London, Paris, New York
You can’t help but
start to hum along when Ali Zafar sings “London to Paris, Paris to New Yoork”
but at first when I tried to watch this I turned it off after 15 minutes, never
to return to watching it. I sit here writing this now after actually watching
the whole movie, finally to give my
thoughts…
If you aren’t familiar
what LPNY is about, basically its about Nikhil a Punjabi guy from Bandra and
Lalitha a small town girl, who happen to meet in London and soon realize they
have feelings for each other, while also meeting in Paris and New York.. For more info on the movie click here!: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2064849/
The Good:
I personally find
that Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao Hydari are such a good match for each other, he
has the bad boy type of image, husky voice, dreamy hair and of course gorgeous
and Aditi, is well so cute! Pixi nose, and shes got quite an innocent face! The
casting in that department was great. Im glad they went with fairly fresh faces
as the hero/heroin this time instead of the same old, I mean I love my Shah
Rukh but he needs a break..
Ali’s Performance in
LPNY was nothing less than his Meri Brother Ki Dulhan’s, in fact I think he
surpassed that performance. I found Ali to be very fresh with his acting and it
was really forced at all! Ik scene tha… When Ali lets it all out and I won’t
give much away but it’s near the end and it made me realize how much potential
this guy has! It’s a plus that he sings all of his songs too!
Aditi was amazing in
this, she carried herself so well! I honestly think she could easily be up there
with the actresses today because she came across very real with each scene she
was in.. I really enjoyed her performance.
Music wise, it was
not my favorite, I do think the songs could have been better… for me at times
the songs got quite repetitive but that’s just me! Have a listen : http://ww.smashits.com/london-paris-new-york/songs-32752.html
Must listen to songs from the tracks are definitely Aaja,
London Paris New York and Voh Dekhnay Mein (sung by Aditi Rao Hydari! Such an
amazing song, it reminded me of something Amit Trivedi might do, its such a
cute song)
The Bad:
I’m trying very hard to think of faults for this film but I can’t! It may not be everyones cup of tea as its not so typical.
Overall:
At first I was quite skeptical, when you read the synopsis,
it seems like a boring love story as per usual but it was more. Yes it was
mushy and gushy at times but what Bollywood film isn’t ? Having new faces on the screen was refreshing and I liked
that! Typically this isn’t a film I would usually go for, I thought this would
be more of a time pass but no its definitely a good film and I recommend people
watch it..
4/5
