Entertainment
Review of the film Judaa Hoke Bhi: Akshay Oberoi and Aindrita Ray excel in this darkly romantic thriller
Story: Aman Khanna (Akshay Oberoi), a once-promising musician and songwriter, is currently drowning his life in drink and self-destruction after losing his son at an early age. His marriage to Meera (Aindrita Ray) has also suffered as a result of this catastrophe. Meera will relocate to Uttrakhand to begin writing Siddharth Jaiwardhan’s (Meherzan Mazda) biography when fate separates them. Will their separation make their connection stronger, or will their isolation result in a triangle of love, or is there more to their relationship than meets the eye?
Judaa Hoke Bhi by Vikram Bhatt is a romance story with a hint of supernatural terror. The couple at the centre of the story has a strained marriage as a result of the passing of their son. Meera, Aman’s better half, pays the bills because Aman is an alcoholic on a self-destructive path and even decides to go to Uttrakhand to write Siddharth Yashwardhan’s biography in order to make a living. Their lives then start to turn for the worse. Will she ever see Aman again while she is behind bars?
The action of the story takes place in the charming Uttrakhand town of Binsar. And your breath stops as you first see a stunning palace in the middle of a snow-capped mountain range encircled by a thick rainforest. Siddharth, a spooky-looking wealthy businessman, and Mathew, his right-hand guy, are seen living alone in the palace. And due to the extreme cold, the remainder of the town is empty. We were shocked to find that Meera had not previously searched for and investigated the location. I guess not, given that she is frequently photographed in sarees made of chiffon and net during the winter.
Unfortunately, neither Meera nor the viewers are aware of the risks they are taking. The story by Mahesh Bhatt brilliantly depicts the couple’s deep love, yet its contrast of love and lust is uninspired. Also, the supernatural activities are not thrilling enough to keep you on the edge of your seat. The girl sees horrifying sights, and strange voices keep resonating throughout, but you are not alarmed or disturbed by anything. The story’s twist was predictable and easy to predict, but our “overly smart” hero doesn’t realise it until the very end.
The action doesn’t really start up until the conclusion, when Aman is fighting the enormous thing. Although it took some time to get here, the audience was already worn out. Everything was resolved in a hurry at the end. That is regrettable!
The conversations are robust. “Zindagi bahut sundar hain kyunki voh khatam hoti hain,” according to the movie, means that we should let go of the past and concentrate on the present. Rushad Rana, a blind man who is aware of reality and maintains that Meera is possessed, is present in Raaz Reboot (2016) as well. He says to everyone, “uski aatma uske bas mein nahi.” Therefore, this subplot receives no marks because it seems to be boring.
The songs, especially “Mera Naseeb ho Tum” and the title tune by Stebin Ben, are soulful and increase the impact of the drama. the performances, too. Akshay Oberoi does a remarkable job of capturing the intense emotions of his character Aman. As Meera, Aindrita Ray performed admirably. You will surely get shivers watching the hospital scene where she excels. Meherzan Mazda’s character arc is only lightly sketched, giving the impression that he is complicated.
All things considered, this overstuffed drama is too corny and sentimental to keep your interest, but it does amuse you in its own special ways. This 122-minute drama is worth seeing just once because of the performances and the beautiful music, but if you want something to keep you on the edge, find elsewhere.
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Cricket
KL Rahul dangerously close to Laxman territory; to be perished for Sarfaraz Khan and Shubman Gill
To accommodate both Sarfaraz and Gill and stick with their five-bowler formula, a batter from the Bengaluru Test must make way. Ergo Rahul and the predicted axe
VVS Laxman went through the first half of his illustrious 15-and-a-half-year international career with the proverbial axe hanging over him. Despite his magical stroke-play and a well-founded reputation for rallying the lower order to bat above itself, he was forever the first name that sprang to the decision-makers’ minds when they had to drop someone to accommodate someone else. It wasn’t until the second half of his stint with the national team that he had ‘job security’, which automatically manifested itself in an array of glorious, match-turning knocks and earmarked him as one for a crisis.
KL Rahul is now dangerously close to approaching the Laxman territory, though at least in this instance, a case can be made out, perhaps, for why he often seems to be playing for his place. Almost a decade after his Test debut in Australia in December 2014, he has yet to nail down a permanent spot, a result of glaring inconsistency and repeated dalliances with injuries that have left him with a modest average of 33.87 from 53 Test appearances.
Unlike Laxman, who was thrust to the opener’s position for three years from 1997, successive team managements have worked overtime to create space for Rahul. He started off in the middle order in Melbourne against Australia, opened in the next Test in Sydney when he made a sparkling century, continued in that position for a good nine years – around the large pockets when either injuries or lack of form relegated him to the sidelines – and now seems to have found his calling in the middle order, where he was tried out in an almost last throw of the dice in South Africa last December.
In his limited time at the No. 6 position, Rahul has been a revelation. On a spiteful surface in Centurion in his first innings back in the middle order, the classy right-hander made a marvellous 101 – Virat Kohli’s 38 was the next highest score – in India’s 245 all out. Two Tests later, against England in Hyderabad, he waltzed to 86 of the best until a hamstring strain kept him out of the last four Tests.
On his comeback last month against Bangladesh, Rahul showed why he is rated so highly, and therefore why he so frustrates when he chooses to shackle himself mentally, with uninhibited shot-making when India were pressing for a declaration (Chennai) and looking to make up for lost time with a frenetic batting approach (Kanpur) in the two Tests. Kanpur was especially mesmeric, 68 flowing off his bat in a mere 43 deliveries. It was the best of Rahul.
Axe hangs over Rahul’s head for India vs New Zealand 2nd Test
And yet here we are, two innings later, wondering whether he will, or should, feature in the playing XI in Pune, where India take on New Zealand in a must-win second Test from Thursday.
Shubman Gill, him of three centuries in his last six Tests, missed the Bengaluru defeat to the Kiwis with a stiff neck. Replacement batter Sarfaraz Khan made the most of own good fortune with a delectable 150, which makes it near impossible to drop him now that Gill is fully fit. To accommodate both Sarfaraz and Gill and stick with their five-bowler formula which has worked beautifully in the last few years, a batter from the Bengaluru Test must make way. Ergo Rahul and the predicted axe.
One of the few men to have led India in all three formats internationally, Rahul didn’t help his cause with scores of 0 and 12 at his home ground, the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. In the first innings, he was strangled down leg-side by William O’Rourke while in the second, he received a peach from the same paceman operating with the second new ball and was again caught behind. Rahul was one of 11 failures in India’s first-innings 46 and one of seven wickets to fall in 93 deliveries to the second new cherry, but failures past and the logjam created by Gill’s availability have combined to identify him as the most susceptible to the axe.
It’s a cross impossible to bear, but also impossible to ignore just because it is so heavy, so overarching. Rahul is beyond gifted and makes batting appear oh-so-simple, but his struggles to embrace sustained run-making can’t be wished away. He is the eternal team man, much like his celebrated namesake also from Karnataka – both kept wickets admirably in 50-over World Cups 21 years apart, both made attractive and impactful runs during the tournament and both tasted bitter defeat at the hands of Australia in the final – but ‘eternal team man’ can sometimes be an euphemism for the ‘most dispensable’ and Rahul can be excused for thinking that those two lines have blurred beyond repair. Of course, if he is brutally honest to himself, he will acknowledge at least to himself that he too must bear culpability for the blurring of the lines.
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