Heroine
review by Moin Uddin
This
movie is not for everyone and if you are into the category of watching lovey
dovey movie than it’s really a tiring movie.
Life is
really crazy. And the craziest lives are of the Movie Heroine as they don’t get
along with the success. When they want to be in relationship than nobody cares
and when they want to make their careers then they don’t want to be in a relationship.
HEROINE is an Indian Film revolving around
the life of a once successful actress whose career is on decline. Mahi Khanna(
Kareena Kapoor) as a lead actress along with Arjun Rampal ( Aryan Khanna) who
wants to get along with Mahi and there are different cast like Randeep Hooda (
Angad Paul) a cricketer, Ranveer Shoorey
( Tapanda) as a art house movie director also there are Govinda Namdeo( Mahi’s
secretary) and Divya Dutt (Mahi’s ruthless business manager). Helen as a senior
actress is also in a movie as Shagufta Rizvi and Sahana Goswami as Promita.
There are others actors too but they have fewer roles as the movie concentrates
only on Mahi.
Director
Madhur Bhandarkar who is known for directing real life movies like Chadani Bar,
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STORY:
Mahi is
confused regarding her relationship. She wants to get married with Aryan as
they both were in love and their movies were hit at that time. Aryan tries to
settle down with her but he couldn’t because his final papers of divorce were
not signed by his wife. Later Mahi asks for commitment and in a tensed mood
Aryan leaves her in the middle of the road from his car. She then goes to a
Police station to file a complaint against him but her secretary Rashid Bhai(
Govinda Namdeo) doesn’t let her do that.
After
some years Pallavi (Divya Dutt) comes to meet Mahi to make her again the star
that she used to be. Pallavi consoles and tells Mahi to manipulate Angad to get
into a limelight. By using Angad she wants to get signed in a-class movie. She
could have been in the limelight had she
slept with the director as the director asks for a night but she diplomatically
refuses which cost her a much as the director cuts most of her scenes.
Though
she is in love with Angad but she refuse him to get married as she wants her
career to shine. In aggression Angad breaks up with Mahi.
To get in
a limelight Mahi wants to do a low budget film in which she gets a role of a
prostitute but the movies doesn’t get released as the Tapanda( Ranveer Shoorey)
had a clash with other movie stakeholders. Mahi gets tensed as she had tried
her best since a year and had refused all the ads and A class movies. Again
this cost her much as she was not getting any roles in a movie.
Later she
meets Aryan. He wants to get along with her and says that he wants to be with
her again. Mahi also accepts him. Mahi this time was really insecure and to
take her into confidence Aryan tells her that he’ll sign her in an upcoming A
class movies in which they can get time to spend together But Aryan’s business
partner refuses and want to cast other successful heroine. Media publishes the
news regarding it and in anger Mahi leaves. Aryan calls his business partner
saying he’ll only work with Mahi but this time it was too late as Mahi didn’t
accept any of his calls.
Mahi’s
film was about to release but her popularity was fading. She calls her business
partner Pallavi and asks her to promote it aggressively within 3 days but she
says she can’t then Mahi gives her sex tape with Aryan to Pallavi and she leaks
it in the internet. This goes viral and her popularity rises which makes her
film successful and again she is back in an industry but this time she is not
happy with all that happened. Two years later she is found somewhere else in
Europe and lives a normal life.
The movie
is good as it has shown the downfall of the reigning star.
Kareena
has justified her role. Arjun Rampal is ok. Randeep Hooda is also ok. Though
Sahana Goswami is also in a movie with little role which was not necessary.
Ranveer Shorey has a little role and he’s performed it well. Govinda Namdeo as a secretary of kareena was
not necessary in the movie. His roles could have been done well by Divya Dutt had director used his common sense
which could have been good and he could have had made her more ruthless than
what she has performed in the movie.
Excessive
use of Alcohol and cigarettes are shown in the movie which can tempt audiences
to opt for it in a real life by watching the movie. It should not have
been used to the extent. However it's understandable as the story was based on
the Movie star and her daily life.
Screenplay
by Anuradha Tewari and Manoj Tyagi is good. Music by Salim –sulaiman is a catchy
as it gets gel with the movie and audiences keep murmuring at the end which is
a plus point for the movie. MAIN HEROINE HOO .The director Madhur
Bhandarkar himself has wrote the movie script. The movie was made on a limited
budget of US$ 5.79 million.
Recommended
for: The Established/ Struggling/ Up-coming Actors/ Actress/ Models. It can be
a caution lesson for them as they can get prepared to handle their glamorous
career.
Watch to
get a lesson rather than entertainment.
Thanks
Moin
Uddin
