Dil Bole Hadippa: Decent attempt, yet standard fare
The erratic script, takes the beaten path later. Rani's mania for cricket is well established at the outset. So is the friendship between Anupam Kher and Dalip Tahil. All this happens in the initial 20-25 minutes after which it comes to a halt.
CRICKET AND Bollywood, share a good chemistry. A wide scale majority of Indians are addicted to them, individually, while many others feel that a combination of the two spells success. Dil Bole Hadippa tries it too, attempting to capture the strength of the game and the aspirations of a sports person, who's keen to play for her pind.
On paper, the concept, which bears a weird similarity to the Hollywood film She's the Man, sounds interesting, but the problem is its scripting, which is broken, ordinary and predictable. It seems to be mandatory for cricket-based films like Lagaan and Victory to have a thrilling finish, one that DPH aspires for too.
The story of an ordinary girl who aspires to play cricket for the national team is motivating, with Rani Mukherji handling her part with complete understanding. But there's a toss side too.
The romantic moments between Rani and Shahid Kapoor lack charm. Other characters in the film, like Sherlyn Chopra, Vrajesh Hirjee and Rakhi Sawant, contribute nothing to it. You expect DBH to score a century, like several films churned out by Yash Raj, but it settles down in the half-century range.
Veera (Rani Mukherji) is a rocket of a girl who lives in a small village, but chases big dreams. She works in a local theatre group, but dreams of playing cricket with Tendulkar and Dhoni for India. While Veera dreams on in India, Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) is a skilful captain of a county cricket team in England.
He returns to India to captain his father's cricket team, which has been losing repeatedly for the last eight years. In a village where girls don't play cricket, Veera has to put on a turban and beard and become a man to fulfil her dreams. Her brilliance on the field earns her a place in Rohan's team and Veera Kaur becomes Veer Pratap Singh. But what happens when the secret is out?
The erratic script, which seems attractive initially, takes the beaten path later. Rani's mania for cricket is well established at the outset. So is the friendship between Anupam Kher and Dalip Tahil (who heads the Pakistani team). Also, the initial scenes between Anupam and Shahid are well integrated in the story. The film shows promise when Rani transforms from Veera to Veer. All this happens in the initial 20-25 minutes, but the story comes to a screeching stop thereafter.
The problems begins here, with Shahid losing his heart to Rani,k turning the cricket caper into a love story. Sherlyn surfaces in between to spice up the proceedings, but nothing happens. The conflict during the finale - when Shahid learns the truth - doesn't make the desired impact either.
Even the recurrence of the mother (Poonam Dhillon) in the story looks like a complete compromise from the writing point of view. However, the match between the Indian and Pakistani teams in the climax is well executed and though the viewer is well aware what the ending would be, it keeps you keen nonetheless.
Unfortunately, the final speech by Rani is outright predictable. The film would've benefited with an innovative end. Anurag Singh shows sparks of brilliance, but how one wishes that the débutante director and his writers would've come up with a solid script. Pritam's music doesn't help either. Except for the title track, the balance songs are plain average. Cinematography is nice.
DBH belongs to Rani who deliver both the performances naturally. On the whole, it is an ordinary fare. At the box-office, the film has some chances in North mainly thanks to the Punjabi flavour.
.good article.....very well said bout the movie....it was a waste of money to watch it in an expensive theatre...but i enjoyed it a bit as i was sleeping half of the time
.Excellent movie wtih combination of all the masalas of bollywood.Rani no doubt an execellent actress coupled with Shahid a favoulous actor was a good match.
Movies based on sports spirit like chak de,laggan,etc gain lots of popularity among Indian viewers.They are welcomed by the people.Specially when it comes to women because most of the bollywood movies are male dominant.But this type of movie focuses on the Indian women,their dreams and ambitions.
.Excellent movie wtih combination of all the masalas of bollywood.Rani no doubt an execellent actress coupled with Shahid a favoulous actor was a good match.
Movies based on sports spirit like chak de,laggan,etc gain lots of popularity among Indian viewers.They are welcomed by the people.Specially when it comes to women because most of the bollywood movies are male dominant.But this type of movie focuses on the Indian women,their dreams and ambitions.
.Excellent movie wtih combination of all the masalas of bollywood.Rani no doubt an execellent actress coupled with Shahid a favoulous actor was a good match.
Movies based on sports spirit like chak de,laggan,etc gain lots of popularity among Indian viewers.They are welcomed by the people.Specially when it comes to women because most of the bollywood movies are male dominant.But this type of movie focuses on the Indian women,their dreams and ambitions.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
.Rani no doubt an execellent actress with shahid was not a bad combination.movies like chakde,lagaan,etc based on sports are gaining popularity among viewers.Specially when it comes to women,because our bollywood as said is men dominated.But movies which focuses on woman definetly gives a lesson to Indian Society.
Nice article.
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Dil bole hadippa rocks.
It's a fun movie & Shahid-rani paiing nailed it.
Rani is superb throughout..
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