MUSKURAKE DEKH ZARA
A stale boring inspiration of the Tamil hit ‘youth’ which was inspired by Telugu hit ‘Chiru Navvutho’.
by Vishal Verma

A PVR release of a Chitra Creations production.

Producer –Director: Som Shekar
Writer: Anurag Kashyap
Genre: Love story
Target Audience: General



Starring
 
Gashmeer Mahajani...... Vivek
Twinkle Patel...... Preeti
Sunil Sabarwal...... Amar
Simran Suri...... Gauri
Chirag Sethi...... Sunil
Hiten Paintal...... Prakash Raj
Tiku Talsania...... Chacha
Atul Parchure...... Elton
Khayali...... Dr. Naseeb
Rajshree Choudhary...... Priya
Om Katare...... Anand Agnihotri
Arijit Sen Gupta...... Saurabh Shorcar
Jiten Mukhi...... Mishraji
Reshma Merchant...... Mrs. Mishraji
Sudesh Lehri...... Khaatkar
Ranjeet...... Major Uncle



Technical Analysis
 
It’s hard to believe that Anurag Kashyap who advocates changes in Bollywood cinema can write such an amateurish film. Even worse, he just needed to give the Tamil hit ‘Youth’ which was inspired by the Telugu earner ‘Chiru Navvutho’ some element which could have inspired the Hindi speaking heart but he seems to be uninspired by this movie on the funda of love and friendship and he tries to just sign the muster by completing the film anyhow. At a point even the dialogue is a straight lift. There’s no harm in the story to be predictable the treatment and the screenplay holds the key. When you cast a new face Gashmeer Mahajani (impressive) you need to maintain some freshness in the proceeding to keep the audience engrossed but in MKDJ the film struggles to move and when it does (during the second half) then its already too late.

Though having a good theme about ideologies regarding love and friendship between a boy and a girl where the heroine tries to make the hero understand that friendship and love are different and the hero saying that one can be in love with a girl even after she is marrying another person.

The theme is matured but handled immaturely and suffers from editing jerks, unwanted songs and unconvincing comedy coming in between.

The lead actress twinkle Patel lacks charm and talent while Hiten paintal is impressive.

New introduction Gashmeer Mahajani shows promise

Production values are fair

The movie scores 1 out of 5



The Story

Muskurake Dekh Zara is a story of a young 'boy man' named Vivek. It's a story of simple emotions & disappointments of love and life. Vivek (Gashmeer Mahajani) has an 'upright' attitude, and ability to put people in their place and add lightness into moody and mundane situations not only when he interacts with his life's love Preeti (Twinkle Patel) but also when he encounters and jests with the simple, funny and harmless folks - like the eccentric live in DLT (Duniya Lal Tripati), the 'badnaseeb' hotel manager Khaatkar , the curious curio shop owner Elton, the heroine's eternally inebriated Chaacha who feels that one's 'spirit' can be derived only from downing spirits. The film's lighter moments beautifully intersperse with the hero's portrayal of a character of depth.

An incident of embarrassment drives Vivek from his hometown to Mumbai where he falls in love with Preeti. His leadership qualities & unusual understanding of situations makes his friends look up to him. It is his wonderful ability to reason that wins him the love of Preeti & finally put the villain Prakash Raj at bay.

With presence & not prejudice of the mind, Vivek deals with life's various & varied situations as they happen to him.



Promotions

Lacks buzz everywhere



Business Analysis

This amateurish remake of Tamil hit ‘Youth’ will fail to please anyone.



Other Credits

Cassettes and CD's on T-Series. Lyricist: Mehboob and Nasir Nizami. Music Director: Ranjit Barot. Cinematography: Jatinder Sharma. Choreography: Reshma Khan, Sabina Khan
Uma Shankar Nair, Pappu Maalu and Tobby Fernandes. Action: Allan Amin. Editor: Santosh Kumar. Sound: Arun Nambiar. Publicity Designs: Marching Ants. Reviewed at Ketnav, Mumbai on April 21 2010.

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