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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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Alankar Pandey on 5th Jul 2013, 12:29pm | Permalink
Really awesome movie.Long time no see this type of heart touching story.Both Dhanus and Sonam performed very well.Must watch!!!!!
Lodhi on 5th Jul 2013, 11:03am | Permalink
The critic either watched this movie from lala land and else he does not know his job well.
Please stop this bull shit.
This is awesome, excellent and once in a life time movie. Dhanush has done extremely good job and once you start watching it you will forget to blink your eyes till the end. Story, Acting and Songs all completing the interest flowing with the movie.
Great, Great, Awesome Movie.
Treat to watch.
akram on 7th Jul 2013, 11:52pm | Permalink
i am agree bro. . Ending dialogue made me cry
RRM on 4th Jul 2013, 10:30pm | Permalink
Overall a good movie. Awesome acting by Dhanush.
saddy on 4th Jul 2013, 7:36pm | Permalink
toooooo gud movie.....realy awsm
vijay on 4th Jul 2013, 7:14pm | Permalink
excellent
Priyanka Yadav on 4th Jul 2013, 2:13pm | Permalink
really awesom movie
Mahender on 4th Jul 2013, 2:20pm | Permalink
ya really wer ru ..................
himanshu on 4th Jul 2013, 1:25am | Permalink
Touchy movie....yr really awesome.....
lovely mukherjee on 2nd Jul 2013, 11:41pm | Permalink
very good and sesitive movie,........very superb movie,, dhanush and abhay play very well....as well as sonam also.......
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Abbas Hussain on 2nd Jul 2013, 10:33pm | Permalink
I guess the writer of this review hasn't watched this movie properly! Very bad review!! Please stop writing reviews as you are not at all good at it.u suck!!
The movie is a gem to bollywood!! Awesome !!!!
Mitika on 7th Jul 2013, 10:40am | Permalink
I agree with you. The critic needs a critical comment on writing such stuff. i totally disagree with what he wrote and anywhich ways the audience reviews and movie's collection is proving him wrong.
Radha Raman Sinha on 2nd Jul 2013, 10:24pm | Permalink
First of all I would like to thank the writer for writing such a touching and wonderful story. Its after so many years that such a wonderful story is written. congratulations ! It was really interesting and touching love story. Great work !
vats on 1st Jul 2013, 6:24pm | Permalink
awsome movie
Lax on 1st Jul 2013, 10:40am | Permalink
Superb Movie, Dhanush is brilliant actor, He proved that Looks and size,biccups doesnt matter. Great work Dhanush
RK on 30th Jun 2013, 3:57am | Permalink
Not more than a time waste. One of the most absurd movies ever watched.I wonder what the audience is getting crazy about.
Archana BBSR on 29th Jun 2013, 6:00pm | Permalink
Very good movie, m a fan of Dhanush after watching 3 , But its awesome.If actors ll be categorized as grade then u ll get O+ .Alos the acting of Murari & Bindya is awsome, Specially Murari wanna see u in more films, Not as side actor but as lead actor...fully paisa wasool...
Pankaj on 6th Jul 2013, 3:55am | Permalink
You got it right with Murari. He certainly makes a place in our hearts.
Rajeev on 29th Jun 2013, 5:11pm | Permalink
Do not Trust the Trailer - Movie is not the same as the Trailer - Should be Worst Movie of 2013, as the director or story writer go hay wire or crazy and movie started from weirder combination and became weirder, 2nd half was worst. Waste of money and time, Music is good, story is worst. Lots of Disappointment. Dhanush is no doubt a good actor but has been portrayed like a Idiot all throughout the movie.
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