Colours are the most important part of our lives imagine our life without colours how dull and how boring would it be !! RAM-LEELA is an eye opener and happy realization to Sanjay Leela Bhansali that the world has more colours than blue ! In late Ninety’s I was a teenager and i was in awe of the director namely Sanjay Leela Bhansali his back to back films would make one think how brilliant and gifted a man can be right from Khamoshi, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas & Black. I always felt that Sanjay was the director who is path breaking yet commercially successful ! We needed people like him in Indian Film Industry to take us a notch higher. of course there was a slowdown in his career with Saawariya & then Guzaarish but we can easily write it off as a bad phase but you can never write off the credibility of a creative mind !
Ram-Leela is a perfect example of how sheer creativity and conviction can make an old story come to life again and that to with such beautiful set-up. We have seen the Romeo Juliet story man y times haven’t we ? Let me remind you if you cant : Ek Duje Ke Liye, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Ishaqzaade, Issaq & now Ram-Leela. I am sure you must have seen atleast one of these movies. Ram-Leela is nothing different as far as story is concerned, its about two warring families, two new generation kids of each family falling in love with each other and going against their families to take a stand for their love and getting killed in the end.
Ram-Leela is the liberation of the inner soul of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the wild side of him which was raring to get out of the type cast that he had become or more over the people had put him into. Ram-Leela is a complete brain child of Sanjay Leela Bhasali and no one can take it away from him. Every scene every song, every dialogue and every set has a distinct signature of SLB, sometimes one has to think that how can one man have so many good qualities ? For your information Sanjay Leela Bhansali is the Producer, Director, Music Director, Editor, Screenplay, Dialogues …… ufff i wonder why he doesn’t act as well !!!
Ranveer Singh plays Ram (Ramji Rajadi) a heartthrob of Ranjar village in kutch which is plagued by cultural rivalry between the Rajadis & Sanedas. Ram believes in love and peace against the ideologies of his clan members who believe in fight for rights. he loves being in love and does everything to woo girls. He finally falls in real love when he attends a Holi celebration in the enemies house the Saneda’s. Ranveer suits this role to the perfection I cannot see anyone else doing Ram as good as Ranveer with this he will be in the list of the top actors of the country who look good and can act as well ! His real life character is much similar to his carefree attitude int he movie and thats what make him fit the bill. Dont be surprised if you see Ranveer in more character oriented roles in future, hes a “LAMBI RACE KA GHODA” !!
Leela (Deepika Padukone) is the most favourite person in the Saneda family and is the wild cat by nature she is not scared of anything and is ready to take up a fight for her cause. truly, madly, deeply in love with Ram she will go to any extent to get with him. Deepika has time and again proved that she’s a deadly combination of beauty with brains, with 5 back to back 100- Crore hits Cocktail, Race – 2, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani , Chennai Express & now Ram Leela which sure will make to 100-crore by the week finishes she can be titled as the 100 Crore Actress ! Deepika easily fits in the shoes of Leela and makes the character completely believable.
The supporting cast of the film is par excellence although there are no Big names attached but as far as performances are concerned its par excellence, Supriya Pathak as Ghangor (Leela’s Mother) is the best character of the movie her sense of humour and the villainous attitude is just awesome, i haven’t been scared of a female in a long time the last time someone scared me was Urmila Matondkar. Richa Chaddha is another actress to watch out for after Gangs of Wasseypur she has once again proved that she can carry some amazing characters on her shoulders. Barkha Bisht Sengupta looks very sweet and has quite a potential in herself as an actress. Sharad Kelkar & Abhimanyu SIngh have small but quite significant roles.
The music is the highlight of the film the songs are superb and easily etch on to your soul Nagada Sang Dhol is the best of the lot, Tattad Tattad, Ang Laga De, Lahu Munh Lag Gaya, Ishqiyaon Dhishqiyaon are all superb. The choreography is worth a mention the typical Gujarati Garba steps are amazing and look like flowing water on the screen. The Highlight of the film is the colours, the art direction of Ravi Varman in the setup of Ranjar, Nakhatrana & various locations are mind blowingly beautiful.
There are of course a few loop holes in the movie the one of the biggest is the n number of unwanted lip locks and love scenes between Ranveer & Deepika the second half of the movie also becomes a little dull and there are few questions which SLB fails to answer : (SPOILER ALERT…DONT READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THE MOVIE YET)
1. Do It: The birds and the bees – that’s what you got married for. Don’t delay the act. Consummate your marriage at the earliest given chance, if you wait… you’ll die talking about how you never got the chance! And for heaven’s sake don’t go drinking with your friends on your blessed Suhaag Raat.
2. Don’t show the finger: Don’t instigate your enemies. Especially with your finger.
3. Don’t Agree To Lead The Enemy Camp: If you’ve been forced to come back home alone after eloping, don’t say yes to become the leader of the same people who were against you and your lover being together, in the first place!
4. Don’t Kill Your Partner’s Relatives: I think this one is pretty self-explanatory. Killing your lover’s siblings, parents and family members is an absolute no-no.
5. Open The Door! If you’re planning to kill each other in the end… atleast answer the damn door first!
On the whole Ram-Leela is a great movie with all the required formulas of a successful movies, there is nothing that can stop this film from becoming a Super Hit or may be even a bumper Hit. the heroes of the movies chronologically are Sanajy Leela Bhansali, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Supriya Pathak, Art Direction, Music, Cinematography. With it’s share of minute drawbacks Ram-Leela is a definite Thumbs up and a must watch !!!
My Rating 4/5 (-1/2 for Some un-answered questions & -1/2 for too much physical romance)
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