바카라I Love You바카라: Cast & Crew
Director: Nikhil Mahajan
Cast: Rakul Preet Singh, Akshay Oberoi, Pavail Gulati, Kiran Kumar
Available On: JioCinema
Duration: 1 Hour 33 Minutes
바카라I Love You바카라: Story
Sathya () is a highly successful corporate executive who looks forward to a bright future with her fiancé, Vishal (Akshay Oberoi). One night, when she is about to board a flight to Delhi with her office best friend Rakesh (), Satya finds herself trapped within the office. What danger awaits her? Is someone planning this all along? Is this some prank of Vishal? Is Rakesh바카라s friendship fake? Or is Satya going to find out some hidden secrets about Vishal and her relationship with him? Will Satya and Rakesh finally be able to catch the flight to Delhi? Will Vishal ever be able to get hitched to Satya? Well, for all that, you바카라ll have to watch 바카라I Love You바카라.
바카라I Love You바카라: Performances
Pavail Gulati is the only watchable thing in 바카라I Love You바카라. He starts off slow, but the way he picks up the pace and flips the character completely upside down 바카라 that바카라ll simply leave you awestruck. The craziness, anger, belligerence, weirdness and madness that he brings to the performance are superb. You will be left shocked seeing that someone with a puppy face like Pavail Gulati can also pull off something as raw and out-of-the-box as this. Because the storyline, the direction and the other performances are terrible, the film won바카라t work, otherwise, Pavail Gulati바카라s performance would have been comparable to that of Ranveer Singh in 바카라Padmaavat바카라 or that of Shah Rukh Khan in 바카라Darr바카라. Hopefully, we will get to see more of this intensity in Pavail Gulati바카라s other performances in future films.
It seems Rakul Preet Singh picked up this project only because she was going to finally play the lead in a project. Probably she signed onto this before she got 바카라Chhatriwali바카라. Whatever the case, 바카라I Love You바카라 has her in the weirdest of characters where she isn바카라t able to even establish the character바카라s potential to its core. There doesn바카라t seem to be any thought process behind why the character is performing this way. The fear that a hostage situation would get on the face of a person is feeling so mismatched and rather forced that you바카라re left disappointed. The performance is so forgettable that you바카라re left questioning why did she even sign on to this film altogether.
Akshay Oberoi barely has scenes or even dialogue in the entire film. Despite having used him in the film바카라s posters and trailer aggressively in order to get his fan base, his character in the film is basically an extended cameo. Honestly, Oberoi isn바카라t able to even start to show his acting prowess in the limited screen time he has.
Kiran Kumar has two scenes in the entire film. Having such a stalwart in the film and not tapping into the immense talent feels like an absolute waste. At least there should have been a worthy enough backstory to justify such a talented actor바카라s presence in the film.
바카라I Love You바카라: Script, Direction & Technical Aspects
Nikhil Mahajan바카라s writing and direction both are quite amateurish. It바카라s a trapped hostage drama for Christ바카라s sake, and it needs to have that thrill angle at every nook and corner of the screenplay, which sadly isn바카라t there in its entirety. The twists and turns are as predictable as they can get. The characters are made to feel like they바카라re top bosses of a corporate firm, but none of them behaves in any way like employees (or bosses) in corporate firms. Rakul is unnecessarily made to dress as if she바카라s a high-end model for a fashion brand. And who proposes marriage in front of the entire office? To add to that there is an entire Olympic size swimming pool in the office premises. Which business park has such facilities for people coming to work? All of this is too unrealistic and takes you away from the core storyline.
Cameron Bryson바카라s cinematography is too jarring to the eyes, to say the least. The excessive usage of pink neon lights throughout the film neither brings the necessary feel of a sinister at work nor of Diwali, which is when the film is set. It바카라s trying to be too posh and outlandish, however, it ends up looking more like a dance bar.
Abhijit Deshpande could have edited out so much from the film that it could have remained just a short film of about 25-30 minutes. It바카라s not his fault actually, as he has managed to keep things tight from his end. However, the screenplay itself is so unpolished and has such bizarre elements that you바카라re left questioning why is this happening.
바카라I Love You바카라: Can Kids Watch It?
Yes
Outlook바카라s Verdict
바카라I Love You바카라 had the potential to be a 바카라Trapped 2바카라 or at least a great hostage thriller, but sadly, the terrible writing and direction squander it all. Pavail Gulati바카라s remarkable performance tries to salvage the film a bit, but all in vain. The film is devoid of the basic thrills and chills needed for such a trapped hostage drama. This is Totally Avoidable. I am going with 1 star, and that too just for Pavail바카라s superb performance.
