I Hate Love Story Movie Review, I Hate Love Story Movie Rating
Director: Punit Malhotra
Producer: Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar, Ronnie Screwvala
Music Director: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani
Cast:
Imran Khan as Jay Dhingra
Sonam Kapoor as Simran Sharma
Sameer Dattani as Raj
Rating : ***
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I"ve hated Bollywood love stories. The panoramic shots of a swashbuckling, mandolin wielding hero and a sari clad heroine dancing in slow motion against the backdrop of heavenly Swiss Alps inspired more slumber in me than a valium does. And "" forgive me "" those Karvachauth sequences when the heroine looks at the moon through the sieve and the dapperly hero steps in the frame just in the nick of time to consolidate her faith that theirs is janam janam ka saath have unfailingly resulted in me digging my head deep in popcorn buckets. Well, that was then. Now, I"m nearly a convert "" thanks to Punit Malhotra"s debut film I Hate Luv Storys, which is "" pardon the clich "" a hatke romantic saga.
Director Punit Malhotra has forwarded an extremely simplistic love story in a very predictable fashion, nothing exceptional about it. Right from the word go, you would be able to decipher what would happen in the next and the next and the next reel, which is in one way good, because we sincerely have very few films these days that put up a decent show even with a simple story. The movie beautifully portrays the chemistry between the ah-so-girly Simran, who swears by the pinks and the reds and the spare-me-the love guy Jay. While Simran is head over heels in love with the concept of love itself, Jay leaves no stone unturned to squirm and scorn at the "filmy" Simran.
