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| De Taali Movie
Review |
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Music :
Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani |
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Lyrics :
Vishal Dadlani, Abbas Tyrewala |
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Direction : E Niwas |
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Producer :
Ravi
Walia |
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Leading Cast :
Aftab
Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Saurabh Shukla, Pawan Malhotra, |
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Ayesha
Takia, Rimi Sen, Satish Shah, Anupam Kher, Mukul Dev |
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Good performances and a few punchy dialogues alone
don’t make an interesting rom-com if the plot and
direction is lackluster. After all, it takes two to
clap.
De Taali is not an out-and-out comedy. It is a
breezy, bouncy, bumbling romantic movie about three
friends and a scheming siren.
The movie begins with a song (how else). |
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Paglu (a rightly cast Ritesh Deshmukh ), Abhi (an
endearing Aftab Shivdasani ) and Amu (a curvy Ayesha
Takia ) are a bunch of slaphappy friends who banter
about everything from love, life and sex to
marriage. Abhi is a sort of a despo, falling in
‘love’ with any and every girl (be her a
kleptomaniac or a witch) who is attractive and then
nursing a broken heart after she walks out on him.
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In this jamboree of three friends, love sprouts in
Amu’s heart. It is love for Abhi. But she doesn’t realize it
until Paglu makes her see it.
Before Amu can express her love, a drop-dead-gorgeous
Kartika ( Rimi Sen ) enters and sweeps Abhi off his feet.
But Kartika is a gold-digger and a smooth operator at that.
She has one eye firmly focused on Abhi’s wealth.
As Paglu and Amu try to spoil Kartika’s plans, the movie
goes into expected drama – kidnapping, a bunch of rejected
lovers, and a twist in the tale.
‘De Taali’ has fine performances from the leading cast, who,
at moments, even rise above the mediocre script to hold a
viewer’s interest. But director E Niwas disappoints. He
seems more fixated on making the movie look visually
appealing without ensuring a tight, coherent script in the
first place. |
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The plot inexplicably keeps meandering into
ambiguous zones for no rhyme or reason. The twists
at the interval and at the end seem contrived to
suit the writer’s convenience.
The humour in the film is generic, with a slightly
risqué flavour to boot. The songs are okay. In
supporting roles Anupam Kher and Pawan Malhotra are
made to look like caricatures. |
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All in all, a ho-hum film with funny moments few and far
between. |
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Rating: 1.5/5 |
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