‘Manmarziyaan’ Early Review: Typical B’Wood Song & Dance Romance
A hit-and-miss affair?
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Vicky Kaushal and Taapsee Pannu in a candid moment from Manmarziyaan.
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Penned by Kanika Dhillon, Manmarziyaan or Husband Material, backed by the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Entertainment's Phantom Films joint venture premiered at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film marks many firsts - Abhishek Bachchan’s first film with Anurag Kashyap as well as his comeback after a long hiatus and Kashyap’s first mainstream rom-com of sorts. Here are snippets from Variety’s early review of the film.
During the bustling opening number in the Bollywood romantic dramedy Husband Material, a performer lyrically insists: “Old-fashioned love stories need an update.” But that turns out to be just a tease: Director Anurag Kashyap (The Gangs of Wasseypur) and scripter Kanika Dhillon don’t stray very far from the clichés and conventions common to scads of similar masala movies in this lightly engaging but thoroughly predictable trifle...
Taapsee Pannu is by turns appealing and annoying — and in some scenes, both simultaneously — as Rummi...
...Husband Material only sporadically offers more than typical Bollywood song and dance and romance.
Source: Variety
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