The story of comebacks have been pretty successful in the history of Bollywood be it the erstwhile Manoj Kumar or the recent Kajol, but then the jinx looks ready to break with the comeback of Madhuri Dixit which fails to impress from the very beginning. The story starts with a phone call to Dia (Madhuri Dixit) in New York from her guru Makarand (Darshan Zariwala), who is in his final stage in a small town Shamli in India. Dia rushes to the town and gets transported to nostalgic times when she left the very place ten years ago on a bitter note and now Ajanta Theatre once the most happening place is now on the brink of destruction and is being looked at a real estate conversion by the local authorities.
In a dedicated will to stop this from happening, Dia joins hands with Doctor (Raghuvir Yadav), the caretaker of the theatre and vows to come up with a theatrical production with each member of the production from the same town in less than two months time. How she overcomes the obstacles posed by the local politician (Akhilendra Mishra) and the shrewd businessman (Irrfan Khan) and gets successful in her journey forms the rest of the story.Presentation Debutante Director Anil Mehta who is known for his cinematographic skills has failed to realize that ultimately it is the story line and the content in it that gets the audience to the theatre.
The major drawbacks in the movie are the script and the music and since this happens to be a musical as the title suggests, there is hardly a single number which the audience can carry home. Salim - Sulaiman (Music) have failed miserably in that department. What looked like a realistic cinema gets converted into a fairy tale as things fall into line very smoothly with not much efforts required. No one talks about the funds and its source to erect the grand set that comes in the climax (the set design is awesome to look at).
The only credits to the movie are the quality performance by Madhuri and some really interesting dialogue situations between Madhuri and Akshaye Khanna, who has given a stellar performance. Other talents like Irrfan Khan and Konkona Sen Sharma have been underutilized. The other departments like Cinematography and production design are perfect. The other cast in the form of Ranvir Shorey, Kunal Kapoor and others have done justice to their role.Conclusion Madhuri fans who expect her to make a smashing comeback will have to smash such ideas as the two main organs for a film - Music and Script have disappointed which led to the downfall of the movie. What could have been a very realistic subject has been presented in a very unbelievable manner, which has slipped the audience interest on the movie. The film has a feeble start and fails to pick up at any point.
Madhuri has to be appreciated for looking just the same when she left and credits to Akshaye Khanna for coming up with a brilliant performance. Both Madhuri and Akshaye actually set the screen on fire when they were together. The other departments have done a decent job.
This could perhaps be a major flop at the box office this year!!
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