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Ranjhana
Ravi Kandala / fullhyd.com
EDITOR RATING
4.5
Performances
Script
Music/Soundtrack
Visuals
7.0
5.0
6.0
5.0
Suggestions
Can watch again
No
Good for kids
No
Good for dates
No
Wait for OTT
Yes
One of the most common faults that we find with our big budget flicks is the lack of a story. The comment most often heard in this context is that for all the money the producer spent on the movie, the least he could have done is hire a story writer. Raanjhanaa, thankfully, does not suffer from this problem - the lack of a story. What it suffers from, then, is actually its story.

The film is a long-winded love story that starts in the riotously religious streets of Benares and ends in politically motivated riots in Delhi. The plot has two focal points, Kundan Shankar (Dhanush) and Zoya Haider (Sonam Kapoor). Kundan, the son of a priest, falls madly in love with Zoya while the twain are still teenagers. He pursues Zoya relentlessly, and even cuts his wrist when she spurs him playfully. Zoya relents, but her parents pack her off to Aligarh when they learn that she is involved with a Hindu boy.

Kundan swears that he will wait for her, and he waits for 8 long years. Zoya returns as a student of JNU, but she's forgotten all about the teenage romance.

A persistent Kundan keeps at it until Zoya reveals that she is in love with a budding political leader Akram Zaidi (Abhay Deol) in Delhi. Enraged, Kundan tells her that he will get married on the same day as she will. From this point, the story takes numerous twists and turns, and ends in a completely unexpected manner.

Like we said earlier, Raanjhanaa suffers due to its screenplay, as opposed to its storyline. The plot that we've written here is just the first half. There is still a second half that goes on forever. The makers of this movie obviously hired a story-writer, but forgot to hire a screenplay writer. Raanjhanaa's meandering plot has as many twists and turns as the bylanes of Benares, and the numerous sub-plots are not neatly woven into the script.

The cryptic and nuanced dialogue is a tad difficult to follow. In addition to all these, the characters are all complexity personified.

The other problem with Raanjhanaa is that two men profess undying love for a woman who seems selfish at best and manipulative at worst. This is a woman who does not even recognise her teenage crush eight years later but will gladly take his help to spoil a proposed match and to get a match fixed in her favour. Even when she turns crusader towards the end, her personal motives seem to drive her more than the good of the people. The fact that both male leads are willing to throw away their lives for her does not really ring true.

Performance wise, Dhanush takes all his Tamil cinema sensibilities to Bollywood. The man is clearly influenced by his father-in-law, and this influence shows in his performance.

Abhay Deol is good in his cameo, but his role is just that - a small cameo. He looks slightly old, too.

Sonam Kapoor gives it all that she can, which is not too much, but is adequate. She does look breathtakingly beautiful in a few sequences, though. The supporting cast is fabulous, with Swara Bhaskar and Zeeshan Ayub standing out.

Rahman's score works very well on screen, and the songs help the story move forward. The man also tempers his western sensibilities, except for the "Dekho Na" number, and gives a proper Benares-inspired score. The production values are grand, and the cinematographer captures Benares beautifully. However, the sheen goes missing in the later part of the movie.

Raanjhanaa is a love story with flawed protagonists, that is quite difficult to absorb. Dhanush's heroics might find quite a few takers in the front benches, but the film, overall, might not go down well with our audiences.
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ram on 20th Nov 2013, 10:19pm | Permalink
it is a very good movie. definitely in indian contest. it must get some awards for best movie over all. heart touching and reality based movie. if it is not getting any award, then there must be some defects in the award system.
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Roohi khan on 29th Jun 2013, 12:22am | Permalink
Fresh air in cinema making, story next lane, so touched n connected , performance like nvr before single word outstanding.... few errors can be avoid after such good treat to eyes n heart :)
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AFRAJ ALAM on 28th Jun 2013, 7:27pm | Permalink
VERY GOOD MOVIES
ali.maheboob8 on 28th Jun 2013, 5:30pm | Permalink
Superb movie.I watched it for sonam.but at the end I came out as dhanush fan.
Dipak Jalan on 28th Jun 2013, 12:05am | Permalink
First of all I want to tell only one word for this movie & that is "AWESOME". After so many months I saw this type of great movie. There are so many wow moments in this movie, there are so many fantastic dialogs in this movie, there are so many great performances in this movie.It reminded me the old great movie"Sadma" bcoz of Dhanush's performance, it reminded me the one more great movie"3 idiots" for its story narrating, it reminded me greatest movie "Sholey" for its superb dialogs. some dialogs are extra ordinary.You will sink in the character of "Kundan(Dhanush)" and it seems so realistic,you will pray from god to find a friend like "Murari(Frnd of Dhanush)" and you will be blessed if you find a girl like "Bindiya (The girl who loves Kundanso much in spite of Kundan does not love her). This movie is full of true love,sacrifice and real characters.Music of A.R.Rehman also works like a cherry on a cake and all songs are situational songs.
So Friend if you want to see a beautiful movie, dont miss it guys, The Best Movie of 2013,,,,,,,,,,
simran on 27th Jun 2013, 4:42pm | Permalink
i jst lvd d movie its awsum blosum n d 2 sprtn actr were mindblowin n der dialgs n dhanus i luv u
Sony Arniwalia on 27th Jun 2013, 5:44am | Permalink
Nice movie,Everybody acts well good luck
amit on 26th Jun 2013, 11:40pm | Permalink
superb from thailand
S Sharma on 26th Jun 2013, 8:06pm | Permalink
Just finished watching in an event cinema in Sydney. Overall not bad. Language used like c words is a bad trend and goes against family and society values. How come sensor board lets it through? as if they dont understand these words. Plot of the film is very vast and screen plays are not ideally well connected.It is very hard to show a movie like a real story but certainly not by using c words which are not welcome by our society where ever they are in the world.
Srikanth on 26th Jun 2013, 6:02pm | Permalink
U watched the same movie right???
Cos I can't believe what u have written
a kumar on 26th Jun 2013, 4:29pm | Permalink
dont forget bindiya
SUMEET SHARMA on 26th Jun 2013, 2:42pm | Permalink
superb dhanush...n he is same in reality too...he is a good human being..inncocent face n gr8 acting..!!
Sapna on 26th Jun 2013, 12:23pm | Permalink
Excellent Movie & great story.Dhanush & frd role is nice But end is not good.
mehul jain on 26th Jun 2013, 10:41am | Permalink
superb movie.... first half ws juz incredible... second half ws gud.. de climax ws too gud n cld see the stills from hp8... rahman's score is perfect for de movie... typical desi clean movie.... dhanush was owesme... sonam luked beautiful but expected more interms f acting... but wt she gave ws gud... overall... faadu movie.. one of those about wch u keep thinkin after u cme out of theatre....
sun on 26th Jun 2013, 12:17am | Permalink
defenately can watch,sonam kapur so beautiful,
mythili on 26th Jun 2013, 12:07am | Permalink
superb................and dhanush awesome acting............sonam also.....
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