Picks and Piques/ Snippet Film Reviews/10th Jan 2014/Johnson Thomas
Picks and Piques/ Snippet Film Reviews/10 th Jan 2014/Johnson Thomas Dedh Ishquiya( Hindi) : Rating: * * * The andaaz is shayarana but the tehzeeb and ada is missing. The urdu language heightens the romance but the casting just doesn’t give you that extra mile required. The shayaris are also a little too low brow to make the experience intriguing. The humor is chuckle worthy at best. Madhuri and Huma Quereshi are too low down on the ‘ada’ category. They look too well-fed and don’t have the kind of intensity or sauciness’ required to pull off their respective roles. Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi make a game of the double crossing con and Vijay Raaz lends his peculiar brand of villainy to make it just about watchable! Yaariyan(Hindi): Rating: * * A zestful musical with a soul –stirring and peppy beat but no story to tell. Divya Khosla Kumar’s directorial debut is a designer outfit without the body ...