Surprisingly, non-mainstream fare. Pleasantly surprised. Well enacted, well packaged, non-conventional fare is getting to be the norm from local fare these days, and that's always welcome.
Quite possibly one of the few polished, technically proficient works out there.
Malhotra has to be appreciated for choosing to work in this and in something like 'Kapoor & sons'.
The background score, along with a few songs on the soundtrack, are well chosen, and extremely pleasing to the ear. This includes the unnecessary end-title track, which is worth sitting thru for.
The music album, therefore, is definitely worth purchasing.
Katrina has definitely improved her screen presence, though she's not more than just another supporting character that revolves around the main lead, with little or no depth for her character's motivations. In fact, there could be an interpretation that could even call her characterization to be regressive, which is somewhat surprising, considering the credentials of the team behind this work.
A few visualizations of the future, are interesting, and do not look shoddy or outta place much, something that's been the morn in most local sci-fi works. That's a huge +,and they keep it simple.
The production design and cinematography also are very pleasing aesthetically, and no frame looks outta place, other than for a few instances when shots are canned within a moving vehicle, that clearly look like they've been shot within a studio.
The penultimate climax was one of the most impressive things about this almost indie like version of the butterfly effect, which is enormously letdown by perhaps one of the weakest endings I've ever seen committed to celluloid.
In something like this, I would have loved it if the supporting characters were given something like depth, but that's where both the writing and the execution more than just falter. 'Happy bhaag jaayegi' and 'Kapoor & sons' both worked better because the writers treated the supporting players with nothing but respect.
Love, is supposed to be something strongly magical/fantastic, and though the chemistry between the leads is palpable throughout, with them even performing decently, the writing fails to evoke the sense of passion necessary for us, the audience, to feel their pain, and root for them, against all odds, in this case, time (or not, depending on how one interprets the finale), and a misplaced sense of priority. The leads love for mathematics, over all else, is also not given enough breathing time for us to buy into his motivation. Or, for that matter, another lead's propensity for art. And, where's the struggle?
Solid actors, nee, thespians, like Ram Kapoor, Rajit Kapur and Sarika are wasted, though their presence is always welcome.
Sayani Gupta, after her fantastic turn in the superb 'Margarita with a straw', is great here as well, but the writing lets her down too.
I usually prefer it if the trailer (https://youtu.be/Wiuj_GHlb64) doesn't give the movie away, but, in this case, the trailer misguided expectations, and the end result, though well executed overall, is ultimately a letdown.
Worth 1 viewing at the local cinema.
Quite possibly one of the few polished, technically proficient works out there.
Malhotra has to be appreciated for choosing to work in this and in something like 'Kapoor & sons'.
The background score, along with a few songs on the soundtrack, are well chosen, and extremely pleasing to the ear. This includes the unnecessary end-title track, which is worth sitting thru for.
The music album, therefore, is definitely worth purchasing.
Katrina has definitely improved her screen presence, though she's not more than just another supporting character that revolves around the main lead, with little or no depth for her character's motivations. In fact, there could be an interpretation that could even call her characterization to be regressive, which is somewhat surprising, considering the credentials of the team behind this work.
A few visualizations of the future, are interesting, and do not look shoddy or outta place much, something that's been the morn in most local sci-fi works. That's a huge +,and they keep it simple.
The production design and cinematography also are very pleasing aesthetically, and no frame looks outta place, other than for a few instances when shots are canned within a moving vehicle, that clearly look like they've been shot within a studio.
The penultimate climax was one of the most impressive things about this almost indie like version of the butterfly effect, which is enormously letdown by perhaps one of the weakest endings I've ever seen committed to celluloid.
In something like this, I would have loved it if the supporting characters were given something like depth, but that's where both the writing and the execution more than just falter. 'Happy bhaag jaayegi' and 'Kapoor & sons' both worked better because the writers treated the supporting players with nothing but respect.
Love, is supposed to be something strongly magical/fantastic, and though the chemistry between the leads is palpable throughout, with them even performing decently, the writing fails to evoke the sense of passion necessary for us, the audience, to feel their pain, and root for them, against all odds, in this case, time (or not, depending on how one interprets the finale), and a misplaced sense of priority. The leads love for mathematics, over all else, is also not given enough breathing time for us to buy into his motivation. Or, for that matter, another lead's propensity for art. And, where's the struggle?
Solid actors, nee, thespians, like Ram Kapoor, Rajit Kapur and Sarika are wasted, though their presence is always welcome.
Sayani Gupta, after her fantastic turn in the superb 'Margarita with a straw', is great here as well, but the writing lets her down too.
I usually prefer it if the trailer (https://youtu.be/Wiuj_GHlb64) doesn't give the movie away, but, in this case, the trailer misguided expectations, and the end result, though well executed overall, is ultimately a letdown.
Worth 1 viewing at the local cinema.