<\/em> ad nauseum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Kahani will not dismantle patriarchy, but it will help move the needle on acceptable societal norms. The film has a vivacious smart heroine and a zany, fun-loving hero to carry it\u2019s\u00a0 progressive message, and we are all here for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a trademark Johar-esque slick, colorful, family drama full of cliches and some hamminess – and about time too; it’s been a long 7 years since Ae Dil Hai Mushkil<\/strong><\/a>. Yes, it does get a tad stretched towards the end – could have easily been shortened by 30 minutes. And yes, the resolutions are a tad simplistic and swift. But for a Bollywood movie, it is a great Friday night entertainer, well-worth your money and time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kidwise<\/strong>: Nothing too scarring beyond frequent lip-locks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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