Movie Review | Aashiqui 2

Movie Aashiqui 2 Review - Musical Dominated Venture

A movie which has created a big buzz in bollywood has finally released this Friday in cinema halls near you. The Movie Aashiqui 2 is a remake of Mahesh Bhatt's Aashiqui (1990) megahit. It is based on Hrishikesh Mukherjee's brilliant Abhimaan (1973), but is most clearly inspired by Imtiaz Ali's equally worthy Rockstar (2011) – except the boy looks terminal ill (the affliction is mental in his case) and it's the girl who's willing to go to every length to be by his side.

Aashiqui 2 Star Cast

Aditya Roy Kapur Shraddha Kapoor Shaad Randhawa Mahesh Thakur

Director - Mohit Suri Producers - Mahesh Bhatt & Mukesh Bhatt

Aashiqui 2 Story

Rahul Jaikar (Aditya Roy Kapoor) is a very popular singer. But the main problem with him that he loves the alcohol the most. On the peak of his career, he deprived off his path because of his indulgence in drinking. After a nasty scene of drunken revelry at a concert, Rahul  washes down his low self morale with more alcohol. At a local bar in Goa, he spots Arohi (Shradha Kapoor), singing his famous number with greater passion than him. An impressed Rahul decides to build her career in order to give his crumbling life a purpose. While slowly he finds himself falling in love with her, her success coincides with his failure, with Rahul settling for being a successful woman's shadow. Rahul loves his lady more than himself now. Rahul nourishes and grooms his ladylove to offer her a ladder to stardom but the leftover stardom of his pawn career starts diminishing thereafter.

Aashiqui 2 Script Analysis

Aashiqui 2 is a film about the transient nature of fame. The script has kept the love story independent of Rahul's self loathing tendencies. The plot has been written from an enlightened perspective which does understand the necessity of coming of age in terms of ideas. Strikingly, the script writers maintain a strict dichotomy between Rahul's love for Arohi and how he hauntingly bears failure and bruised ego of a yesteryear star, without mixing the two. At no point is the man's love challenged by jealousy but it is his own descent that claws him from within, which the film admirably maintains.

Aashiqui 2 Star Performances

The performances are good to watch. Individually they looked amazing. Shraddha and Aditya have convincingly played their parts. She, like a porcelain princess and him like a rugged carefree rockstar. But together, there is little magic between them. Their characters are shallow, unconvincing and lazily written. Mahesh Thakur and Shaad Randhava give above average performances in their limited roles. While the music is good as an album, but 11 songs, it just lengthens the film.

Aashiqui 2 Final Verdict

Aashiqui 2 is a film on the dangers of alcohol addiction, subsequent loss of voice, and the end of a musical career. The lesson learnt is that no one should be drinking to wash away their sorrows, it makes the problem even worse. The precious insight that this film offers on that front is a philosophical line from a person who plays the music producer, "Star woh hota hai jiski awaaz sunkar dil kahta hai seeti mar." The film, Aashiqui 2 conveniently side-steps the fact that the only rockstar in Indian pop-culture is the film-star who lip-syncs songs on the screen. Faintly trying to revive a dead script with soothing music and appealing chemistry, but Surely Mohit Suri hasn't reloaded the sincerity of the prequel in 'Aashiqui 2', but has still maintained the decorum in it.

Aashiqui 2 The Positives & Negatives

Goods Aditya Roy Kapur is the killer factor of this film. That's all there's to look for in this one. The music is also quiet simple & heart touching. Bads A bumpy screenplay and dialogues that are delivered at deafeningly high decibels are quite indigestible.

Watch Or Not?

 Aashiqui 2 rambles on about a love story that turns into a convoluted mess because of alcoholism. With absolutely nothing remarkable in this distasteful blend of Devdas and Abhimaan, I will recommend this film only for Aditya Roy Kapur's intense acting & a good chemistry between Shradha Kapoor & Aditya. Will the love between Rahul & Arohi gets completed, you need to find out by watching it.

Aashiqui 2 Ratings - This Musical Charm Deserves **

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