PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO

In My OPINION: Get bored easily don't watch! If you are a Salman fan "What's the point then, you will watch."  ;) 

Suraj Barjatya, this name flashed on the screens in 2006 when VIVAAH released. It was his Experiment with Prem. VIVAAH was a commercial success but everyone missed 'the real PREM'. So when the trailer of Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo was launched and as HE (SALMAN KHAN, the quintessential PREM) said, "Main wapas aa gaya" it was bound to cross more than a million views overnight. And that was just the trailer, after that the lead pair of the movie was almost everywhere promoting the film. On every channel, every show, every song of the movie was repeatedly played across radio stations, and soon it became the most touted film of the year. And the film was set to release on one of the biggest festival of this country, DIWALI.

The hit duo of Sooraj Barjatya and Salman Khan was last seen in Hum Saath Saath hain, 16 years back! Hum saath saath hain was not a big commercial success when compared to the previous Hum Aapke hain kaun or the first in this chart Mainey Pyaar kiya which was a major hit of its time and it set the milestone for future PREM. 

Coming back to the present, i watched the film today and it took me two hours after the movie  to get over that overdose of bad music that was served. The movie includes 10 songs (i am not talking about INDRASABHA) and the total duration of all songs is 38 minutes, in a movie that is 170 minutes long! 

Coming to the plot of the movie, which is as predictable as a couple during their courtship days, in love walking into a closed room is..... Ohh i am sorry, if the boy belongs to 'Sooraj Barjatya camp' then the story can be different. He may sit inside and read her verses from RAMAYANA, even when the girl wears that 'favourite short dress', holds his hand takes him to that secluded corner and gives him a feather to write what he wants on her back !!

Bacchi ki jaan logey kya, Issey zyada kya keh de ?  *Facepalm* 

Apologies for i just got carried away! So the story is about a fight between siblings, One brother trying to kill the other brother, step sisters hate the brothers, the elder brother is engaged to a princess, princess hates her fiance' andddd comes PREM, to get them all together, Bade Aaraam Se.

Sonam Kapoor as Princess Maithili looks good and carries her dresses gracefully for which she is well known. Nothing much for her to do in the movie but she tries to wear the 'cap' i mean 'Lehenga' of Madhuri from HAHK and shake that booty.... Alas! 

Neil Nitin Mukesh as the evil younger brother, Swara Bhaskar and Aashika Bhatia as vengeful step sisters and Armaan Kohli as the Villian(which is the only role he fits in) have all done their part well. Anupam Kher as the Loyal Deewan Ji whom Prem lovingly calls Virgin Bapuji stands apart with his display of emotions, acting skills and fulfills the void of Aloknath , who became the All india Babuji due to Sooraj Barjatya Movies. Deepak Dobriyal as Kanhaiya is brilliant as always and is almost a replacement of Laxmikant berde. 

The only good part about the film is undoubtedly PREM. No one knows how to do it more innocently than Salman Khan. He is simple, earthy, god fearing, sanskaari boy from Ayodhya but he somehow reminded of Bajrangi, may be due to the innocence. Salman does not look like a 50 year old anywhere and he dances his way out through the movie(with 10 songs its all  he should be doing) but he tries to pull the movie on his shoulders and entertain the audience in which he succeeds but by the time one starts enjoying a song starts! 

The movie is made with a budget above 80 crores out of which 56 crores were recovered before the release with music rights and satellite rights and this Diwali weekend is all booked for PRDP. Its a win-win situation for Mr. Barjatya and friends, all thanks to the PREM they have given us. 

In a nutshell; Bad editing,nicely shot, awful songs by Himesh but who cares just go and watch, PREM ke liye. 

HAPPY DIWALI to all.