Whatever happened to my Preity Zinta look-alike Minnisha Lamba? She reminded me of Preity in her 1st film, Rocky (2nd half with Zayed), she still reminded me of Preity in Honeymoon Travels Pte Ltd (with Abhay Deol), in Dus Kahaniyaan (as Amrita Singh's daughter in 1 of the 10 stories) she still reminded me of Preity...but in BAH, she's suddenly anorexic-looking and reminded me of Teri Hatcher in Desperate Housewives!!! But she still looked good anyway (the 1st half, 2nd half she plays a more mature role, so she looked a lil aged there, which means the makeup artist & costume designer did a gd job!)!Bipasha is looking no less than a slut throughout the movie (but her bod is still as superb as when my jaw dropped in Dhoom 2!). Facial feature wise, she looks better now. For once I thought her eyes were not so doe-shaped so I liked it. Her lips weren't so pouty and I liked that too.
Deepika. Errmmm. No comments. She thinks she's gorgeous (but to me, she's not). English accent sucks (so Indian accent) but she's the one given the role of an educated girl who speaks a lot of English. What a turn-off! Ok, she's got good complexion, so? She's still too stiff for my liking. Try some more la to be feminine-personified like Aish...which is exactly why I couldn't stand Aish from day one!
On the whole, I think Siddharth Anand (who made Salaam Namaste) made a better film with BAH. He was very fair in the role distribution amongst the 3 heroines. All 3 had a good roles with distinct characters. And it's the girls roles that made me like this movie coz I so can relate to the 3 girls in their own ways:
Mahi (Minnisha) - naive teenager in search of her ideal man (DDLJ's Raj!) and really fell into the trap of this cute guy she met thinking it is love (when it's actually just lust...flings...fun!) and when she realised she was taken on a ride, she was nvr able to trust & love a man ever agn & doesn't give a damn whether that guy who once toyed with her feelings is alive, dead, happy or suffering. Dejavu.
Radhika (Bipasha) - a modern/liberal aspiring actress who's happy with her neighbour turned live-in boyfriend and thinking she's got the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with (not realising that the guy is just having a good time and is not into marriage) but when the guy had no balls to break up with her before he leaves for his job posting in Sydney, he flew off on the day of their court marriage leaving her on the altar. The part abt the guy has no balls to tell the truth that he wanted to break up and chose to cook up stories - dejavu (although mine didn't reach the level of being left on the altar coz I'll nvr allow that to happen...not that dumb ok!)
Gayatri (Deepika) - bubbly, intelligent, attitude kinda girl who's very sure of what she wants in life, and marriage is not in the list!! Dejavu. Now, becoz her character is such...and the dialogues were all so familiar, I decided to open my eyes & tolerate her.
Ranbir's acting is superb!! Totally a role that I'd nvr expect him to do...coz it's so not him and he doesn't have that look/image...it's a role that wld fit...Emraan Hashmi (actually Emraan did that role in Jawani Diwani but his acting sucked) including lip-kissing all his 3 heroines! Ranbir has the making of being the next SRK. Uh oh, my Shahid Kapur has competition now.
Songs by Vishal-Shekar...what dya expect? Of coz it had to be gd!! My personal fave: Khuda Jaane, Jogi Mahi & Small Town Girl. I'll not incl the title song BAH because that's already a classic fave of Kishore Kumar ok! Now what made Jogi Mahi special to me is because I badly wanted Himani to win Saregama (the one which Debojit win and Vineeth didn't), but when she got eliminated, I was quite pissed. I like her husky voice. She sang in 2 songs in Dil Diya Hai (Diya Dil & Chalo Dildar Chalo), but it was forgetable, not the kinda songs I like to hear her voice in. So I was happy to hear her voice in this sure chart-topper bhangra!! I don't hear Debojit singing for films??!! Hmmph! These talent shows are all rigged. The real talent will go far. Who cares who wins and who doesn't? I stand by my choice...afterall I know I've good taste (although they're peculiar)!
Yash Raj Films always make my money worth spending on their films (was disappointed with the last Thoda Pyaar Thodi Magic though...but maybe bcoz the story was really not palatable or maybe it's just the boring company I was with). The locations shown in BAH were superb thus it makes the picturisation of the songs, esp Khuda Jaane, very breathtaking. As of now, I felt the storyline is flawless. No flaw in acting, editing, storyline, screenplay, dialogues...oh ya, the dialogues are so natural you really can relate to it. The best part of the movie is that the starcast are so totally new from what Yash Raj Films had showcased before. New combinations, including the hero & his comedian buddy (evergreen comedian Paintal's son, Hiten). Brave experiment, which fortunately worked well.
So I think all in all, BAH is a refreshing movie. Go watch it, you'll come out of the cinema hall contented. At least more contented than Saawariya...guaranteed!
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