Dreams

Contrary to accepted Bollywood practice, Dreams has a proper script, some cerebral dialogues, and strong emotional twining. It commandeers your attention for most of its length, making you fret and empathize, and beseech the protoganist to watch his back as he sifts into potential emotional cliffdrops. However, it doesn't work, since we still go to the movies for that old reason - to have a good time.

The tale is of a movie director who stakes his everything on some inspired high-rolling that makes a superstar of an ordinary girl, and who then loses her love. While it pantomimes....