Movie Review: Heroine (2012) ** 1/2 Rating

Heroine  +++ Kareena Shines, Director fades +++

Movie Review: Heroine (2012) ** 1/2 Rating

Theatre Release: 21 Sep 2012 (India)

Language: Hindi

Direction: Madhur Bhandarkar

Label: UTV Motion Pictures | Bhandarkar Entertainment

Genre: Drama

Viewers Group:  18 +

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AVA Score: 6.54 (Max 10)

AVA Medal Honor™©       : Bronze

Recommendation Level   :  Moderate (Read Review)

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Lights, camera and action – Three Words and Many Secrets. Behind the lights of the camera, lies the dark life of the celebrities who burn their blood each second to ensure the fame, status quo in the glamour Industry which thrives on fake relationships, plastic smiles, compromises and manipulations. Kareena Kapoor’s Heroine is an attempt to show the journey of a superstar who has everything in life but no Love.

Mahi Arora (Kareena Kapoor) is a superstar of the Indian Film Industry but personally she is disturbed with her relationship with Aryan Khanna (Arjun Rampal) who is awaiting divorce from her first wife and is discreet about his relationship with Mahi Arora in media. The relationship got further turmoil and ends up into breakup. Mahi Arora decided to move on in her life and recruited a PR agency Manager Pallavi Nayar(Divya Dutta) to bring her career on track. In the progression she met vice captain of Indian cricket team Angad Paul(Randeep Hooda) and fallen in love with him. Will this relationship last long? Well answer is what Angad Paul said in one of his dialogue ‘Tum Heroine ko sirf acting aati hai Pyaar nahi’ or ‘Tum Heroine ke paas jab career hota hai, to pyaar chaiye ; Jab pyaar hota hai to career chaiye’ **

Heroine is essentially Kareena’s Film not Madhur Bhandarkar film despite the fact Madhur has direction in his credit, the very reason is Kareena Kapoor is the only watchable factor in the movie else could be easily ignored (expect few artists)

There is a dialogue in the movie which says “Glamour Industry takes more than it gives you and the by the time you came to know the fact, it’s already too late” and it seems that Madhur Bhandarkar also got bite by his own glamour industry bug;you cannot simply label this as Madhur Bhandarkar’s work; Heroine completely missed out that punch of realism that His Movie used to give the audience. The screenplay is pathetic and only half baked. In the beginning Madhur tries to show a film journalist as a narrator of the story and just after two stupid lines you got introduction song for Heroine. The start itself was unconvincing that I have to cross figure and pray for the movie being a Madhur’s Fan. The role of narrator in the story in not properly justified , even in the first half there were so many characters around that relating all with each other actually  becomes a brain exercise.

Moreover Madhur’s Heroine is a psycho creature taking pills, smoking, drinking, biting and bitching unhappy with her love life always worried about her endorsements and attending events. Here Madhur must have earned few Crores with endorsements but please Sir, at least look at the story and screenplay. Audience started looking at their watches for the intermission. Even Halkat Jawani is poorly choreographed; DID (Dance India Dance) skippers could have done better than that. Even most of the good dialogues were shown in the trailer itself , Movie does not promise more punches than that.

Kareena Kapoor, she is the only saving grace factor of the movie; she is extremely watchable and has given one of the most powerful performances as an actress in her complete career. It may be coincident that whatever character she has played in reel life may have some similarity with her real life too. But whatsoever the role essayed by Kareena Kapoor as Mahi Arora is outstanding; If I have to search a reason to give extra point to this movie than it Kareena, Kareena and no one else.

Arjun Rampal still needs some classes on expression and acting, Rakesh Bapat character was not defined properly thou Randeep Hooda was somehow convincing as Angad Paul.

Divya Dutta as a PR mananger did her Job well and I must say it’s Helen Ji as Shagufta Rizvi who really impresses us even at this stage. All other ladies are very limited in role and are not worth discussing here (Director Fault Ladies, Don’t take me otherwise)

Music by Salim-Sulaiman is below average, the only good factor is song ‘Saiyaan’ (not Halkat Jawani) sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Art direction and cinematography is average.

As a screenplay or story unfortunately there are no remembrances to share, it’s only Kareena Kapoor who has breath in life to the tired narrative.

Heroine as a movie disappoints but Kareena as a Heroine shines and her performance is the sole reason to watch this movie.  For Glamour Industry my few  lines

Camere ki Light me kitne Andhere hai

Damkate kapdo mein woh Andar se Nange hai

Jis muskaan pe Sakdo Dil jawan hai , woh  khud kitni udaas hai

Glamour ki duniya ke pata nahi aur kitne Raaz Hai !

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** Dialogue as per remembrance not exact one