Heroine is superficial and plot-less!
Heroine touches the life of a Hindi film
female actor superficially, without conviction and surety. Mahi Arora (Kareena
Kapoor), an over emotional, obsessive, vulnerable, weirdly dynamic and decently
talented film star, is at the peak of her career, when she realises her married
lover (Arjun Rampal,), a star himself, isn’t interested in committing to her.
Her obsession for him turns to frustration, which reflects on her work. And the
clichéd career downfall follows, with drugs and alcohol (not to forget). The
story continues with a new lover, new career peak and eventually a downfall
again.
Unlike
for most of his movies, Bhandarkar fails to give his film a plot. The film suffers
as it almost seems like a bunch of episodes unintentionally woven together.
Heroine could have been a better film, had it been a well etched story right at
the scripting levels.
The
director does provide us with some realities of the Mumbai film industry
popularly known as Bollywood. For instance, the ignorance of the film
production towards a senior artist played by Helen, by not offering her a
vanity van and letting her rehearse her dialogues under the sun. Or the over
dominant wife having a say in the casting of her husband’s heroine. Keeping
this handful of scenes aside, Bhandarkar has nothing new to offer in Heroine. Alcohols, sex, drugs, homosexuality
were all part of his previous films with just a new addition of a leaked sex
tape. It’s time for Bhandarkar to reinvent his direction style to keep up with
the viewers’ expectations.
The film is glamorously shot with focus on Kareena’s look.
The costumes are apt. Music is disappointing, but it hardly bothers. Real film
studios, popular cafes of Mumbai, hotels and restaurants are widely used
filming locations.
Arjun
Rampal is competent as a confused male superstar, but the script doesn’t give
him too much scope to perform. Divya Datta is perfect as the cruelly compelling
PR. Randeep Hooda is again competent as the charming cricketer. The one who
gets a fake deal from something that looked like a humungous opportunity is
Kareena Kapoor. In spite of being sincere and fine with her performance,
Kareena suffers due to a badly written role. Her character makes such silly
mistakes that they hardly look real. Eventually, the audience finds her
character stupid and hardly sympathizes with her. Yet Kapoor looks glamorous,
acts with faith and gives her best. She is the reason one might recommend a
watch of Heroine
The director had previously declared this one to be his
career’s best. Surely it isn’t! Heroine could have been a great piece of work,
had the director written a better story. The film however belongs to its lead
actor Kareena Kapoor. I am going with 2 out of 5 for Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine, watch it iff you must!
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