This weekend I was actually planning to catch Udaan or Once upon a time in Mumbai but me and my friend planned to catch the matinee show which was not available. Though she was harping on watching 'Eclipse' but I persuaded her to watch Aisha.
Why did I do it!!!
The movie basically is a collage of every romantic movie (hit or otherwise) you can think about. You can find, 'Clueless', 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na', 'DDLJ' among others. But the director Rajshree Ojha actually forgot to cook. She just put in the scenes one after another and we were just watching a train of incidents, rarely connected with one another. Though, it had all the material to be a good rom-com set in the high society of the capital city.
In the opening we find, the characters are being introduced and Aisha's motto of life, to be a matchmaker (because she wants to help people, most married men will disagree I suppose (wink)) revealed. Thereafter, the characters just come, deliver the wafer thin dialogues and go. After a very dragging 1st half, things actually begin to move somewhere in the second. Aisha realises that things are not turning up the way she wants them to be and people are finding matches on their own, not chosen by her. Things start to rush and we see that all the people are settling down quickly with their loved ones. Even Aisha also realises that she is in love too!
I have to mention about the cinematography and the music. The scenes of river rafting, camping in the woods etc were very well shot. The title track, 'Shaam' among others were good to listen to. The costume designing was also perfectly done with the bright show of trendy outfits but sometimes the characters were resembling models more than being actors. The actors especiall Sonam Kapoor was very true to her role. She acted well and was given support by Abay Deol and others as well. There were few moments of situational comedy as well when Aisha professes her love at a marriage reception, which wasn't the venue.
But Alas! All these good things could not support from sinking. The main reason, pathetic screenplay and too much mushy mushy things which I suppose youngsters in Delhi do not do. One example: at one time, Aisha is liking Dhruv and finds him kissing Aarti, Arjun's(Abhay Deol) colleague. After being confronted, Dhruv tells Aisha that, he liked her, but she did not respond. So, life goes on. Actually, the dialogues were not at all believable and we do not say that way in our life.
Overall, I thank God, that I did not go to a multiplex to see it! Even 70 bucks seems too much!
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