Bachna Ae Haseeno Movie Review
Directed by Siddharth Anand of ‘Salaam Namaste’ and ‘Ta Ra Rum Pum’ fame and produced by one of the biggest production houses in Bollywood; Yash Raj Films ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ stars the hottest couple of the tinsel town Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone along with the sexy Bipasha Basu and the beautiful Minissha Lamba. Bachna Ae Haseeno is Ranbir and Deepika’s second Bollywood movie (after Saawariya and Om Shanti Om) and their first film together.
Great production house, good director and a very interesting star cast; does Bachna Ae Haseeno work?
Before we proceed into the analysis part, let’s take a sneak peak into the story of Bachna Ae Haseeno.
Bachna Ae Haseeno Story
The movie is about Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) and his relationships with the 3 women in his life.
Mahi (Manisha Lamba) is sweet, innocent, romantic and lives in the DDLJ world. She truly believes that she could bump into Raj (Shahrukh Khan’s character in DDLJ) anytime. For her life is nothing but a fairy tale with paths of flower carpets. Radhika (Bipasha Basu) is sexy and smart. A girl of today, Radhika is a struggling actress who is looking to make a mark in the film industry. Gayatri (Deepika Padukone) is a cab driver in Australia who sets her own rules, regulations and doesn’t abide by what the society says or thinks. She also does not believe in marriage either.
Bachna Ae Haseeno revolves around these characters and speaks about the short flings that Raj has with each of the girls and the lessons of love n life that he learns from each one of them.
Bachna Ae Haseeno Review
Bachna Ae Haseeno is a movie for all the guys out there, not that it has nothing in it for the female audience. The guys would easily connect with the male lead character. The other characters too are well etched and easy to identify with.
The movie starts off well, the first half is a romantic comedy with the main lead (Ranbir Kapoor) involved in 3 love stories. The first story with Minissha Lamba is sweet typical teenage romance. Its funny at times and well directed. The second with Bipasha Basu is about a live-in relationship. It’s exactly what most guys seek for, a non committal relationship with a hot woman. The final romance with Deepika, the most important of the three as most of what followed in the second half is a consequence of the Deepika – Ranbir story, isn’t convincing. Overall though, the first half is entertaining.
The second half is emotional (which is okay), a bit too long and very predictable. The execution of the script by the director especially in the second half could have been better. The editing too could have been much crisper. The music and locations, well it’s almost like a world tour with a song in every single location. Two songs stand out, the classic Bachna Ae Haseeno and Khuda Jaane. The cinematography is fantastic; the locales of Australia and Italy have been beautifully captured.
Bachna Ae Haseeno Performances
Ranbir Kapoor stands out with a good performance. He’s talented and has immense potential. He also shares smooches with all three leading ladies, the one with Bipasha was quite passionate. Must say, some guys are real lucky! Bipasha Basu carried her glamorous role with ease. Minissha Lamba was inconsistent, good in parts. Deepika Padukone has nothing to do! In a small role, she does well. Audience who expect more of Ranbir and Deepika on screen will be disappointed but their chemistry was pretty good.
Overall, Bachna Ae Haseeno is a good movie which had potential to be much better. It would garner mixed reactions. Some will just love every bit of it; a few might just hate it and some in between. At the all important box-office, BAH will do much better than God Tussi Great Ho, which for some reason hasn’t been in news even though it stars Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.
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Other Notes – If you have followed the news here, you would be aware that Katrina Kaif was also a part of Bachna Ae Haseeno. Her role was eventually chopped off as the runtime was going well past 3 hours. Am very curious to see what her role in the movie actually was. Lets wait for the DVD, hope they include Katrina’s part in the Deleted Scenes.
God Tussi Great Ho, which also releases with Bachna Ae Haseno has just not been in news. Very strange that Salman Khan was promoting BAH on his popular game show Dus Ka Kum.
The review of God Tussi Great Ho will be up by Friday evening (IST). Be sure to check it out.
