Sanjay Leela Bhansali might offer you one of the best cinematography in the Indian cinema, but the same cannot be said about the quality of his movies. When he made this movie, I guess he wanted to add everything that he could to this movie, drama, comedy, emotion, romance, tragedy, sacrifice, etc, etc. The movie looked very similar to a saas-bahu serial with even bigger sets and even more expensive costumes. In some scenes the characters of the movie were having fun on the dinner table, somewhere they were singing, somewhere they were flying kites, etc, etc. Then the love story, then the issues because of the family(which I could not understand very clearly as Sameer seemed to be a decent fellow but still the girl's family had problems with him as if he was an alien). Then entered Ajay Devgan who it seemed acted in the movie as if he had to pay off some old debt of the director. He looked irritated, sad, angry, and cheated for most part of the film. It seemed as if the director had taken inspiration from saas-bahu serials and some fairy tales. After seeing the movie you would be left thinking that this was probably one of the most impractical movies that you would have seen in your entire life. Some scenes of the movie leave you irritated beyond any repair. I would like to mention one particular scene from the movie where Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan are sitting in the Church and Ajay Devgan is about to ask Salman khan his name but he is interrupted by someone. You should actually see the scene to understand what I am trying to say. In the end I would want to say that Mr. Bhansali made a movie for the audience who were tired of seeing serials at their home and wanted to come to the theatre to see the same thing at a grand scale with much bigger sets and a bigger starcast.
Review of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
