Fitoor
movie
is
based
on
Charles
Dickens'
novel
Great
Expectations
and
is
written
by
director
Abhishek
Kapoor
and
Supratik
Sen.
Aditya
Roy
Kapoor
reprises
the
role
of
Pip,
Katrina
Kaif
is
Estella
and
Tabu
is
playing
the
role
of
wealthy
spinster
Miss
Havisham.
Great
Expectations
had
a
commendable
story,
we
wonder
if
Abhishek
Kapoor's
desi
version
will
have
the
same
impact
as
the
novel!
Will
Aditya,
Katrina
and
Tabu
give
justification
to
their
characters?
Has
Abhishek
Kapoor
been
successful
in
delivering
us
an
entertaining
film
with
Fitoor?
Read
to
find
out!
Cast:
Katrina
Kaif,
Aditya
Roy
Kapur,
Tabu,
Aditi
Rao
Hydari,
Lara
Dutta
Director:
Abhishek
Kapoor
Fitoor
Story:
This
movie
revolves
around
the
life
of
a
thirteen
year
old
boy
Noor,
his
muse
Firdaus
and
Begum
Hazrat
who
plots
retribution
on
these
youngsters.
Noor
(Aditya
Roy
Kapur)
falls
head
over
heels
in
love
with
his
muse,
Firdaus
but
Begum
Hazrat
(Tabu),
Firdaus's
mother
plays
the
major
role
of
keeping
him
away
from
her
but
yet
taunting
him
to
come
behind
Firdaus.
In
her
twenties,
Hazrat
gets
jilted
by
her
first
love
and
that
betrayal
stays
with
her
through
out,
making
her
an
emotionally
frazzled
person.
Owing
to
that
sour
incident,
she
never
allows
her
adopted
daughter
to
commit
the
same
mistake
she
once
did.
The
mother
and
daughter
play
will
the
emotions
of
Noor
from
when
the
moment
they
first
lay
eyes
on
him.
If
Noor
is
a
struggling
orphan
desperate
to
win
over
Firdaus,
then
the
latter
is
breathtakingly
gorgeous
women
who
is
emotionally
controlled
by
her
mother.
On
one
hand,
she
is
losing
herself
to
Noor
but
her
every
move
is
decided
by
Begum
Hazrat
which
stops
her
from
responding
to
him.
Will
Firdaus
ever
value
Noor's
love?
Will
Noor
stop
destroying
himself
with
this
unrequited
love?
Will
Begum
ever
realize
her
mistake?
And
finally,
will
the
Noor
and
Firdaus
ever
unite
in
this
slightly
altered
story
by
Abhishek
Kapoor?
The
answers
to
all
these
questions
forms
the
crux
of
this
story.
Aditya
Roy
Kapoor
is
a
talented
boy
who
has
put
in
a
lot
of
efforts
to
get
the
role
of
Noor
right
and
that
effort
comes
across
on
the
screen.
Right
from
his
body,
to
his
looks,
his
performance,
Aditya
has
given
complete
justification
to
the
role.
He
has
really
made
an
effort
to
replicate
the
same
persona
the
young
Noor
has
in
the
film.
Coming
to
Katrina
Kaif's
performance,
we
now
why
she
was
chosen
by
Abhishek
Kapoor.
Firdaus
is
a
person
who
is
extremely
beautiful
but
one
can
never
really
read
her
mind
or
know
what
she
is
feeling.
Katrina's
expressionless
acting
talent
comes
in
handy
here
but
the
last
climax
portion
of
the
movie
when
her
character
really
opens
up,
the
leggy
redhead
fails
to
deliver.
Had
Katrina
given
a
convincing
performance
in
the
end,
this
movie
would
have
been
a
whole
lot
better.
It
is
Tabu
who
steals
the
show
in
Fitoor.
Much
like
Haider,
Tabu
just
has
this
capability
to
make
it
all
about
her.
Her
walk,
her
expressions,
her
face
everything
was
perfectly
in
sync
with
Miss
Havisham,
on
which
her
role
was
based.
But
somewhere,
you
are
constantly
reminded
of
her
role
in
Haider,
for
her
looks
to
her
hallucinations,
many
things
are
similar.
But
she
did
stand
out,
like
she
digested
the
Charles
Dicken's
novel
and
the
character
of
Miss
Havisham
was
running
through
her
veins.
We
are
so
glad
this
beauty
returned
to
movies,
and
so
glad
she
replaced
Rekha,
for
Tabu
is
just
a
class
apart!
Coming
to
the
direction
of
the
movie,
this
is
Abhishek's
first
attempt
at
a
intense
love
story
and
the
guy
has
done
a
good
job.
Visually
the
movie
is
presented
to
us
in
such
a
pleasing
manner
that
you
don't
mind
the
tiny
flaws.
There
are
a
lot
of
scenes
that
leaving
you
gasping
for
breath
but
then
there
are
scene
which
don't
appease
you
at
all.
Standing
ovation
to
cinematographer
Anay
Goswamy,
who
has
made
Fitoor
a
visual
masterpiece.
Every
frame
in
the
movie
is
a
work
of
art
and
every
scene
makes
you
feel
like
you
want
to
get
this
printed,
framed
and
on
your
wall.
The
team
and
director
has
worked
a
lot,
planning
and
working
on
every
minute
detail
visually
that
certain
basic
commonsense
scenes
are
left
unattended
to.
Tiny
flaws
if
rectified,
this
movie
would
have
been
a
complete
masterpiece.
The
conversation
between
Begum
and
Firdaus
during
childhood
should
have
not
been
shown
up
until
the
confrontation
scene
of
Noor
and
Begum,
as
somewhere
it
leaks
the
whole
plot
of
the
movie.
Aditi
Rao
Hydari's
small
role
leaves
an
impression,
while
her
acting
was
good,
her
voice
over
from
Tabu
was
really
bad.
On
the
screen
we
are
seeing
a
delicate
damsel
in
distress
but
we
are
hearing
a
deep
voice
of
Tabu,
which
is
very
unpleasing
to
watch.
Though
Fitoor
is
all
about
Aditya
and
Tabu,
it
is
Ajay
Devgn
who
emerges
an
hero
and
we
dread
to
see
more
of
him.
From
the
moment
he
enters
the
scene
to
when
he
leaves,
his
intense
acting
captivates
you.
We
wish
Ajay
had
more
to
do
in
this
movie.
With
that
sad
feeling
in
heart,
we
would
like
to
say
that
Abhishek
Kapoor's
Fitoor
is
not
as
bad
as
one
would
imagine,
in
fact
it
is
a
great
movie,
much
much
better
than
Sanam
Re.
Special
mention
to
the
background
score
and
song
composer,
Amit
Trivedi
who
just
takes
you
into
another
world.
There
is
perfect
sync
between
the
music
and
the
cinematography
of
the
movie
which
will
keep
you
hooked
to
your
seats
throughout.
Verdict:
Fitoor
is
a
class
movie
like
Haider,
while
there
are
flaws,
it
is
definitely
worth
the
watch.
For
all
those
lovers
out
there,
as
much
as
you
would
like
to
think
Sanam
Re
is
the
right
movie
this
weekend,
you
are
wrong.
It
is
Fitoor,
that
one
should
be
watching
with
their
love
this
Valentine's
Day,
the
emotions,
the
music,
the
characters,
everything
is
just
way
to
intense,
passionate
and
captivating.
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