Manmarziyaan
Movie
Review
|
Abhishek
Bachchan
|
Taapsee
Panu
|
Vicky
Kaushal
|
FilmiBeat
Rating:
3.5/5
Star
Cast:
Taapsee
Pannu,
Abhishek
Bachchan,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Ashnoor
Kaur,
Akshay
Arora
Director:
Anurag
Kashyap
'Main
Tenu
Fir
Milaan
Gi,
Kithey?
Kis
Tarah?
Pata
Nai...as
these
famous
lines
by
Amrita
Pritam
play
in
the
background
when
the
three
lead
characters
in
Manmarziyaan
take
a
drastic
life-altering
decision
at
the
same
time,
you
suddenly
realize
that
it's
not
Amrita's
words,
but
the
emotion
of
love
which
is
speaking
to
you.
The
tagline
of
the
film
reads,
'Love
isn't
complicated,
people
are'
&
that's
exactly
what
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
tries
to
explain
through
his
characters-
Vicky
(Vicky
Kaushal),
Rumi
(Taapsee
Pannu)
and
Robbie
(Abhishek
Bachchan).
Vicky
and
Rumi
are
madly
in
love
with
each.
'Fyaar' as
they
like
to
call
it.
Things
go
hunky-dory
for
this
'much-in-love,
much-in-lust
pair'
until
they
are
caught
red-handed
in
Rumi's
bedroom.
Of
course,
'vyaah
kara
lo
iska'
is
the
next
thing
that
you
get
to
hear
in
such
instances
and
so,
Rumi
asks
Vicky
to
visit
her
house
with
their
marriage
proposal.
Instead,
he
develops
a
cold
feet
and
asks
her
questions
like,
when
they
had
really
discussed
marriage
before.
Solution
two-
elopement.
But
that
too
doesn't
work
out
when
Rumi
ends
up
chiding
Vicky
for
his
erratic
and
irreponsible
behaviour.
Their
toxic
love
story
makes
space
for
a
third
person
in
their
relationship
in
the
form
of
Robbie-
a
perfect
husband
material
who
falls
in
love
with
Rumi
at
first
sight.
He
is
everything
that
Vicky
isn't.
Heartbroken
with
Vicky's
lack
of
commitment,
Rumi
steps
into
a
rebound
by
tying
the
knot
with
Robbie
in
an
arranged
marriage
set-up.
Soon,
Vicky
pops
up
in
the
picture
again
owing
up
his
mistakes.
Will
Rumi
reconcile
with
him
or
choose
to
move
on
in
her
life
with
Robbie?
The
rest
of
the
film
revolves
around
this
plot.
While
love
triangles
in
Bollywood
are
a
tried-and-tested
formula,
what
makes
Manmarziyaan
refreshing
is
Anurag
Kashyap
stripping
love
to
its
selfish
form
and
breaking
few
stereotypes.
To
put
it
in
the
great
Rumi's
words,
'You
have
to
keep
breaking
your
heart
until
it
opens.' There
are
some
scenes
in
the
film
which
lingers
for
long
and
the
credit
for
that
goes
to
the
writer
Kanika
Dhillion.
Having
said
that,
on
the
flipside,
the
narrative
drags
a
bit
in
places
and
could
have
been
a
little
more
crispier.
Speaking
about
the
performances,
Taapsee
Pannu
as
the
free-spirited
Rumi
steals
away
your
heart.
Rumi
means
'mystic'
and
the
actress
sticks
true
to
that
throughout
the
film.
Vicky
Kaushal's
volatile
act
as
the
spunky
Vicky
Sandhu
aka
DJ
Sandz
engulfs
you
completely.
Last
but
not
the
least,
Abhishek
Bachchan
leaves
an
indelible
impression
with
his
restrainted
performance.
He
lets
his
silence
speak
volumes
in
many
of
his
scenes.
Sylvester
Fonseca's
cinematography
perfectly
captures
the
bylanes
of
Punjab
and
is
a
character
in
itself.
Amit
Trivedi's
brilliant
music
accompanies
the
characters
more
like
a
shadow
to
lend
various
layers
to
the
story-telling.
The
songs
of
Manmarziyaan
blend
beautifully
with
the
narrative.
There's
a
scene
in
the
film
where
Robbie
asks
Rumi,
"Yeh
kaisa
pyaar
hai?
"
To
which
she
replies
back,
"Yeh
woh
wala
pyaar
hai
jissmein
jitna
karo
na
kamm
padta
hai."
Manmarziyaan
is
exactly
like
that!
Reason
is
powerless
in
the
expression
of
love.
I
am
going
with
3.5
stars.