Dil Kabaddi Hindi Movie Review

Dil Kabaddi Movie Review from bharatstudent,Indiaglitz,Idlebrain

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Bharatstudent - 2/5
Indiaglitz - 1.5/5
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Source:Bharatstudent

Movie Review:Dil Kabaddi Rating :2/5 Banner :tudio 18 & Paramhans Creations and Movies N More Pvt. Ltd. Cast :Rahul Bose, Irrfan Khan, Rahul Khanna, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan, Payal Rohatgi, Saba and others Cinematography: Anay Goswami, Namrata Jani Music: Sachin Gupta & Dhruv Dhalla Producer: Shailesh R Singh Director: Anil Senior Released Date: December 05, 2008

Story: A brave tale of bedroom, the story is about two couples who are married but not happily as boredom sets in with a rather melancholic stride. While Samit (Irrfan) is more of the creative and artistic guy when it comes to bedroom fantasies and would like to have the fullest of his lust but then Mita (Soha) is the more conserved and is not ready for any naughty acts unless she is totally comfortable with the person and that takes time. On the other hand, there is Rishi (Rahul Bose) who is a professor by job and his wife Simi (Konkona) who is an agony aunt columnist. One can imagine the dullness in their lives. However, all their lives change with the arrival of Kaya (Payal), the aerobics instructor, teenager Raga (Saba) who is evolved sexually and last but not the least the art director Veer (Rahul Khanna), the passive man. What happens from there forms the rest of the story. Presentation: The director has come out with a rather controversial theme and though the line of the subject is rather specific to a set of audience, the narrative is not that gripping to get it to the level of entertainment. The presentation was good with some impressive and practical dialogues. The script was good at few points and had its loose ends, the screenplay was above average. The music suited the moods and the highlight of the entire thing was the camera department. It was really mesmerizing. The editing was raw at few instances. The film tagged along due to the ensemble cast of highly talented stars. Irrfan was excellent, Soha was superb, Rahul was brilliant and Konkona was outstanding. Payal suited well but she was quite noisy at times, Saba was a real show stealer and equally seductive. The others did not have much to compete in this one. Movie Review:Dil Kabaddi Rating :2/5 Banner :tudio 18 & Paramhans Creations and Movies N More Pvt. Ltd. Cast :Rahul Bose, Irrfan Khan, Rahul Khanna, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan, Payal Rohatgi, Saba and others Cinematography: Anay Goswami, Namrata Jani Music: Sachin Gupta & Dhruv Dhalla Producer: Shailesh R Singh Director: Anil Senior Released Date: December 05, 2008 Story: A brave tale of bedroom, the story is about two couples who are married but not happily as boredom sets in with a rather melancholic stride. While Samit (Irrfan) is more of the creative and artistic guy when it comes to bedroom fantasies and would like to have the fullest of his lust but then Mita (Soha) is the more conserved and is not ready for any naughty acts unless she is totally comfortable with the person and that takes time. On the other hand, there is Rishi (Rahul Bose) who is a professor by job and his wife Simi (Konkona) who is an agony aunt columnist. One can imagine the dullness in their lives. However, all their lives change with the arrival of Kaya (Payal), the aerobics instructor, teenager Raga (Saba) who is evolved sexually and last but not the least the art director Veer (Rahul Khanna), the passive man. What happens from there forms the rest of the story. Presentation: The director has come out with a rather controversial theme and though the line of the subject is rather specific to a set of audience, the narrative is not that gripping to get it to the level of entertainment. The presentation was good with some impressive and practical dialogues. The script was good at few points and had its loose ends, the screenplay was above average. The music suited the moods and the highlight of the entire thing was the camera department. It was really mesmerizing. The editing was raw at few instances. The film tagged along due to the ensemble cast of highly talented stars. Irrfan was excellent, Soha was superb, Rahul was brilliant and Konkona was outstanding. Payal suited well but she was quite noisy at times, Saba was a real show stealer and equally seductive. The others did not have much to compete in this one. Conclusion: The film happens to be a rather amateur take from the hilarious masterpiece 'Husbands and Wives' made by the legendary Woody Allen. The film was however too intimate in the sense given the bedroom talks and the open talks on sex and thoughts. It might take the audience some moments of getting stumped by the dialogues but then the film has been good only in parts and few places, not on the whole. Though the entertainment aspect is not constant, there will be few aspects that are good and also this is for a very specific set of audience more the metro centric. Bharatstudent Verdict: Bold yet not upto the brim... Conclusion: The film happens to be a rather amateur take from the hilarious masterpiece 'Husbands and Wives' made by the legendary Woody Allen. The film was however too intimate in the sense given the bedroom talks and the open talks on sex and thoughts. It might take the audience some moments of getting stumped by the dialogues but then the film has been good only in parts and few places, not on the whole. Though the entertainment aspect is not constant, there will be few aspects that are good and also this is for a very specific set of audience more the metro centric. Bharatstudent Verdict: Bold yet not upto the brim...

