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Review - Vivah

18th November 2006 | posted in Hindi Movies, Reviews, meetu |

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Alternate Names: Vivaah

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Don’t hold your head and shake it in despair, just leave the theatre

That is, if you go there in the first place! Fans of Sooraj Barjatya - if that species is not extinct yet - might enjoy a few moments of his typical style. The rest of us didn’t care in the first place.

The lead pair whispers as if the listener has the most delicate eardrums and the heroine heaves, with her head at a 45 degree angle, as if she is soon going to need asthma medication. It is acceptable if they did that for the first few times - throughout the movie though? All actors, in lead and supporting roles, try to make the best of what lines are given to them. The only actor that stands out is Seema Biswas, she suits the different character she is given.

You have the predictable dialogues that spoon-feed the audience with details of the most obvious, and leave out technical details lest they distract you from the story (if it can be called that). The predictable plot has the ‘world’s best’ human beings (especially the over-virtuous, obedient hero and the nauseatingly shy heroine) – except one. Then there is the predictable screenplay, where the only place a couple can meet is temples and the only clandestine rendezvous is on a rooftop. And surely, there is the predictable exhibition of expensive saris, salwar suits, and jewelry. Kudos to consistency!!!

But, hey, the music is unpredictable – it is outright BAD! The good thing about earlier Sooraj Barjatya movies was at least they had songs you could appreciate when you saw them and were at least hummable. Songs of Vivah just make you wish the screeching stopped.

Wake up, Mr. Barjatya, it is no more the 80’s. We are getting used to much better cinema and you have much better equipment to provide us with it. So, do not take us for granted and serve us sub-standard products!

Click here to see what 8 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 2.2 / 5.0: 3 thumbs up, 1 so-so, 4 thumbs down.
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Detailed Ratings (out of 5):

Direction: 1 Story: 1
Lead Actors: 3 Supporting Cast: 3
Dialogues: 2 Screenplay: 2
Music: 1 Lyrics: 2.5

Vivah - Details

Director, Story: Sooraj Barjatya
Dialogues: Aash Karan Atal
Genre: Romance, Melodrama, Family

4 comments

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  1. 1 On March 24th, 2007, Naresh said:

    It was one of the best movie, i have seen. I did read an similar comment as urs in rediff, but when i checked on the comments, all were replying that it was good. really it was an excellent & clean movie. May b if heroines come in (only) handkerchief - u would posted a good comment, now enough of glamour .. glamour, lets talk of pure, perfect movie. really an hit movie, bcoz it was housefull, and at the same multiplex, tickets for dhoom2 were avaialable. an excellent movie to watch. please do not pass wrong comments

    There is something more than glamour
    Thanks for reading this,
    Naresh

  2. 2 On March 27th, 2007, meetu said:

    Hey naresh,

    Its great that you liked the movie. But, such movies don’t work for me.

    But, its pretty unfair to say “May b if heroines come in (only) handkerchief - u would posted a good comment”.

    I just wanted to clarify, I certainly did not dislike the movie because the women were fully-clad. Far from it.

    It was supposed to be a romantic movie, and I did not find any of the situations romantic. Neither was there any attempt to be novel.

    Thanks for stopping by.

  3. 3 On August 13th, 2008, Vikas said:

    He he… nice review… Actually, rather than nauseating, I found this movie extremely comical.. esp those typical filmi dialogs… one of the funniest is when Shahid steps into his dad’s office, everyone looks at him wierdly… and then, his dad says, ‘beta tumhare liye ek rishta aaya hai’ with great enthu… not just that, most mundane stuff is stylized to border comedy… Do you do this for a living or this ur passion?

  4. 4 On August 13th, 2008, meetu said:

    :) Vikas! This is my passion which I’m hoping to monetize better.

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