Lastly, If you have already seen Bachna Haseeno, vote in the poll below. Be honest with your votes, as it could influence others into watching the movie. If you havent watched the movie yet, dont vote. Bookmark the page, watch the movie, come back and then submit your votes. If you have no plans of watching the movie, choose the appropriate option i.e ‘No Plans of watching’.
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Fathiya: (August 16, 2008 at 1:46 am)
Kalyan: (August 16, 2008 at 10:46 am)
Fathiya no offence bu are you retard or something you give bad marks to all the good movies and give good marks to the bad movies v.v
Fathiya: (August 16, 2008 at 12:04 pm)
Dear: everyone’s taste is different in this life. Our taste for movies exactly as our taste for decoration, colours, songs, clothes, etc.
It’s not that I want to give some credit for some bad movies as u said. Sometimes some movies we enjoy and others don’t .e.g the movie “Welcome” wasn’t this movie a hit?! The majority loved it!! I found it stupid Kachra movie, and many other movies which I already mentioned.
U can’t force anyone to love a movie just because the majority loved it. And so many didn’t like it in our country Bahrain. Indian people loved it, but other nationalities found it a crap and a waste of time. It’s just because we r different in the way of thinking and our taste, that’s it.
I’ve decided to see Singh is King today at a show at 12.30, and I will watch it to see if the movie worth all this hype. But I believe in what (U name it ) said that it’s for sure a crap one.
vic: (August 17, 2008 at 12:36 am)
Fathiya,
By the way I am also from you region- from Dubai..
well, still not so convincing for me.
anyways, as you said it depends on everyones liking and everyone has his own right to voice his opinion on something.
Hope you have enjoyed Singh is King..good day
Fathiya: (August 17, 2008 at 12:52 am)
Vic: Finally, I watched Singh is Kinng in theatre, but I don’t want to repeat writing same comments under every page: Read it under the box office collection of Sing is Kinng. Good night.
Fathiya: (August 17, 2008 at 10:59 am)
U Name it: Why didn’t u like Bachna Ae Hassino? Just be honest as I am, I thought Singh is King is a bad movie but after watching it on a big screen I knew that I was wrong and that the movie isn’t bad but an interesting one. So what u didn’t like about BAH as I found the movie a flawless.
vic: (August 17, 2008 at 11:16 am)
Dear Fathiya,
U r taking it way too personally..its just about personal liking as you have mentioned earlier.
So, chillout and have a gr8 day. I am visiting Bahrain in the coming days -:)
Fathiya: (August 17, 2008 at 11:39 am)
Vic: really, and how long r u going to stay? Here is my contact no. if u wish to talk to me: 39675919. We can discuss better verbally about movies. Have a good day.
vic: (August 17, 2008 at 11:50 am)
Fathiya:I am gonna stay for a couple of days just for business. I feel so relaxed in Bahrain as theres no traffic and life is slower than Dubai.I will call you then,thanks for the number..
Fathiya: (August 17, 2008 at 12:19 pm)
Vic: You’re most welcome
sajid: (August 17, 2008 at 3:03 pm)
Well this movie is the message for all youngster specially a cassanova type of boys. its a very good movie a treat to watch, I really like Bipasha character and Deepika screen presence is awesome,well a boy like me feel guilty after watching this movie, but ranbir done a clapping job the boy will be soon in the list of superstars
go ahead buddy ………….. second half u find a little boring but its ok..
U name It: (August 17, 2008 at 3:13 pm)
Hi Fathiya,
I never said I didnt like BAH. I saw it yesterday and I thought it was great.
It is SIK that I thought was in bad taste!!!
But BAH rocks completely. I never found myself getting bored at all. Its been a while since an out and out romantic movie was such a pleasure to watch!
I loved the movie BAH!!
