Cocktail Hindi Movie Review : Deepika's Jab We Met

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Cocktail Hindi Movie Review : Deepika's Jab We Met

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Cocktail Hindi movie, which stars Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty in the leads with supporting cast like Randheep Hooda, Dimple Kapadia and Boman Irani is directed by Homi Adajania, to the story written by Imtiaz Ali and has music by Pritam, while background score by Salim-Sulaiman.

Cocktail as the title suggests is a mixture of three different people''s life under one roof and their potpourri of emotions. The story deals with Veronica (played by Deepika), Gautam played by Saif and Meera played by Diana. The movie questions the proverb - Two is a company, is three a crowd?

The promotions had given an insight about the characteristics of each lead, where Gautam is a flirt & a wacky fellow, Veronica a rich spoilt bitch & a photographer, who reasons her wild side with a sad childhood upbringing and Meera a desi soft spoken girl who needs to get real in her life.

Meera who breaks up with Randheep Hooda, comes and lives with Veronica and the two become best of friends easily, though they are poles apart in their characters. Gautam and Veronica who share a non-committal relationship are also living together in the same flat.

The first half is fun with wacky and engaging dialogues between the three friends. Veronica-Saif & Meera are independent and enjoy life as they hang out. But things change when the cupid strikes, when Gautam starts a liking for Meera, which is when we break for interval.

Usual stuff like desi guy likes a good girl than a party animal, take place in the second half and the concoction of emotional play due to change of Gautam's heart. What happens at the end with these three's emotional trauma forms the climax.

But what this usually tried and tested formula of a triangular love story gets us tired, is with its second half when the screen play gets boring with stretched scenes and dialogues with long pauses. We get to watch the often-seen, age old ending of friendship sacrificed for love. The story could have been short in the second half to make it a bit bearable.

Review

The film's major plus is the first half and Deepika Padukone's acting. It is considered to be one of her best in career. She not just looks awesome on screen and is stylish, but has portrayed her role well, that you wish you could see her more on screen.
Saif is charming as a romantic guy and flirting comes easily to him even at this age. This Punjabi lad is just plain and we have seen this kind of Saif in films earlier that he hasn't brought anything different on the table.
Diana in her debut film though has a strong role to play is ok and has to improve a lot in certain places. But her innocent looks are perfect at some instances in the film.
Dimple Kapadia as the conservative loud mouthed Punjabi mother to Saif plays a gutsy woman and is funny. Boman Irani's moments with Dimple too is enjoyable, who has a colorful past plays Gautham's Mama.
While Deepika & Diana's friendship and their equation is showcased well, the movie lacks the depth in the relationship of Deepika-Saif and also Saif's sudden change of heart when he longs for Diana. Deepika-Saif post films like Love Aaj Kal and Aarakshan shares good chemistry, there is not a bang on romance developed on screen when you set out to watch their third film. Love quotient lacks a bit.
Cinematography by Anil Mehtha is charming and endearing through out the film. His Camera work on the outdoors beaches, bars & pubs are lively.
Of-course the film's music is enchanting. Tumhi Ho Bandhu and Daru Desi is on everybody's lips and are shaking their legs to the song, once it appears on the big screen. While Jugni, Yaariyan are also enjoyable. But too many songs make it a bit irritating at some places.
The film will definitely attract the urban youth, who could easily relate to this fun filled film, about three diverse characters who set out to enjoy as well as burst with various emotions like friendship, love, lust, heart-break and finally go on with life.

Verdict : A Gen Y film, with rich visual and enjoyable music, that many teens prefer to watch out with their gang of pals for a weekend outing. This could be Deepika Padukone's best and it could do what Jab We Met did for Kareena.

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