Movie Review : Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Fawad Khan

Director: Karan Johar

Genuinely Moving Drama With Terrific Performances by its Leads ! 

Perhaps it’s fitting that Karan Johar, whose very first film addressed themes of abiding friendship and the pain of unrequited romantic love, should revisit those themes nearly 20 years later, armed with the maturity that comes with time and age. The result, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, is easily Johar’s best film since his widely polarizing extramarital love story Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna from 2006.

Operating well within the comfort of a world that is familiar to him – namely rich, good-looking NRIs disconnected from the trials and tribulations of us normal folk – Johar crafts a surprisingly sensitive, and for the most part genuinely moving drama whose biggest strength is unarguably the terrific performances of its two leads.

Bound by a shared love of cheesy Bollywood songs from the 80s, Londoners Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor), a wannabe singer, and Alizeh (Anushka Sharma) become thick friends after an awkward hook-up attempt at a party, and in the wake of their respective breakups with meaningless partners (a scene-stealing Lisa Haydon in his case, a stiff Imran Abbas in hers). His friendship with Alizeh turns quickly into romantic attraction for Ayan, but her deep affection for him remains firmly platonic.

Over two hours and thirty minutes, Johar puts his protagonists through an emotional wringer, testing what’s between them with the appearance of exes (Fawad Khan), new lovers (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), and ultimately an un-vanquishable villain.

Movie Review : M.S Dhoni: The Untold Story

MS Dhoni The Untold Story is directed by Neeraj Pandey who has directed hit films like ‘A Wednesday’, ‘Special 26’ and ‘Baby’. Coming to the story of this movie, the director Neeraj Pandey has written the script along with Dilip Jha. The script highlights the difficulties that were faced by MS Dhoni since his childhood who dreamed of playing at the highest level. What are the problems that he has faced during that time? What led him to join as the Ticket Collector at the station and what led him towards going once again to the game. The director managed to recreate the 2011 world cup winning shot. Furthermore, this scene in the climax literally brings goosebumps to audience. Not only the struggles but the director has also shown the love story between MS Dhoni and Sakshi Dhoni. One has to admit that the love story of MS is as good as it gets. All in all this movie has got every emotion.

Sushant Singh Rajput is the heart and soul of this movie. This talented young actor has got under the skin of real MS Dhoni and has enacted the same on the reel. Such is the perfection that his performance in this movie made everyone connect to the character. The movie has already created a huge buzz on social media & all the credit goes to Sushant Singh Rajput for the dedication and the time that he has taken for this role. He has also enacted the cricketing shots of Dhoni very accurately. In no way, you can right off this actor in this movie. Such is the essence that he has brought for this movie. Coming to the other actors of the movie, Kiara Advani is seen playing the role of Dhoni's wife has also done a great job in the movie. The romantic love scenes between Sushant and Kiara perfectly highlight the chemistry between the two.