Neither of the two is a finished article yet.
It does not seem likely yield the desired result. There is little in the latest incarnation of A Star is Born that could be held up by its producers as a pressing enough explanation for why this musical love story, which one thought was a deal that had been done and dusted for good, had to be made all over again.Įven the lead actors aren’t newcomers, so do not expect them to inject any freshness into the proceedings.Īashiqui 2 is actually an attempt to relaunch the careers of Aditya Roy Kapoor ( London Dreams, Action Replayy, Guzaarish) and Shraddha Kapoor ( Luv Ka The End, Teen Patti). It is a musical love story with a feel so old-world that it reeks of staleness. In Mumbai, most memorably, it took the form of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Amitabh Bachchan-Jaya Bhaduri 1973 starrer Abhimaan.ĭoes Aashiqui 2 have anything new to offer? Nothing at all. This story has been on the silver screen times without number ever since David O Selznick produced A Star is Born three quarters of a century ago.
And the drama takes on a shrill edge.Īashiqui 2, directed by Mohit Suri, isn’t a retelling of merely the 1990 hit with which Mahesh Bhatt made instant but transitory stars out of Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal. Yes, you’ve guessed it, tension and heartburn erupt between the two.
The boy, smitten by the girl’s soulful singing of a song that he made a name with, goes out of his way to help her find a firmer foothold in the business and get ahead in life.Īnd when there is so much music wafting in the air, can Cupid’s arrow be far behind? It finds its mark soon enough and the duo is soon exchanging sweet nothings.īut before the boy, Rahul Jaykar (Aditya Roy Kapoor), knows it, he has been upstaged by the girl, Aarohi Shirke (Shraddha Kapoor). The girl – she is poor, ambitious and down to earth – struggles to make ends meet. The temperamental, hard-drinking male protagonist is a major composer and songwriter with many a chartbuster under his belt and a humongous chip on his shoulders. It is a terribly trite and tested formula.
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