Vish: (August 17, 2008 at 11:06 pm)
Although the movie was not as much awaited as Singh is King…it surely wil sweep u out of your feet by beautiful locales,camera wrk & superb actin by all the stars..concept ws vry diff 4m traditional hindi movies…GenX wil def lyk it…kewl movie MUST WATCH…deserves 4 rating…Ranbir has shown his calibre n dis movie…3 stars 2 luk out 4 nw..SHAHID/IMRAN KHAN/RANBIR…vry talented new comers wil def give khans a run 4 their money…
Ravi: (August 18, 2008 at 1:21 pm)
It’s a great entertainer to watch.Ranbir is going to be future superstar
Samir: (August 19, 2008 at 5:53 am)
hey i watched two days ago bah and i got the movie now. it was an awesom i hate your first movie Ranbir but this movie done a great job. ranbir has learned now knows how to act. Sawarya was very boring movie and i taught Ranbir is aswelll. But after watching bah i am sure he can do better than this ………….GUCK LUCK!!!!
Samir: (August 19, 2008 at 5:53 am)
hey i watched two days ago bah and i got the movie now. it was an awesom i hate your first movie Ranbir but this movie done a great job. ranbir has learned now knows how to act. Sawarya was very boring movie and i taught Ranbir is aswelll. But after watching bah i am sure he can do better than this ………….GUCK LUCK FROM AFGHANS!!!!
Fathiya: (August 19, 2008 at 11:54 am)
Samir: I saw Saawariya in cinema 3 times ( and that’s my habbit) when I love any movie and find it (interesting) the minimum no. of me to watch is (3 times). I can’t ask u to watch it again ’cause this movie was good only on a big screen and not to watch it thru a c.d. as it portayed night life and was shot indoors.
People are different like colours, when I find a movie very interesting, others find it boring, therefore we differ and fight on websites!
sajid: (August 19, 2008 at 1:43 pm)
Fathiyaa it suprsing that u like SAAWARIYA also, I think u like ranbir kapoor so thats why u r debating to much on this websites, yess he is good looking and a very good actor
Fathiya: (August 19, 2008 at 3:28 pm)
Sajid: No.. Ranbir is a part of the movie, his performance as a newcomer was so good in Saawariya and he’s cute, loveable, could win everyone’s heart. He was overacting in the last song “Saawariya” but I believe that the actor does what the director asks him to do.
I loved Saawariya and considered as best of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ( he, himslef also considered Saawariya as his best movie) and he’s right, the audience was wrong and didn’t appreciate his good work, as happened for LS2050 which was also a very deserving movie)
I loved it for the following reasons: Excellent direction, cinematography, and shooting indoors which gave the movie a new flavour. I loved the shade of blue and green which u (all) didn’t like! I loved the music, the melody of the songs, Jabse Tere Nenah, Todhri Badmash Hae Tum & Jaane Ja.
I didn’t find it boring at all. If for me was a boring movie, I wouldn’t have gone to cinema 3 times to watch it. As I said, what’s nice for me, might be a boring for u. I love slow songs with good lyrics and meldoies, but my father hates them, my daughter too! See.. how we r a different people!
Sammy: (August 19, 2008 at 5:09 pm)
Just from watching, it was okay! Just okay! I expected a lot from yash raj after a string of terrible movies! It kinda let me down, the best part is the one of ranbir and bipasha only, deepika sucked more than minisha, she slightly stiff. The review was fair! Come on yash raj; you can do so much better! Whats happening?
And Vic: u don’t have the right to stop anyone, not to watch a movie ’cause u didn’t like it. Some movies which u consider bad might be good for others and vice versa. People’s taste for movies is different.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE MOVIE (LOVE STORY 2050) A MOVIE WHICH U ALL DIDN’T LIKE BUT I LOVED AND CONSIDERED IT ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF THIS YEAR, HAD SOME FLAWS, BUT DIDN’T AFFECT A GOOD WORK OF THE DIRECTOR. I WATCHED IT 3 TIMES AND STILL WANT TO WATCH IT. I LOVED ALL THE SONGS OF THE MOVIE AND I’M LISTENING TO THEM EVERY DAY.
SURPRISES U?!! DOES IT?!