The story opens with Kanan (Suraj Sharma, of “Life of Pi” fame), who, after a three-year stint making music in Canada, has reluctantly returned home to Amritsar, Punjab to wed his high school sweetheart, Anu (Mehreen Pirzada). Setting all that aside, while Clean Slate’s second release, “Phillauri,” has a promising premise, it’s disappointing to see first-time director Anshai Lal’s primarily play-it-safe treatment and lethargic pacing make it an underwhelming watch. The chilling thriller “NH10,” the 2015 maiden feature from her production house Clean Slate Films - one of the few in Bollywood companies helmed by a female actor - more than lived up to the company’s mission to tell risky, non-clichéd stories. But for the auteur of love, this film and it’s poetic old world charm can weave a spell of magic.Anushka Sharma has, over her nine years in Bollywood, proven herself with powerful roles reflecting both exceptional talent and maturity that have heightened our expectations from her as an actress.
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For the casual movie goer, it’s got the right amount of humour. For romance enthusiasts, this movies got everything.
Suraj Sharma and Mehreen Pirzada as the young couple make things affable.
His natural talent to perform makes his character in Phillauri that much more endearing. Diljit Dosanjh is a find for Hindi cinema. The actress handles all shades of her character with aplomb. Portions of her role that are set in 1919, show a more sombre and serious side. That successfully manages to tie up all ends and interconnect the old and modern romance is fantastic.Īnushka Sharma's performance as a loveable and slightly sarcastic ghost is entertaining. The use of poetry and restrained emotions in the flashback period romance lend gravitas to the film. The CGI of the film is top notch as Anushka's Shashi glides around like an apparition with gold and pixie dust of course. But even those with reservations against rom-com kind of love, will enjoy the quirky humour of the film as a ghost and a confused young man, bumble around in a colourful wedding. If you are a hopeless romantic, you’ll enjoy Phillauri beyond imagination. Both men, Suraj Sharma’s and Diljit Dosanjh's characters, go the extra mile to assure their loved ones of their commitment and feelings. Both Anushka's and Mehreen Pirzada's characters pine for love, but not at the cost of their respect. The film establishes a certain respect towards the meaning of love. But as the backstory unfolds and as the screenplay draws comparisons between old and new romance, Phillauri turns into a deeply satisfying experience on what love truly means. You have a glittery ghost who’s an uninvited guest at an Indian wedding. They remind of you old world love sagas while the new age Punjabi marriage love story keeps things hip and happening.Īs romances and comedies go, Phillauri requires a considerable amount of suspension of disbelief. In complete contrast, the flashbacks to Anushka Sharma's and Diljit Dosanjh's period romance are highly dramatic and follow a more traditional approach of story telling. Debut director Anshai Lal keeps the film quirky in modern times and the end result is extremely funny. The premise of Phillauri is slightly outrageous and that works in favour of the film. That’s when the ghost of Shashi (Anushka Sharma) shows up, claiming to have been married to Kanan, since she was part of the tree.
Things get interesting when he’s married off to a tree, since he turns out to be manglik. He’s very much in love but he can’t get over his cold feet for commitment. He has LSD inspired dreams of getting hitched and losing his freedom. The story kicks off as young Kanan (Suraj Sharma) returns from Canada to get married to his childhood sweetheart in Amritsar. It’s one deeply gratifying film about love just going on and on, till infinity.
Creative, funny, romantic, Phillauri is just as entertaining as its heart breaking. It also has the spunk and verve of modern day relationships. It has the subtle, sublime emotions of old world romance. Anushka Sharma's Phillauri is like a bridge between these two worlds, set generations apart. It was a time when love seemed like a feeling reserved for ever after. The kind that used to flame in books and diaries, a far cry from modern romances of Facebook and Instagram. REVIEW: It’s an old school, endearing thought of romance. Famous Scottish poet Robert Burns’ most famous poem, A red, red rose ends with the lines…
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