Raanjhanaa

June. 21,2013      G
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A small-town boy needs to break through the class divide to gain acceptance from his childhood sweetheart who is in love with big city ideals.

Dhanush as  Kundan
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja as  Zoya Haider
Abhay Deol as  Akram
Swara Bhasker as  Bindiya
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as  Murari
Kumud Mishra as  Zoya's Father / Guruji
Vipin Sharma as  Kundan's father (Cameo Appearance)
Ishwak Singh as  Doctor from Lucknow

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Reviews

SpuffyWeb
2013/06/21

Sadly Over-hyped

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BelSports
2013/06/22

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Mandeep Tyson
2013/06/23

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Fleur
2013/06/24

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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msrk-44000
2013/06/25

You'll cry after watching this movie.. Dhanush has done fabulous work.. Anand L rai and Himanshu sharma you both will rule this industry! Awesome storytelling and directing...

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BubbleBollywood
2013/06/26

The casting director has done a great job of picking the ideal performing artists for every part whether it is Swara Bhaskara or Ayyub. The cinematography is amazing as it brings alive the temples of Benaras and the dusty backstreets. A R Rahman's heartfelt music adds life to the movie,his deep tracks like Tum Tak ,Tu Mun shudi,Piya Milenge are music to the ears. The dialogues are persuading and make the characters receptive. Anand L Rai's bearing and the storyline holds the watcher to his seat. The first half is fascinating than the second half. With everything taken into account, the movie ought to be seen for Dhanush and Sonam.

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Anand Mishra
2013/06/27

There was a time in 1959 when Satyajit Ray showed us Banaras in the second installment of The Apu Trilogy,Aparajito.That Banaras was black and white and he had only shown us the temples.Back then he won our hearts despite these limitations.But here in 2013 Anand L Rai showed Banaras which is so colorful,apparently it makes you feel that Holi isn't far away.He showed the streets of Banaras so efficiently and enthusiastically which became the first highlight of the movie.Raanjhanaa is a cracker of a movie as it moves until the curse of second half comes into being.If so many movies have been the victim of this curse,why don't the theatre owners dumps the concept of giving intervals then?.These movies names should have been XYZ-good and XYZ-bad for each half.The same concept should also go fro Director's name for the two halves respectively.Raanjhanaa works in most of the parts acting,music and dialogs.The national award winning actor yet again proves that good looks and 8 packs don't make you a good actor,your hard work and talent does.Dhanush's so-simple-yet-elegant performance is pitch perfect for the character Kundan.The simplicity in his accent and his expressions in certain scenes adds a new dimension to the movie.He keeps the movie going but the character of Zoya(Sonam Kapoor) may not get digested by many of the audiences.Sometimes Zoya shows simple,want-to-love,knows her boundaries type of characteristics and sometimes Zoya is trying to be over smart,want everyone's attention on her.As you have read you certainly get to know that these characteristics cannot belong to the same character.People will get confused about what actually Zoya wants.Nevertheless Sonam has done a good job whatever she was given to do.Abhay Deol is good in his extended cameo and Zeeshan Ayyub is wonderful in his presence and exemplary with his one-liners.The dialogs by Himanshu Sharma is another highlight of the movie.There was a time when everyone said after A R Rahman's Jab tak Hai Jaan,which to me wasn't that bad, that the music maestro has lost his touch.Here A R Rahman adds emotions to the movies characters and creates the world of love very efficiently.If it weren't for his music Raanjhanaa wouldn't have been half of what it is.Javed Ali is so classical in Tum Tak ,Shreya Ghoshal providing soul to Banarasiya, Raanjhanaa(title track) is very lovable and Tu Mun Shudi is really appealing.Overall the music is really soothing. Kudos to the maestro for his hard work.If some more work had been done on the second half's script or adding some element to those politics portions in the script Raanjhanaa would have been a great movie.It just makes you feel dull whereas in the first half it is so much fun.Watch it for Dhanush,A R Rahman's Music,Dialogues and lastly Banaras.

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Akshay Kumar (akshay-ak-kumar)
2013/06/28

It is said that there are 4 famous Shakespeare tragedies....After watching Ranjhaana....I wondered if Shakespeare was alive and watched Ranjhaana, he would have definitely written the 5th.Ranjhaana is a simple love story set in the holy town of Benares and ends on a tragic note in Delhi. They says 'Love is Blind'....the movie shows that love when blind has no boundaries and cannot differentiate between good and bad.The movie starts off well, loses steam in the 2nd half but the ending is tragic but brilliant. The writing and dialogues is poetic and spices up the film. Performances by the leads is outstanding especially Dhanush. Dhanush proves that language is not a barrier for any actor and excels in his Hindi debut. You feel his emotions . Sonam puts a good performance especially in the last 15 mins ans proves that she can act. Special mention to Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub & Swara Bhaskar who play Dhanush's childhood friends. Except for the half hour in the 2nd half where the movie meanders, its a excellent movie and a must watch !!

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