Director Rajshree Ojha’s Aisha is one such example. While the whole Indian film fraternity seems to be taking the responsibility of turning the pages of India’s political and gangster history with films like Rajneeti and Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, Aisha is a break from this mayhem. [break]
Anil Kapoor’s daughter, who debuted in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya as a confused lover, climbed a notch in I Hate Luv Storys. With Aisha, Sonam Kapoor finally seems to have matured as an actor.
Aisha is a bunch of cookies for all those uptown ladies for whom groceries is all that matter.
Well I can understand that L’Oreal was the official product for the film, but does that mean the entire first half had to be devoted to promoting the product? At places you really feel like you’re on some shopping spree with Sonam Kapoor.
Sadly, there’s nothing for men, even to window shop! Most of the times, it’s all about L’Oreal, Gucci, Versace and Dolce and Gabbana, than the actors and the story. Definitely the film has succeeded promoting the products of L’Oreal hugely.
Anil Kapoor’s production Aisha is a sweet family drama but short of something that would take the audiences by storm.
The film harks back to Jane Austen’s giddy class where match making is an ideal job to opt for. It is like a religion.
Abhay Deol though is not as good as he was in Dev D, has emerged as a better actor than his brother Bobby Deol. The central character throughout the movie is Aisha who is pretty convinced that her match making initiative is the only holy job one can ever find.
Aisha does everything possible to pair the most unsuitable people together, irrespective of the realization she would lose all those close to her heart in the long run. Aisha is a character that resembles Austen a lot. Aisha is never ready to accept that she can make wrong decisions.
This film is a two hour celebration of these pre-nuptial rituals. You laugh at some places while at others you simply watch on with a sense of resignation.
The cinematography by Diego Rodriguez and specially the songs and background music by Amit Trivedi create a multi-hued skyline in this narrative of sophomore socialites, their loves, lovers and love prattle.
Debutant director Rajshree Ojha does the safe landing in the film but it is too early to say if she can make it big in Bollywood.
Debutant actresses Amrita Puri, Ira Dubey do make some sense in this whole chaos of romantic get-together while it’s all Sonam Kapoor’s film. From the central role to the production Sonam Kapoor is the only thing the film concentrates on, besides cosmetics. Go for it, if you had no time for shopping since long.
(Screening at Kumari Cinema Hall, Kamalpokhari.)
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