Haal-E-Dil is yet another flick that is aimed to launch newcomers but sadly enough it falls in the category of the ill-fated ones like Jimmy. Producer Kumar Mangat could have as well produced a music album because, the film scores highly on this aspect. They are a royal treat to your eyes and give you some stunning locales which are very promising.
Rating: 2/5
The film itself, however, fails to live up to it. Every man dreams about doing something for his children and there are classic examples of this in Bollywood. Take for example, Kaho Naa Pyar Hai, Rakesh Roshan made a film literally carved out to showcase his son’s talent, in this case his dancing skills, he hit the bull’s eye with it.
Producer Kumar Mangat also dreamt to showcase his doted daughter with a soul-searching journey to find her true love. Bollywood is not the same place anymore when you serve crumbs taken from left over meals.
Haal-E-Dil is more like a colorful collage than a film, it has no heart and soul of its own. The twists are forced in and look out of the place. Kumar Mangat used to work for Ajay Devgan, and by looking Ajay perform Director Anil Devgan seems like falling flat with his skills of film making here. His Raju Chacha and Blackmail are far better films than Haal-E-Dil.
Clips taken from romantic flicks like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Chalte Chalte and Jab We Met (some scenes from Urmila-Fardeen starrer Jungle as well), both producer Kumar Mangat and director Anil Devgan along with their writer Dhiraj Ratan hope to provide a dream launch vehicle for three star-eyed youngsters.
The film literally lacks a story. So, there is no point talking about it. The dialogues are mashed to such an extent that half the time you want to stand up and shout for a break.
The screenplay is putrid to such an extent that no matter how big or experienced a director you are, you cannot do miracles with it. Talk about a love triangle with the corners deflated is what can be the ideal definition of Haal-E-Dil.
The cinematography is pretty good and Kumar Mangat shells out money like water to get the best shots, though the movie talks about a story in India, the songs look like dream sequences in some exotic backgrounds, that is the reason, why it should have fitted well for a music album.
The youngsters show potential but they are not given the scope to do better, bound by a lousy script.
Haal-E-Dil talks about two boys and one girl whose lives entangle in the train journey. Sanjana (Amita Pathak), a living in the bygone century and for her love is a chaste onetime affair, is in love with her rich classmate Rohit (Adhyayan Suman), an equally dedicated and dotting lover who is soul-deep in love with Sanjana.
Sanjana leaves her home in Mumbai to meet her boy friend who lives in Shimla, with any idea what is in store for her in the fated train journey. Enters Shekhar (Nakuul Mehta), who is in love with love and finds flirting as easy as breathing with every second girl he meets.
He starts flirting with the girl in specs in his compartment and slowly as she opens up and a sudden incident brings them in to a jungle that has a haunting creature like Veerappan. After all this Shekhar falls head over heels in love with Sanjana who is poles apart from him. In this course, he even takes up a hunger strike for seven days, no the film is not about politics, in front of Sanjana’s house to get her love. Sanjana is now in a fix to chose between these two guys and find her eternal love in the process.
The film has uncanny resemblance with some shots in DDLJ and Jab We Met but it lacks the subtlety that these movies had and fails to create the same impression. Amita Pathak is no doubt a good actress and has lot of potential but with all the make up on, she looks like more matured and old for the tow young guys.
She doesn’t share the similar innocence about her that these guys show. She looks plump with a bigger face and fat cheeks, that hardly make her look like a college-going kid. Honestly speaking, no matter how much her father wants her to do the lead role, she would look better in character roles.
Adhyayan Suman, son of Shekhar Suman hardly gets a fair chance to prove his potential. He is talented and looks good, but could have done better with a barber’s job done on him. He doesn’t get enough screen space, and even with Amita around, the lucky one among the three in Nakuul Mehta, the princely guy. He gets the maximum screen presence and does a good job of it. He looks dashing and carries out with a noted elegance.
The music of the film is its biggest point. Without it, the film would have gone into oblivion. To visit the theater for this film would be a terrible mistake but for the songs and the beautiful cinematography, it is worth a watch. In plain words, if you are satisfied with the songs telecasted in MTV or channel V, then it is advisable to avoid going to a theater to waste money.
