Dil Dosti etc : Review
29 September 2007 | Movie Reviews | No Comments
Debutante director Manish Tiwary could've explored so much given the choice of subject he has opted for his debut vehicle, but he's letdown — and terribly at that — by the script. What the viewer eventually carries home are a few poignant moments, besides a superlative performance by Shreyas Talpade. But that's not enough!
DIL DOSTI ETC. is set around students in Delhi University, mainly two university hostellers, Apurv [Imaad Shah], a rich, cosmopolitan guy and Sanjay Mishra [Shreyas Talpade], an old-fashioned guy hailing from Bihar. Sanjay is an ambitious and focused student-politician in Delhi. On the other hand, Apurv's life is directionless. With the abundance of time and money in hand, he searches for meaning in life through amorous escapades with various girls.
The three female leads — a prostitute [Smriti Mishra], a school girl Kintu [Ishitta Sharma] and a rich model Prerna [Nikita Anand] — provide a myriad of social and emotional backdrops to the film.
The prostitute claims never to get emotionally attached to her customers, the school girl Kintu remains non-committal to Apurv's flirtations and plays hard to get and the model aspires to become an international model and yet finds herself attracted to the earthy and charismatic student-politician Sanjay.
The problem with DIL DOSTI ETC. begins soon after the characters and their diverse characteristics are introduced and the viewer has just one question in mind — What next? And the question continues to haunt you till three-fourths of the narrative. …
Shreyas Talpade enacts his part with gusto. His outburst in the end is electrifying. Imaad Shah is cool, but it's a clear case of miscasting. He doesn't look like a Casanova who wears his heart on his sleeve. Smriti Mishra's role should've had meat. Ishitta looks cute and carries her role well. Nikita Anand has the trappings of a fine actress. ….read more
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