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By Joginder Tuteja, November 6, 2009 - 13:51 IST
MOVIE DETAILS
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukerjee
Director: Anurag Singh
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni
THE FILM
Dil Bole Hadippa is a movie that starts with a bang but fizzles out in the latter reels'.
No that's not the way I intended to begin the review. Because the fact is that this film actually doesn't begin with a bang. It has an okay-dokay start to it which promises something good to arrive in reels to come. Things perk up too as reels unfold but narrative only becomes further predictable towards the second half. As for the film's climax, then well something as ridiculous as that has to be seen to be believed. Frankly, in the history of some insipid endings, Dil Bole Hadippa will be one of the front runners. What exactly goes wrong? Well, read on!
How can one explain the ending of the film which seemed pretty much in sight with India coming up with a last ball win over Pakistan in the game of 20:20 cricket? Chalo, there is some innovation in store with not a six ending the match but four singles. Theek hai! But then from where does this entire weepy speech by Rani Mukerjee comes up in the end?
She starts talking about equal rights for women, their liberation, and stuff like that. Hello! Now what was that? And why relegate Shahid Kapoor to just smile at the background when the speech is met with not even a thunderous applause, what with a set of stock extras being shown the placard of 'look glum, look interested, laugh, stand quiet, stand still' instructions appearing alternatively?
Really, it's as amateur as it gets.
It wasn't that bad at the beginning at least. Anurag Singh seems to have passed out of Yash Raj school of film making and though he may not have scored a distinction there, he at least scores a little better than passing marks by following the template approach. Red, blue, green and oranges appear all over the frames, hence putting a stamp of 'feel-good' all over. Rani Mukerjee is spirited too and though her 'six balls mein six sixes' talk hardly makes you jump into a cricket ground, you wait for her transition from Veera to Veer.
Shahid Kapoor arrives and it is nice to see him play the good, sweet and a strong willed young man. He does what he is good at and though he shows a spark in at least a couple of sequences (where he tries to pataofy Veera through Veer), there isn't much scope for him to perform. Even Rani doesn't get to demonstrate a 'once-in-a-lifetime' performance that many would have expected her to come up with in Dil Bole Hadippa and one feels sad that a much touted comeback doesn't turn out to be one. The emotions are of the same kind that one had after Madhuri Dixit missed going the whole hog for Aaja Nachle.
Dil Bole Hadippa continues to meander around and there is just no excitement or sense of urgency or curiosity that one tries to explore in the narrative. It is plain, flat and simple with references to DDLJ and HAHK turning out to be a big yaaaaawn! Can Yash Raj Films and Sooraj Barjatya patent their own films and warn their film makers not to overdo the act?
As for the much hyped presence of Rakhi Sawant and Sherlyn Chopra, then well, the film makers could have opted for any girl from the 3rd row in a dancing troupe and it wouldn't have made any difference to the film. Leave aside them being important to the film, they are not even used to the fullest as props.
PACKAGING
Change is always welcome. YRF Home Entertainment brings the DVD of Dil Bole Hadippa in a newly designed compact case, the kind which is associated with Blu-Ray Disc. Attractive!
DURATION
The film's duration is 147 minutes
SPECIAL FEATURES
None
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- Subtitles in English, Arabic, Dutch, Tamil, Telugu
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo
PRICE
Rs. 299/=
CONCLUSION
Drector Anurag Singh didn't quite seem to be sure about what he wanted to present to audience though Dil Bole Hadippa. A feel good Punjab entertainer? A Rani Mukerjee show reel? A movie about India Pakistan rivalry and subsequent friendship? A 'mere desh ki dharti' patriotic saga? A love story? A cricket story? A movie about women liberation?
Or perhaps he was actually absolutely sure and wanted to pack it all in those 2.5 hours. Because if that was the intent then well, he doesn't quite get it right. In an attempt to bring together all the elements, Dil Bole Hadippa goes with the saying - 'Na idhar ki rahi, na udhar ki. Shuru kahin se hui, khatam kahin aur jaa ke!'
 
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