Another movie from the Excel Entertainment team. This time directed by Zoya Akhtar.
Since the time the promos of ZNMD have hit the air, it has been comapred to Farhan Akhtar's DCH. The feel, the look, the male bonding.....this time it was being directed by a woman. I was intrigued - what would it be like ? Another road trip / romance ? Something more maybe ?
Put your doubts to rest - the movie has a feel like DCH but it's not a copy of DCH. It's a mature DCH I say !
The movie is about a road trip that 3 friends undertake before one of them gets married, so it turns out to be his bachelor's party as well. So they head to Spain and start their journey. But there are issues to be sorted on the way. emotions to be unloaded, to be felt, to be experienced, life changing moments, love and men being boys - some really great male bonding and sillyness !
They encounter a few people on their journey who are instrumental in bringing about a change in the 3 distinct characters that they are.
Performances are great - the boys really bond well (Hrithik, Farhan and Abhay) and have loads of fun. Katrina looks like a million bucks and Kalki is good but wasted in a role like this. Abhay Deol walks away with the honours in the acting department while Farhan shows a lot of improvement in the acting department, the way he plays his character and Hrithik is good as usual.
The music is good - more so when watched with the movie progressing. The Tomatina festival song is really good.
The dialogues are funny, not in your face funny but subtle and the male bonding scenes will have you wanting to go silly with your best buds.
The direction is very assured and Spain makes for some very pretty locales and scenes.
Verdict - 3/5. It's a one time watch for sure.
The cons -
I felt the movie was a bit too long, could be trimmed by 20 minutes.
I feel it won't really connect with all the audience but the multiplex audience would surely lap it up.
The life changing moments do not really come across very cleanly - Hrithik's one being the main culprit. (The sky diving sequence is longer and the best - you really want to jump off into thin air and feel free)
Other than that all well.
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