Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Mandip Sembhi Okay, i went to see this film a week after its release. But before i went to see this film, i heard from friends that this film was not good and it was not worth watching!Well they are wrong, the film for me was good!There were some very funny moments in the film. Ranbir Kapoor was very good! Looking very handsome in costumes.Deepika Padukone was good! I think that she could have done a much better job in playing her character. The other two were very good too.The film's songs were out-of-the-world.Overall, this film is worth watching.

sumanbarthakursmailbox Bachna Ae Haseeno is not entirely unwatchable. A big reason why this film doesn't entirely suck is because of its inspired cast who put their best foot forward. Minissha Lamba is a revelation, especially in the film's first half; she's earnest and sincere and fits the role to a perfection.Bipasha Basu is the best she's been in a long, long time, and plays her part so well, you can literally see the growth her character's made in the film.I am not entirely convinced by Deepika Padukone's performance, then in all fairness the blame must be shared with the film's writers for saddling her with a half-baked role. A word here also for Hiten Paintal who's spot-on as the hero's salivating sidekick, one of the film's best-written characters. Bachna Ae Haseeno sets the mood for an engaging romantic comedy mere minutes into the film. The romance is all breezy, the dialogue remarkably real yet spunky, and the actors in very good form. In fact, the film's first half flits by without too many hiccups as the screenplay succeeds entirely in keeping a consistent tone through all three of Raj's romantic chapters. The film borrows its basic plot and its episodic narrative from Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers and the Tamil hit Autograph, but for the most part, Bachna Ae Haseeno is a home-grown Yash Raj product, complete with references to the banner's many recent films, and a rather indulgent nod to its most popular hit, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.It's post-intermission that Bachna Ae Haseeno nosedives drastically, its screenplay skidding off the path and going into predictable territory. You're never quite satisfied with the manner in which Raj achieves his redemption with the two girls. In fact, I'll go so far as to say he's let off the hook too easily, and it's a failure on the part of the writers that we never once feel like Raj has truly understood what a cad he's been.The emotional scenes in the second half are so labored, the film loses its grip on your attention completely. What started out as such an enjoyable screen experience is irreparably damaged by careless writing—you can't really expect us to feel sorry for the way his exes respond to him when he turns up suddenly with an apology. It's difficult to explain without going into details, but the manner in which the film wraps up its third act is so convenient, you get the feeling they were running out of time or ideas or both. Despite its strengths, the film isn't terribly good, and that's a pity because it most definitely could have been. Ultimately, it's an average film, at best time-pass viewing.In a nutshell, Bachna Ae Haseeno could've been the ideal youthful entertainer, occupying the position that Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na enjoys amongst the youth crowd. But as things stand now, it's a great looking film with nothing outstanding about it. Strictly okay for a single watch, that's about it!

bollywoodplusplus Just when you thought, Bollywood's first family Kapoor khandan is ready to hand over the title to Bachchan family, here comes a young, handsome, dude, who is here to stay. I never cared to watch Sawariya (from all its promos, it looked too wimpy). But this one surely is going to place him on the hot-stuff category! The three heroines are adequate, with spl mention of Deepika P. Though the character is bit unrealistic (who cares for realism anyways in commercial bollywood films?), but she definitely carries on the role of an independent, yet vulnerable character! Music is great, Khuda Jaane is going to the classics. You just can't get enough of it. Jogi Mahi takes time to grow, but when it does, it sticks. Lucky boy is yet another dhin-chak number with less substance. Shreya Ghoshal & Lucky Ali's Ahista Ahista is a lovely track, that takes time, but it becomes addictive. Another good note: thanks to Vishal Shekhar to have given youngsters some chance: Raja Hassan and Himani Kapoor are on the tracks, though very small contribution.Cinematography: well, I really don't believe in going to nice locations, Australia, Italy, Switzerland to make a nice 'looking' movies, however cinematographer has made use of locations well. While the movie cinematography is alright, but song picturization is surely a winner! Loooove the long sweeping camera movements in 'Khuda Jaane', the camera rotations in colorful 'Jogi Mahi' or the 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' title track with the morphs, or the scooter-on-the-move sequences in 'Ahista Ahista'! The movie is a great watch. Very contemporary, even the languages and dialogues. The other casts, like Kunal Kapoor, and Sachin (isn't he Paintal Jr?) do a great job.Overall, a decent watch. If you do have the DVD, watch the deleted scenes too. Kapoor is definitely going to become the next Hrithik Roshan (though real HR is not going anywhere).

Chrysanthepop Anand's 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' is an improvement when compared to the rip-off 'Salaam Namaste'. Loosely inspired by 'Alfie', it tells the story of Raj and the three women at different stages in his life. The treatment given to the film is very formulaic and highly sugarcoated with songs appearing out of the blue and shot in exotic locations, expensive locations and outfits, melodramatic scenes, deja-vu romantic scenes, a very clichéd story and a predictable plot but there is something entertaining enough to make it worth a one-time watch. The soundtrack is below average. There are some okay songs and some horrendous numbers.The three women form three stories. The first one seems to pay homage to 'Dilwale Dulhania Lejayenge' (Aditya Chopra was the director of that film and he is the writer of this film). Interestingly, it sort of gets the viewer to ask what if in 'Dilwale Dulhania LeJayenge': Raj's feelings for Simran were merely momentary, what if Simran married Kuldeep...and these questions, to an extent are answered here. The following two stories have a bit of 'Salaam Namaste'.Ranbir Kapoor is plain okay. I don't see why his directors have to constantly remind us that he is Rishi Kapoor's (who wasn't even a great actor) son and Raj Kapoor's grandson. What was with that light flickering (from 'Bobby'), the title song and what not? Kapoor has to learn to stand on his own and has to make his directors promote his acting only, rather than his family background. I still do not see that star quality in him (that almost everyone else seems to be so sure of) and nor does he have what it takes to carry an entire film, yet.He is clearly (and thankfully) overshadowed by his three female co-stars. A supercute Minisha Lamba is vivacious as the young Mahi and she is very elegant and brilliant as the cold-hearted wife. A ravishing Bipasha Basu does one of the best acting jobs of her career and a sassy Deepika Padukone does fine too. Kunal Kapoor seems to have replaced Jimmy Shergill as Yashraj's favourite supporting actor and even though he's not as good an actor as Shergill, he does an adequate job here.Overall, it's not a classic and certainly not the best of Yashraj films but it makes for a decent one-time watch. Some heavy editing (because of the slow pace), a stronger male lead and perhaps less waste of money would have helped.