Dil Bole Hadippa – the movie review

After all the hype that was created, Dil Bole Hadippa and Wanted were finally here this weekend. What is the result of all the media hype and promotion that the stars worked so hard on? Decided to check out Dil Bole Hadippa this weekend (Wanted I was sure is one I couldn’t sit through).

Dil Bole Hadippa although I knew was a total masala flick decided to take the plunge coz Rani is one of my favorites and yes, a long weekend so a family outing. My daughter being the wide-eyed Bollywood wonder, sat through very patiently and happily in fact with her bag of popcorn and coke, however, hubby dear did find it really really tough to sit through the 3 long hours that didn't seem to end. A Sunday afternoon and the theatres was more empty than full, this spoke volumes for the film's success anyway.

Dil Bole Hadippa with all the hype that was created over a cricket film and Rani playing a Sardar was totally lacklustre, in fact, would prefer to call it a complete directorial disaster. With a very weak plot, the director too totally lost focus (that is if he did have it from the beginning). The confusion was evident in the film. The director was not sure on which lines to take the film …whether it was to be cricket, the Indo-Pak friendship or female emancipation. And really don’t know what Rakhi Sawant and Sherlyn Chopra were doing out there in their skimpy outfits. As for Shahid Kapoor too, after Kaminey, a lot more was expected of him and the actor too failed to rise to the expectations. The songs were average and every now and then just popped out of nowhere (it was more like, there were some more bits of the puzzle left after the entire thing was put together and it just had to be put in …somewhere…just to prove a point). The film would not even qualify for an OK and coming from the Yash banner it was yet another disaster. They seriously need to look at the kind of films they have been putting together lately.

Felt a little bad at the end of the film coz so much money and effort goes into something that is a total failure…but guess that’s what the box office is all about… and we soon leave Rani behind and look forward to Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja’s “What’s Your Raashee?” (where she plays 12 different roles) that is releasing this Friday, the 25th of September 2009.