바카라�Shiddat바카라� Movie Review: Word Out Romance Will Have Few Takers!

One can't just make people fall in love, isn바카라�t it? According to experts, 바카라�Love doesn바카라�t just blossom. It바카라�s way more complicated than that." Or, as Oscar Wilde said, 바카라�A flower blossoms for its own joy.바카라�

But our films have always 바카라� well- more or less - made us believe otherwise. In nearly all romantic relationships portrayed on celluloid, it all starts with flirting, that artful skill of getting someone to notice you. And then once the boy or the girl has each other바카라�s attention, they build a connection by focusing on what makes the other person happy. If they both sustain a high level of energy for meeting one another바카라�s needs, the attachment between them becomes secure.

Now, that바카라�s a lot of effort you바카라�d agree. More so, in this day and age, when our attention span seems to be diminishing each passing day.

The Kunal Deshmukh directed film 바카라�Shiddat바카라�, which loosely translates into extreme passion or it바카라�s 바카라�something that one believes with all one바카라�s heart바카라�, has two parallel love stories running simultaneously. It바카라�s more for the purpose of contrasting a certain desire (read outburst!) and believing in how one바카라�s heart achieves love as opposed to someone who바카라�s fervour and enthusiasm undergoes a radical change once the initial infatuation dies down.

When ace hockey player Jaggi (Sunny Kaushal) notices swimmer Kritika (Radhika Madan), love blooms, not from her end, but solely from his. After literally chasing her, he finds her giving in to his unjustified demands. But he misreads Kritika바카라�s uncertain hesitant approval of his brash ways: she remains unconvinced about his undying love, though at one point, she too, in a moment of passion, indulges in a sexual dalliance with him. But 바카라�So what바카라� as she puts it across to Jaggi when he gets to know she is already engaged to another guy and is going to pack her bags and settle down in London. 바카라�There isn바카라�t any commitment from my side,바카라� she reminds him, even as he hints at their escapade with a 바카라�Woh kya tha?바카라� (What was that then?)referring to their one-night flirtation and liaison.

Earlier in the film바카라�s opening sequence, when Jaggi gatecrashes into a wedding reception of Gautam (Mohit Raina) and Ira (Diana Penty) ), when he is thrown out, he is so charmed by the groom's emotional speech that he makes its his life바카라�s mission to follow suit.

As luck would have it, love isn바카라�t anyone바카라�s personal property that can be stored and used as and when one desires. And, to seek the joy of achievements, or growth it shouldn바카라�t be for impressing others, but for our own sake. Just as flowers don바카라�t care if they are admired; the joy of their beauty is the natural fulfilment of their destiny.

Jaggi decides to visit the UK as an illegal immigrant in search of his love. And as if it would bring immense joy in his distraught soul, runs into diplomat Gautam- yes the one who had inspired him with his everlasting abiding love 바카라� and seeks his advice to look for Kritika.

Unfortunately, things are not the same between Gautam and Ira. He as a Government of India employee has all the reasons to abide by the rules and cannot risk his commitment to his job, whereas she is a social activist, who must help out the illegal immigrants come what may. In one solid exchange between the couple, when an argument about their sense of duty exposes the two as two very different people who were once madly in love, he tries to say reassuringly, 바카라�But I love you, Ira.바카라� And a heartbroken Ira confesses, 바카라�I too love you, but I don바카라�t like you anymore.바카라�

I wish this particular aspect of their relationship was explored more in detail. Instead. Both Mohit and Ira and their story is used more as a prop to highlight Jaggi바카라�s overriding love and his riding roughshod over Kriitika바카라�s being.

At this stage of the 146-minute-long film, the narratives dips to degrading heights, never to recover from the abyss of silliness again. Jaggi looks not just wayward and unreasoned lunatic with no sense of direction; while Kritika is not happy in her marital life. At this juncture it바카라�s Gautam who has more to do with Jaggi바카라�s life.

It seems writers Dheeraj Rattan, Pooja Surti and Shridhar Raghavan, as also Deshmukh were unsure how to take their story forward. And that, definitely doesn바카라�t help viewers from trying make head and or tail of this jaded romance and worn-out love theory.

I wish Kaushal who shows promise had more on his hands to prove his mettle. He tries hard for sure but poor writing holds him back. Raina, a great charming actor who also has great screen presence is armed with skills that overshadow lesser actors. But in many of scenes he looks doubtful and undecided of the lines he delivers. Penty could have been given a better role.

For all those who look for a break from monotony, I would suggest them to see the first half as an entertainer that had all the frills for an engaging emotional saga, but just fizzles out thereafter!