Bachna Ae Haseeno is about a chauvinistic boy who is insensitive to women's feelings and becomes a man when his heart gets broken.
Bachna Ae Haseeno
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba, Deepika Padukone
Director: Siddharth Anand
**1/2
Raj is back, this time in the guise of Ranbir Kapoor, and is wooing three lovely ladies all over the globe — from Mahi (Minissha Lamba) in Switzerland to Radhika (Bipasha Basu) in Mumbai and Gayatri (Deepika Padukone) in Sydney. Bachna Ae Haseeno is about a chauvinistic boy who is insensitive to women's feelings and becomes a man when his heart gets broken.
This is the perfect canvas for Ranbir Kapoor who cements his position with a wonderful performance as a man who finally realises what matters most in life. Since this is the question on most peoples' mind, let's cut to the chemistry results: The highest marks go to the sparks between Raj-Radhika (Ranbir-Bipasha). As the most experienced of all the actors, Bipasha carries off her scenes with élan, and she looks amazing. The track between Mahi (Minissha) and Raj is unconvincing, partly because of the speed and brevity of their track and partly due to a visual misfit. Finally, the litmus test: Gayatri-Raj (Deepika-Ranbir) display a comfort of age and familiarity but do not set the screen alight. As for her performance, the impressive debut Deepika made in Om Shanti Om is not carried forward here, appearing as if she never really got into the skin of the character.
So while the film starts off as a breezy rom-com, it loses speed and attitude in the second hour, slowed down by some unnecessary songs and long drawn-out reconciliations. As the second half becomes about Raj's repentance and epiphany, the mood swings vastly from amusing and cocky to dramatic and drab. Almost as a tribute, or maybe memorial to their earlier flop, the writers of Bachna Ae Haseeno use the word 'tashan' more than once in this film; they also play tunes from Dhoom and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. If this were not enough, the writer (Aditya Chopra) massages his own ego by referencing his one hit Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and the director, though pandering to it in the ultimate display of sycophancy, fails to replicate the magic of that hit film.
Bachna Ae Haseeno is beautifully filmed, shot in some stunning locations, has a couple of great songs that compensate for the dull ones and introduces an interesting talent in Hiten Paintal as Raj's best buddy. Director Siddharth Anand redeems himself after the painful Tara Rum Pum. The film scores highest points for providing a far more fitting playground for Ranbir Kapoor than Saawariya did, as he dresses (and undresses) his way between ages 18-30, showing his range of talents and acting skills, ensuring that his fans go home satisfied.
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