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“Mere Brother Ki Dulhan” (My Brother’s Bride) is the story of a typical love triangle: a young man, Kush Agnihotra (Imran Khan), is looking for a bride for his elder brother Luv (Ali Zafar), he finds a perfect match –Dimple Dixit (Katrina Kaif) – but ends up falling in love with her instead.
Most critics complained that the movie is based on the age-old love triangle formula. However, a few were all praise for first-time director Ali Abbas Zafar.
Here’s a roundup of what several critics had to say about the movie:
Gaurav Milani, writing in the Times of India said he found the movie “relatively old and familiar entertainment.” Mr. Milani praised Ms. Kaif’s performance, saying her “live-wire energy” is what made the movie watchable.
“With Imran Khan restricted in his range and the immensely talented Ali Zafar being reduced to a second fiddle, it’s left up to Katrina to save the ship, which she ably does as far as the average script allows her to,” he added. “Katrina Kaif looks gorgeous and her free-spirited act makes you sit through the film.” He liked Ali Zafar’s performance but felt that he was “underused.”
Komal Nahta, editor of Bollywood blog Koimoi, complained that the movie was “based on the age-old formula of a love triangle.” He was, however, impressed by first-time director Ali Abbas Zafar, who he said “handled the film in a mature way.”
“He succeeds in keeping the audience engaged for most of the duration of the drama and makes the overall packaging of the film very appealing,” he said of Mr. Zafar. Overall, he found that the movie had “reasonable entertainment value, very good music, exciting song picturisations and an impressive start to make it a rewarding experience for all concerned.”
As for the actors, he felt that it was “Katrina’s film all the way.” Mr. Nahta goes on to add that “her performance is absolutely fantastic. Katrina will also earn brownie points for her graceful dances.” He gave the movie three out of five stars.
On India Masala, Reuter’s Bollywood blog, Shilpa Jamkhandikar called the film a “fun one-time watch.” She warned that the movie has many flaws and suggested it “could have been a shorter, tighter film.” Ms. Jamkhandikar called the movie “slightly mindless” and didn’t find the theme very compelling, describing it as “two guys, one girl, a wedding, lots of impossible situations and lots of songs.”
However, she praised Ms. Kaif for adding a lot of energy to her role. “Katrina Kaif brings zing to her role, and even though she overdoes it at times, (especially in the ‘Sholay’ scene), she is immensely likeable as Dimple Dixit.”
News portal Rediff’s Sukanya Verma was not impressed by Mr. Zafar’s filming, which she described as a “pretty ordinary effort.” But she praised the choice of cast: “All three look younger than they are and bear an incredibly fresh, genuine and genteel disposition. First-time filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar avails of these qualities to fashion a feel-good, melodrama-free, candy floss rom-com about two brothers and a mutual love interest.” She also liked the name “Dimple Dixit,” which she described as a “symbolic cross between two of Bollywood’s most beautiful leading women: Dimple Kapadia and Madhuri Dixit.” Ms. Verma gave the movie two-and-a-half stars out of five.
Writing in the weekly India Today, Kaveree Bamzai was not enthusiastic about Ms. Kaif’s performance. She felt that although her character had the potential of turning the movie into a “terrific story,” Ms. Kaif interpreted her “as a curiously blank piece of paper.”
“She tries hard, but if the movie stays even marginally afloat it is because of Imran Khan. He’s boyish, charming as the sensible younger brother of the very self aware and very filmi Ali Zafar who plays the well heeled brother working and living in England, and has an extremely expressive set of eyebrows,” she wrote. Ms. Bamzai gave the film two stars out of five.
“Mere Brother Ki Dulhan” (My Brother’s Bride) is the story of a typical love triangle: a young man, Kush Agnihotra (Imran Khan), is looking for a bride for his elder brother Luv (Ali Zafar), he finds a perfect match –Dimple Dixit (Katrina Kaif) – but ends up falling in love with her instead.
Most critics complained that the movie is based on the age-old love triangle formula. However, a few were all praise for first-time director Ali Abbas Zafar.
Here’s a roundup of what several critics had to say about the movie:
Gaurav Milani, writing in the Times of India said he found the movie “relatively old and familiar entertainment.” Mr. Milani praised Ms. Kaif’s performance, saying her “live-wire energy” is what made the movie watchable.
“With Imran Khan restricted in his range and the immensely talented Ali Zafar being reduced to a second fiddle, it’s left up to Katrina to save the ship, which she ably does as far as the average script allows her to,” he added. “Katrina Kaif looks gorgeous and her free-spirited act makes you sit through the film.” He liked Ali Zafar’s performance but felt that he was “underused.”
Komal Nahta, editor of Bollywood blog Koimoi, complained that the movie was “based on the age-old formula of a love triangle.” He was, however, impressed by first-time director Ali Abbas Zafar, who he said “handled the film in a mature way.”
“He succeeds in keeping the audience engaged for most of the duration of the drama and makes the overall packaging of the film very appealing,” he said of Mr. Zafar. Overall, he found that the movie had “reasonable entertainment value, very good music, exciting song picturisations and an impressive start to make it a rewarding experience for all concerned.”
As for the actors, he felt that it was “Katrina’s film all the way.” Mr. Nahta goes on to add that “her performance is absolutely fantastic. Katrina will also earn brownie points for her graceful dances.” He gave the movie three out of five stars.
On India Masala, Reuter’s Bollywood blog, Shilpa Jamkhandikar called the film a “fun one-time watch.” She warned that the movie has many flaws and suggested it “could have been a shorter, tighter film.” Ms. Jamkhandikar called the movie “slightly mindless” and didn’t find the theme very compelling, describing it as “two guys, one girl, a wedding, lots of impossible situations and lots of songs.”
However, she praised Ms. Kaif for adding a lot of energy to her role. “Katrina Kaif brings zing to her role, and even though she overdoes it at times, (especially in the ‘Sholay’ scene), she is immensely likeable as Dimple Dixit.”
News portal Rediff’s Sukanya Verma was not impressed by Mr. Zafar’s filming, which she described as a “pretty ordinary effort.” But she praised the choice of cast: “All three look younger than they are and bear an incredibly fresh, genuine and genteel disposition. First-time filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar avails of these qualities to fashion a feel-good, melodrama-free, candy floss rom-com about two brothers and a mutual love interest.” She also liked the name “Dimple Dixit,” which she described as a “symbolic cross between two of Bollywood’s most beautiful leading women: Dimple Kapadia and Madhuri Dixit.” Ms. Verma gave the movie two-and-a-half stars out of five.
Writing in the weekly India Today, Kaveree Bamzai was not enthusiastic about Ms. Kaif’s performance. She felt that although her character had the potential of turning the movie into a “terrific story,” Ms. Kaif interpreted her “as a curiously blank piece of paper.”
“She tries hard, but if the movie stays even marginally afloat it is because of Imran Khan. He’s boyish, charming as the sensible younger brother of the very self aware and very filmi Ali Zafar who plays the well heeled brother working and living in England, and has an extremely expressive set of eyebrows,” she wrote. Ms. Bamzai gave the film two stars out of five.
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