Movie Review: Teri Meri Kahaani
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Neha Sharma, Prachi Desai
Direction: Kunal Kohli
Rating:
Boy meets girl. And then there can be half a dozen options to carry on with a love story. Kunal Kohli picks three, in a bid to drive home a familiar Bollywood axiom: Love never dies.
Teri Meri Kahaani fails to find a USP simply because the three love stories it narrates aren't altogether new. That's despite the fact that Kohli was trying out an unusual narrative style to bind his three stories with a common thread.
For the record, Teri Meri Kahaani draws stylistic inspiration from a Taiwanese film of 2005 titled Three Times, which explored man-woman relationship using the themes of trust, freedom and youth. Kohli's film doesn't reveal such lofty ambitions. He has merely borrowed the Three Times format to give you three love stories for the price of one.
The film takes off in Bombay of the swinging '60s. Priyanka Chopra plays Rukhsar, a lonely filmstar and object of affection of Govind (Shahid Kapoor), a wannabe musician she meets on a train. A familiar triangle set-up takes over when Govind's neighbour (Prachi Desai), who loves him, turns out to be Rukhsar's childhood buddy.
The film then re-invents its lead stars as Radha and Krish in presentday London. Their somewhat impulsive romance is marred by a misunderstanding set off by his ex (Neha Sharma). The third chapter takes us to Punjab of 1910 where Javed pines for Aradhana, but of course the raging freedom struggle backdrop is strong enough to keep the two lovers apart.
Kohli reveals no other obvious reason to make this film other than cash in on whatever draw his lead pair - onetime lovers whose romance went bust in real life - could garner. Talented stars both, Priyanka and Shahid hardly get a reason from the screenplay to give something extra to their roles. Teri Meri Kahaani tells stories you and I already knew.
Direction: Kunal Kohli
Rating:
Boy meets girl. And then there can be half a dozen options to carry on with a love story. Kunal Kohli picks three, in a bid to drive home a familiar Bollywood axiom: Love never dies.Teri Meri Kahaani fails to find a USP simply because the three love stories it narrates aren't altogether new. That's despite the fact that Kohli was trying out an unusual narrative style to bind his three stories with a common thread.
For the record, Teri Meri Kahaani draws stylistic inspiration from a Taiwanese film of 2005 titled Three Times, which explored man-woman relationship using the themes of trust, freedom and youth. Kohli's film doesn't reveal such lofty ambitions. He has merely borrowed the Three Times format to give you three love stories for the price of one.
The film takes off in Bombay of the swinging '60s. Priyanka Chopra plays Rukhsar, a lonely filmstar and object of affection of Govind (Shahid Kapoor), a wannabe musician she meets on a train. A familiar triangle set-up takes over when Govind's neighbour (Prachi Desai), who loves him, turns out to be Rukhsar's childhood buddy.
The film then re-invents its lead stars as Radha and Krish in presentday London. Their somewhat impulsive romance is marred by a misunderstanding set off by his ex (Neha Sharma). The third chapter takes us to Punjab of 1910 where Javed pines for Aradhana, but of course the raging freedom struggle backdrop is strong enough to keep the two lovers apart.
Kohli reveals no other obvious reason to make this film other than cash in on whatever draw his lead pair - onetime lovers whose romance went bust in real life - could garner. Talented stars both, Priyanka and Shahid hardly get a reason from the screenplay to give something extra to their roles. Teri Meri Kahaani tells stories you and I already knew.
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