Source:Indiaglitz

Banner: Studio 18, Paramhans Creations and Movies N More Pvt. Ltd. Cast: Rahul Bose, Irrfan Khan, Rahul Khanna, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan Direction: Anil Senior Production: Shailesh R Singh
Dil Kabaddi Movie Review

Dil Kabaddi - Bold but Lacks Finesse

IndiaGlitz [Friday, December 05, 2008]

Yeah! Years back we had censor boards so hard-and-fast on cuts for root word of 'profanity' and 'adult contents'. And now, the scenario hop-skips on different grounds where Indian audiences have to resist the shock with such bold themes hitting screens. Dil Kabaddi is off that sort where you'll have characterizations speaking about their on-bed issues so openly. It's not about theme, but the film in no way ingrains with flimsy 'n' sluggish screenplay that pushes us into pits of disappointments for complete 120mins. What could have been the intentions of filmmaker Anil Senior in making this film? Maybe, he should've overwhelmed with an idea of getting his name listed amongst filmmakers in era of Bollywood's changing phase. Of course, he deserves special mention but his best credits get diminished as his narration lacks finesse letting us yawn oftentimes. Dil Kabbadi is a marital comedy and to quote Irrfan Khan "It is Kabbadi that one's heart plays". The film delves into the lives of two couples who are caught in the web of post marital boredom. How the couples deal with an irresistible temptation of lurking out of the relationship for some fun is what the film explores. All in all Dil Kabaddi is a humorous take on a cosmopolitan Mumbai Jaisa Shahar where it's realms of west-toxication laying its impact on married couples. Samit (Irrfan Khan) and Mita (Soha Ali Khan) after couple of years of marriage, decide to split-up. Unable to withhold his sexual desires, Samit has no options other than getting into relationship with his yoga instructor Kaya (Payal Rohatgi). Well, it's his time for simmering down with his chintziest desires apart from sexual satisfactions. On the pars, Rishi (Rahul Bose) and Simi (Konkona Sen Sharma) happen to be happily married couples. But again, its fantasies that urges them out to look for other affairs. Rishi, an instructor at film academy falls for his 21yrs Raga (Saba Azad) while Simi introduces Mita to her friend Veer (Rahul Khanna), but she gets attracted to him. Rest of the story is about their hearts playing Kabaddi resulting in more break-ups and patch-ups… Fine! As mentioned earlier, it's not a question of audiences grasping bold 'n' surprisal theme for they're ready to welcome new themes. From alpha-till-omega, its complete formula of 'nothing is impressive and everything is ridiculous' prevailing throughout the show. Each characters looking at lens and narrating their tales is something innovative, but again they're inherited from some of yesteryear's Bollywood and Hollywood flicks. As usual, Irrfan Khan comes up with decent performance throughout all sequences. His characterization is so funny all throughout. It's more illustrious with opening shot where he encounters rib-tickling dialogues with Soha Ali Khan about wearing black goggles at night and driving car. Again, where he calls-up Soha with Payal on his side takes us for a ride-of-laughter. Soha Ali Khan is decent on her show and her part is more on emotions eclipsing comedies. Konkona Sen is cool and performs with an ease. Anil Senior has designed her characterization so precisely where she starts comparing about her marital relationship with Rahul Bose once their friends split-up. Ditto to Rahul Bose as he does justice to his role emoting to certain sequences is merely ne plus ultra. Be it his encounters with Konkona on discussing intimate issues or his 21yrs student obliging for a lip lock; they're amazing. Don't miss the show of Rahul Khanna while he is nonplussed in the climax sequence as he meets Irrfan and Payal with Soha Ali Khan is fantastic. Sabha Azad comes up with a moderate show while Payal is unbearable. If witticisms carry off the show delighting audiences, the torpid aspects especially with enormous flashbacks may get them perplexed. Anil Senior should've maintained the tempo in the latter half as in initial hours. Musical score by Sachin Gupta isn't lavish except 'Uthale Ya Phenk De' on final rolling credits. It would have been nice if there were visuals screened as it had made high waves with promos. Cinematography is excellent especially on vistas of 'Fourth Wall' and 'Soliloquies' rendered by characters looking at lens. On the whole, Dil Kabbadi as bold theme-yet-lightly delivered stops it from striking gold. Anil Senior should've have preferably worked more to give a prolific show. Verdict: Strictly for Adults Rating: *1/2

Source:Idlebrain