If you are looking for an honest and true version of the controversial star's life then look elsewhere coz this is the story told by someone who is just your super-crazy fan! I am talking of that kind of a fan who would go and do pooja to the cut-out not just before the first-day first-show, but crazy enough to do it at the audio launch!!
I mean I am not saying that this is a no good film, if this had been a "inspired by" rather than a true-life scene-to-scene set up, then it would have made much sense. Coz from what I read and saw, the actor's life wasn't as glossy as the film portrays and his mistakes weren't due to personal life set-backs, at least not all of them. For instance, his descent into drugs and women is not circumstantial but that's what rich kids do, when they have too much money, fame and fandom at a very young age.
All the mistakes and the recovery from them were portrayed in a cute and sympathetic manner, trying to up-sell that goody goody non-existent image of the star.
Acting wise, Ranbhir Kapoor nails his part as Sanju, there is no denying the fact. From the supporting cast, its Vicky Kaushal who truly stands out as that one strong friend who's always been there, also a totally fictitious character in bio-pic (???). Then Paresh Rawal also nails his part at the legendary Sunil Dutt. From the rest of the cast, Dia Mirza has very little screen time and so does Manisha. And what can I say about Sonam Kapoor ... well, she's plastic and her life is fantastic!!
The songs of the film are barely ok and the ones that stands out are A.R.Rahman's two songs which truly bring the 80s era to life, especially "Ruby Ruby". But sadly, the "Chand" song is played for few seconds and "Ruby Ruby" is totally butchered when the film-maker decided to ruin it by adding his own lyrics. Wonder why they even approached ARR when their plan was not to justify such amazing compositions!!
And then there are ample doses of all the heart warming scenes which we come to expect from Rajkumar Hirani's films. Every emotional scene is well directed and the feel-good scene give you goose-bumps at times, something which is like a walk-in-the-park for this director.
Finally, if I were an ardent fan of someone, totally blind and intoxicated by his very presence, this is how I would make a movie about him!
I mean I am not saying that this is a no good film, if this had been a "inspired by" rather than a true-life scene-to-scene set up, then it would have made much sense. Coz from what I read and saw, the actor's life wasn't as glossy as the film portrays and his mistakes weren't due to personal life set-backs, at least not all of them. For instance, his descent into drugs and women is not circumstantial but that's what rich kids do, when they have too much money, fame and fandom at a very young age.
All the mistakes and the recovery from them were portrayed in a cute and sympathetic manner, trying to up-sell that goody goody non-existent image of the star.
Acting wise, Ranbhir Kapoor nails his part as Sanju, there is no denying the fact. From the supporting cast, its Vicky Kaushal who truly stands out as that one strong friend who's always been there, also a totally fictitious character in bio-pic (???). Then Paresh Rawal also nails his part at the legendary Sunil Dutt. From the rest of the cast, Dia Mirza has very little screen time and so does Manisha. And what can I say about Sonam Kapoor ... well, she's plastic and her life is fantastic!!
The songs of the film are barely ok and the ones that stands out are A.R.Rahman's two songs which truly bring the 80s era to life, especially "Ruby Ruby". But sadly, the "Chand" song is played for few seconds and "Ruby Ruby" is totally butchered when the film-maker decided to ruin it by adding his own lyrics. Wonder why they even approached ARR when their plan was not to justify such amazing compositions!!
And then there are ample doses of all the heart warming scenes which we come to expect from Rajkumar Hirani's films. Every emotional scene is well directed and the feel-good scene give you goose-bumps at times, something which is like a walk-in-the-park for this director.
Finally, if I were an ardent fan of someone, totally blind and intoxicated by his very presence, this is how I would make a movie about him!