Directed by: Madhur Bhandarkar
Produced by: Ronnie Screwvala, Madhur Bhandarkar
Screenplay by: Anuraadha Tewari, Manoj Tyagi
Story by: Madhur Bhandarkar
Cast of Heroine: Kareena Kapoor as Mahi Arora, Arjun Rampal as Aryan Khanna, Randeep Hooda as Angad Paul, Shahana Goswami, Divya Dutta, Mughda Godse, Helen
"If you have seen Madhur's other film, Heroine has nothing new to offer except Kareena Kapoor. She has given the role of her life and is the only reason to watch the film."
Story:
The story is about superstar Mahi Arora, who has the world at her feet for a bit in the beginning of the film. Sadly, her happy days get over soon, when she tries playing stupid and over emotional about her boyfriend Aryan Khanna (Arjun Rampal). Mahi is more interested in settling down with Aryan, rather than concentrating on her rocketing Bollywood career. This leads to her downfall and Mahi realises that she needs to fight back.
Then comes Mahie's long and monotonous fight to win back her glory, that tends to give us more headaches than evoking interests. No miracle happens, Mahi loses on every aspect. Her affairs end up as disasters, her movie fails. And, then what? Mahi comes up with a new idea that finally worked. What's that? A DIRTY PUBLICITY STUNT...that saves Mahi's sinking career.
Bhandarkar's previous attempt in the film Fashion exposes behind-the-scenes realities and unspoken truths of the glamour industry, which worked well with the audience. But the director does a grave mistake to repeat the same in Heroine. For those who have watched Madhur's earlier movies are well aware about this dirty industry. We have already heard about the fake smiles, the secrets, dirty politics, incredible heights of fame & the lonely depths of failures in Bollywood. Anything new, Mr Bhandarkar? We do not need a Heroine to re-watch these old stories again. Moreover, Heroine is too long to endure the pain of being patient.
Heroine's music is big let down. The plot of the movie is too confusing, and we all know, no one prefers to break his/her head on a messy plot. A little more editing could have saved the movie's fate. But, ALAS! This again turns out to be a big setback.
Performances:
Kareena Kapoor steals the show with her dead-drop gorgeous looks and stupendous performance. No wonder, Kareena does a superb job, but somewhere down the line, we aren't so much convinced. A poor Mahi's career is on a decline. She's left with nothing, she's all alone, but we aren't left sympathising for her. Courtesy, a lifeless plot. The two leading hunks of
Heroine, Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda were equally convincing in their roles. Supporting casts like Shahana Goswami, Divya Dutta does a great job.
Review:
Heroine has shown every real controversy that people have already witnessed like an actor who edits his co-actor's role out of fear, actress joining hands with businessman when there career are fading, a leaked MMS, a gay designer and many other.
Kareena has performed superbly and acted the way you have never seen before. She has always been glamorous but this time she has given some scenes that we couldn't expect.
Other actors, Arjun as a confused and stud actor, Randeep as cricketer and lover, Divya as PR, Sanjay and Shahana in their small roles have played their role well.
Verdict:
On the whole, Heroine is old wine in new bottle. The film lacks life and passion and moreover drably monotonous. In one word, we aren't wowed at the climax of the film.
Old wine in new bottle!
The life of a top notch Bollywood star is like that of a heady cocktail of success, power and richness. For someone, who rules the roost of the showbiz, needs to play smart and safe to retain the stardom. But for those who fail to retain spoils, witnesses the hell.
When the question comes to unravel these sordid sagas onscreen, no one can perform a better work than Madhur Bhandarkar. But was Bhandarkar's latest release Heroine, a masterpiece, like his previous projects?
Heroine features Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda in the leads. The movie reveals the delightful, bold, shocking, scandalous, sensitive exposing scenes behind the glitz and glamour that our film stars reside. Well, hold on for a minute! Doesn't that sound a known plot?
Our Rating For Heroine
2.0/5
