{"id":2423,"date":"2011-07-17T21:02:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T21:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2017-10-15T20:02:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T00:02:13","slug":"zindagi-na-milegi-dobara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2011\/07\/zindagi-na-milegi-dobara.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review : Zindagi na milegi dobara"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Rating : 4\/5
\nGenre : Drama
\nYear : 2011
\nRunning time : 2 hours 35 minutes
\nDirector : Zoya Akhtar
\nCast : Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah<\/a>, Deepti Naval, Ariadna Cabrol, Suhel Seth
\nKid rating<\/a> : PG-13<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA : YUPPIES IN SPAIN !<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Zoya Akhtar\u2019s new film sorta reminds me of Farhan Akhtar\u2019s past films \u2013 \u201cDil chahta hai<\/a>\u201dand Lakshya, in that it\u2019s a pretty personal film and features fairly well-off, upwardly mobile folk \u2013 no poverty laden angst here. \u201cZindagi na milaegi dobara\u201d is about friendships and relationships and the ties that bind and gag (to quote Erma Bombeck<\/a>). The story goes thusly : 3 friends set out on a \u201cbachelor\u201d party of a lifetime to travel through Spain. Going by appearances that\u2019s what it is \u2013 a pleasure jaunt for three affluent young men out to experience the wonders of the world. Below the surface however it appears that the three have to find themselves and resolve a major conflict in their respective lives.<\/p>\n

Imran (Farhan Akhtar<\/a>) is an ad agency copywriter, and the joker of the group. Wisecracks, practical jokes and some lovely pidgin English impressions are his forte. Arjun (Hrithik Roshan) is an investment banker in love with filthy lucre. Kabir\u2019s\u00a0 (Abhay Deol) family is into construction, and when he proposes to the daughter of another business family Natasha(Kalki Koechlin), the time is ripe to go on an extended guy-trip with three of his closest friends. The plan then, is to travel through Spain, experiencing three new and different sports, each chosen by one of the three and kept a surprise until the very end.<\/p>\n

As they begin their holiday, they meet and become good friends with beautiful swim instructor Laila (Katrina Kaif<\/a>). Love is in the air, but so is jealousy as Kabir\u2019s new fianc\u00e9e gets wind of the new girl in the bachelor party. Besides all the personal drama, the three must also face their physical fears (and metaphorically their emotional ones) in three new adventure sports. The journey will soon end, but will Arjun, Imraan and Kabir get what they wanted out of it ?<\/p>\n

ZNMD is well-directed, even though it\u2019s story is stretched thin at times. The first half is full of great humor \u2013 casual, everyday humor, natural and well-shot. The second half flags just a little bit, and I thought the ending a tad abrupt. Music by Shankar-Ehsaan & Loy is average although “Khaabon ke parinday” and “Ik Junoon” stood out. ZNMD is shot quite a bit in Spain, amid beautiful locales and features world famous events such as the Tomatina Festival of Bunol, and the running of the bulls in Pamplona.<\/p>\n

Akhtar, Roshan and Deol do well \u2013 their friendship comes across as tight and tangible, and they themselves come across as real characters, with real feelings and flaws. Akhtar is a natural actor and does the nutty humor very well. Hrithik<\/a> has gotten thinner (if that\u2019s possible) and looked younger, fitter and very\u00a0 \u2013ahem-<\/em> visually appealing. Abhay Deol is the philosopher of the three friends, and is well-suited to playing Kabir \u2013 something he does with ease. Katrina as Laila is herself \u2013 an Indo-Brit girl, and her acting is passable. Kalki is cute in her role and does a fine job of portraying Natasha.<\/p>\n

This film is to a great extent a \u201cguy\u201d film, more so than \u201cDil chahta hai\u201d ever was. The main characters here are the three men, and ZNMD is about male bonding while doing \u201cmanly\u201d stuff. The women here are either the user-gold-digger types, aka Shruti (whom we hear of but never get to see), unsteady Rohini who wanted too much and married another on the rebound, shrewish-but-sweet Natasha who is threatening to overwhelm Kabir with her possessiveness, or the I\u2019m-a-guy-with-boobs quality Laila. Not a single female character strikes me as \u201creal\u201d here \u2013 something I\u2019m a little disappointed about.<\/p>\n

This is a good film, but falls sort of the \u201cDil Chahta Hai\u201d mark \u2013 I give it a 4 star rating, with reservations.<\/p>\n

Kidwise<\/strong> : This film has a U\/A rating from the Indian Censor Board \u2013 which amounts to \u201cparental guidance\u201d. I give this an equivalent PG-13 rating, since it\u2019s for the most part clean and classy. It does have lip-locks, language (f—, a\u2014hole etc.) and some verbal and hinted at references to sex and adult relationships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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