Movie Review: Lafangey Parindey….stay away

Have you seen the trailer of Lafangey Parindey? (She was born to fly..etc)..Well, if you have, that’s the movie for you..Walk into the movie hall and though it clocks an annoying 2 and a half hours, I doubt you would have seen anything more, other than perhaps the biggest advertisement for the TV show, ‘India’s Got Talent’

YRF has clearly lost the plot. There was a time that a YRF production, though not always spectacular, could at least be counted upon as dependable movie fare..Well, the times have certainly changed

The ‘Tashan’ of making the big bucks have clearly made YRF a ‘Badmaash Company’ and they are now using advertising and endorsements to rake in the moolah rather than the audience’s ticket fare. What else would explain taking a promising script that may have had potential and presenting it in such a flat manner. The character of Pinky Palkar, could have been such a strong force so as to blow the audience away with her resolve and commitment (read movies like Iqbal) but despite Deepika Padukone’s best efforts, Pinky fails to move you. In fact, there is precisely one scene that would really stir some emotion and is quite beautifully presented but that’s where the joy ends

Neil Nitin Mukesh, in his trademark style, remains blank and expressionless throughout the movie and One Shot Nandu ends up being a one-dimensional character (even though that wouldn’t have been the intention). The only one who deserves mention is probably Deepika, who has definitely raised her own performance bar. Not only does she look beautiful (which she does in all her movies) but she quite literally, puts her best foot forward and tries to breathe life into the character of Pinky

Unfortunately, since the plot is woefully predictable (especially after the elaborate trailers) and there is little else to save the script, her performance is not enough to make this a hall-worthy experience. One would think that the ‘ringa ringa’ score that would have many humming away during the trailers, would be well exploited, but since that too comes only at the beginning of the movie, by the time you come out of the hall, you have no recollection of that either.

To sum it up, I have absolutely no reason whatsoever to recommend that you waste money and go to the halls for this flick…Just watch the trailer and you can tick Lafangey Parindey off your list…