{"id":666,"date":"2009-04-30T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2009\/04\/review-aa-dekhen-zaraa-2.html"},"modified":"2023-01-24T02:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T07:14:29","slug":"review-aa-dekhen-zaraa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2009\/04\/review-aa-dekhen-zaraa-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Review : Aa dekhen zaraa"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"\"\"<\/b><\/a>Rating<\/b> : Below average (2.8\/5)
\n<\/b>Genre<\/b> : Drama
\n<\/b>Year<\/b> : <\/b>2009<\/b>
\nRunning time : 2 hours
\n<\/b>Director<\/b> : Jehagir Surti
\nCast : Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu, Rahul Dev, Sophie Chaudhary
\n<\/b>Kid rating<\/b> : PG<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>AA DEKHEN ZARAA<\/i><\/b> : Predictable pot-boiler !
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\nOne is often wary of watching films with bad actors in them. And so it was with \u201cAa dekhen zaraa\u201d. The fact that Neil Nitin Mukesh also starred in it somewhat mitigated that fear, because after the wonderful “Johnny Gaddar”<\/a><\/strong>, his next appearance was highly anticipated. Now, he\u2019s not a master actor, but compared to Lady Bips, he is the King.<\/p>\n

And then, of course, you have the , er . . , scientific angle. Because this film involves concepts of time travel \u2013 yeah, not so much that you\u2019d have to stress that precious noggin, but just palatable enough for a casually entertaining desi flick. Me, being this huge time-travel fan, you\u2019d think I\u2019d go see this film the first chance I got, no ? But no, getting these many bad reviews of a film does put you off. So I waited. And finally did see the film. Here\u2019s the plot :<\/p>\n

Lady B plays Simi, a singer\/DJ \u2013 nice, swanky looking club, and she looking marvelously hip and all. In a flat close by her\u2019s, resides our photographer hero Ray (Neil). Now Ray has been left a camera by his grand-father, and it\u2019s not an ordinary one. It can foretell the future – you click the snap and turn a handy dial, develop said photo, and voila ! the developed photo will be of the subject in the future. Awesome, you think ! Well, guess who else thinks this is awesome ? The villains of course. And there are many.<\/p>\n

Anyway, with our boy Ray merrily clicking away, he has one photo taken of himself, and discovers that there\u2019s something quite unwelcome looming in his future. Simi, who by this time has become serious girl-friend steps in, talks some sense, and together they try to beat this thing. The evil villains, predictably are hot on their trail . . .<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s as far as I can take you. And if you haven\u2019t yet guessed the ending, please go see the film. It isn\u2019t as bad as anticipated \u2013 for a masala movie. For one thing, the songs are pretty good \u2013 especially the title track, and that slow romantic number \u201cMohabbat aap se\u201d<\/em>. However the lead pair don\u2019t have much chemistry; she looks quite a bit older and way more worldly-wise than dewy-eyed Mukesh. The direction is a bit slapdash, the film\u2019s coherence hangs by a thread, and events and characters pop out of nowhere. Aah, and the logic \u2013 let\u2019s just say that there isn\u2019t much of that.<\/p>\n

Rahul Dev as villanous “Captain” essays his role with some panache, while Sophie in yet another baby-doll-with-anglicized-Hindi is her usual self – bad. Bipasha can’t act but has personality, and Neil can’t act either but has this very earnest appeal thing about him. Makes you wish they got better scripts, and directors who knew what they were doing.<\/p>\n

It is believed that we are attracted to the shiny and the colorful, as compared to the reliably hued. So it is with this movie \u2013 it\u2019s thoroughly pulpy, cool angles, cool clothes, and quite a bit of bling. But for about 2 hours of mindless entertainment, I\u2019d choose this over, say, a \u201cRace\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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