Aashiqui 2
Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor, Shaad Randhawa
Direction: Mohit Suri
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Aashiqui
set quite a few trends. It ushered the new-age musical on release in
1990. The soundtrack emerged as a hero, setting a template that let
producers make profits casting unknown names as leads.
In turn composer duo Nadeem-Shravan emerged as superstars, dictating
productions because scripts started being written to fit their songs.
Their music, largely blending traditional geet and ghazal with a hint of
vintage RD Burman, brought back melody after the boisterous eighties.
It is essential to understand the Aashiqui phenomenon to fathom what the Bhatts were up to this time.
Aashiqui 2 is in no way about setting trends. The film merely banks
on the power of saleable music and the novelty of a fresh cast to enable
brothers Bhatt, Mahesh and Mukesh, make maximum moolah within minimum
budget as they have done all along.
Mohit Suri as director should have been an advantage. Mohit has
proved his mettle as a storyteller with hardhitting drama such as Zeher,
Kalyug, Raaz 2 and Murder 2. In Aashiqui 2 he tries mixing that idiom
with smoother strains of mush.
Yet, you spot sheer lack of energy about Mohit’s treatment this
time though the overall packaging is impressively GenNow. It seems the
film stretches a script worth an hour to its full runtime only because
it wanted to accommodate all the songs.
Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor get their big breaks playing the
romantic duo. Aditya is cast as Rahul Jaykar, wasted rockstar battling
alcoholism. He spots the incredibly talented Aarohi Shirke (Shraddha)
crooning at a bar and decides to mentor her. The narrative unfolds their
blossoming romance and a couple of soothing numbers unfolds.
You don’t miss strains of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1973 hit
Abhimaan (starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri) in the drama that
follows. Aarohi’s stardom escalates and so does Rahul’s envy. Ego
comes in the way of their love.
Shagufta Rafique’s story avoids taking risks. Bhatt flicks have
always been typified by a flawed hero fighting inner angst. Aashiqui 2
lets Aditya’s Rahul play to the gallery with that bit. If the budding
actor struggles to get the nuances right, it is mainly because he gets a
weak character to play out.
Aditya’s chemistry with Shraddha also suffers for the same reason.
She looks pretty, as all Bollywood love stories require the heroine to,
but she fails to add some spark.
Finally the music, the film’s real winner. A battery of three
composers (Mithoon, Jeet Ganguly, Ankit Tiwari) give the film its big
reason to cheer for. Also, lend a ear to newbie singer Arijit Singh.
Here’s hoping Aashiqui 2 does for Arijit what the first film did for
Kumar Sanu all those years ago.
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