Originally posted by: AdaPadaKaunPada
I am in the minority here but the film just doesn't work for me at any level.It was a complete snoozefest with some decent comedy and good acting thrown in between here and there.I completely lost interest way before the interval and was bored by the time the film ended.Too much Dharma type drama presented in the form of a 'subtle story of a dysfunctional family'.The first half of the film was completely random,looked like different episodes of a TV show thrown in here and there but thankfully that changed in the second half.I really liked the writing of the post interval scenes of the film but again couldn't handle so much drama during the climax.Thanks to all the posts about the character sketches of the actors in this forum during the shoot of the film, the turning point in Rahul's character did not generate any surprising emotion from my end.Pretty sad though that during the turning point in Rahul's character,the whole theatre was actually laughing! *jai ho desi homophobia*
To me, the film looked a bit pretentious,similar to what I felt while watching Dil Dhadakne Do-trying too hard to portray the dysfunctional family. The comedy scenes with dadu were hilarious but it doesn't really add anything much to the story and punch lines get lost amidst so much of screaming,shouting and dialogues.The songs again are pathetic and neither adds anything nor takes the story forward (What was the music director thinking while composing the birthday song and what was the choreographer thinking while creating the John Cena 'You can't see me' step?).Alia overacts as the 'funny and chilled out' Tia in the first half, thank god she isn't there much in the whole film,such a negligible character.Siddharth Malhotra is wooden.Can neither express nor deliver dialogues properly.He ruins such a powerful scene of Arjun's outburst in front of his mom. Ratna Pathak Shah and Rajat Kapoor are repetitive.Overall, a pretty boring ensemble cast too. The only actors who actually carry the film on their shoulders are Rishi Kapoor and Fawad Khan.While Rishi gives the right dosage of laughter,Fawad Khan is beyond brilliant! He is the only reason why I could actually sit throughout such a boring film.Inspite of not being able to connect to anything in the film, his performance forced me to atleast connect with his character. I hope he gets more films in Bollywood!
I loved Shakun's EMAET and find it one of the most underrated films of 2012.The breeziness and the simplicity of his first film was somehow missing in this, atleast for me. I really want to watch Kapoor and Sons from the perspective of those who appreciated the film to know what did they like in the film.I still wonder why am I the only one to have not liked the film or connect with it? 😕
2/5
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