Prem Prakaran
A love triangle between the Hot, Hotter & the Hottest.
First & Foremost hats off to the team for withdrawing
their release to accommodate The Kashmir Files.
A rare gesture.
Such rarity is also the film, rare to see a good, classy and cool Gujarati film.
The film is a great product.
The hero of the film is the music. Begins and ends only at the climax. Take a bow Amit Trivedi, you have created pulsating scores that not only maintain the pace but also gives a brilliant direction to the entire prakaran. Songs like Laagni, Zidd, Yaado Taari Tu Nahi To, Kori ne Kaachi liven up the entire experience of the prakaran. Niren Bhatt’s lyrics too touch your heart, though none have yet become hummers. Singers Jigardaan, Ishani, Siddharth Amit Bhavsar too have responded very well.
But first, there are some Prem Lessons you will get:
Prem is Love
Prem is like a label
Prem is not like cigarette.
Prem is like Nasha.
Prem is like Memory.
Prem goes but memories remain.
Prem needs to take memories with it.
Prem is a letter from the past.
Prem break-up & make-up always happens best on a bridge.
Prem is not all signals.
Prem failure makes you paddle your cycle harder.
God so much pressure on Prem, wonder what would happen to his
performance.
If you are a science student you will do arranged marriage.
If a girl gives the mother a chitthi meant for a boy, she
will not read it.
MICA has an MBA and MNC job pays only Rs 22,000, might as
well have joined a local.
Now, lets get serious. I went to the movie to watch two of my
favourite actors, Deeksha Joshi & Sanjay Galsar. They did not
disappoint. Deeksha at her goofy and beautiful best and Sanjay in his normal elements
always stole the show.
But as I came out, I had added two more to my favourites list.
Director Chandresh Bhatt. Man, you are a find. What a
great package.
Esha Kansara. Always liked her act, but here she completely lit up the
screen from her first scene. What an amazing essay.
The story is about Aditya (always-teary-eyed, Gaurav Passwala) who falls in love with his school mate Aarti Vyas (Deeksha) who friend-zones him and life goes on. A series of turns later Aditya is dejected and shifts to Ahmedabad where not only does he become rich (wonder how!) but also classy and beardy. But his love continues to burn for Aarti till one-sad-rendition-of-the-sad-song-hothon-se-chhu-lo-tum, a rendition so sad, even Jagjit Singh cried in his grave, he meets Riya (Esha Kansara).
Now the story takes off from here and comes to point where it forms a triangle. Who will Aditya choose? That you will have to go to a theatre and watch the glamour in person.
All I can say is, you know who it would be and yet you will enjoy the reveal.
The movie is at least 20 mins too long, but the music does not make you feel the length. There are times when you wish it would pace up. But the overall chemistry among friends, lovers and the team, makes it really stand out.
Gaurav Passwala looks good and carries the role well. Besides the lead even the friends are well chosen and the entire team led by Maulik Chauhan, Manan, Deep, Aariz, Mehul Nilesh do a great job in keeping the film lively. Even the Katko, replaced by Chashma act of Manan is good.
The frames are Bollywood, the feel is classy Suraj & Pratik have done a good job on the camera. Even Junagadh looks classy in the entire experience. Heck even the costumes are truly a class apart lifting the film.
All in all, it is a good movie, worth investing your time and money. It is not every day that you come across such good movies from
One dialogue stands out: Past is a good place to visit not to Stay.
