Caught up with two of Ranbir Kapoor movies this month Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani and Wake up Sid.
In Wake up Sid the Konkana and Ranbir pair is an older woman, younger guy pairing. There Ranbir has come of age as an actor and Konkana convinces you with her sheer performance. Yet when they do get together in the last scene of the film they look mismatched.
Ranbir’s sequences with his mother was very good. Especially the scene where he comes to meet her and she talks in English and says if I learn English properly then maybe you will also be my friend and talk to me the way you talk to all your friends. That was perhaps one of the finest moments of the film.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is a delightful movie. Comedy is always a little tougher than Drama. Ranbir comes out tops in this. The party sequence is hilarious. In that scene Katrina says, “Why are you dancing the dance has not started”. He says, “I am warming up” while he continues to talk to people, kick the competition, take a bite, all while doing a cross between an Elvis cum Shammi Kapoor mix. This is not the only scene there are so many such scenes throughout the film. Caught this at the theatre first day of release and the audience was hysterical.
Katrina and Ranbir look good together. One would have slotted her in the older category since she has come with the Khans and the Kumars. However not for one moment do they not look the same age which apparently they actually are.
Ranbir is more alive as Prem than as Sid. Prem is almost effortless. Prem is a very Andaz Apna Apna touch of Raj Kumar Santoshi. This is definitely Santoshi’s comeback film. And Ranbir finally proves he is the next superstar to watch out for.
