This is Deepika's year, for sure. Post RACE-2, YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWANI and CHENNAI EXPRESS, Deepika pulls yet another ace this time. Looking gorgeous as ever and cast in the most demanding role of her career thus far, she wins you over with an act that's unblemished. Actually, the confidence she radiates while portraying this part makes you wonder whether SLB and his writers Siddharth-Garima had penned this character keeping Deepika in mind. The audience is sure to go into raptures while watching Deepika in GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA.
Deepika gerenti mng best actress thn dpn
jgn lupe tajuk filem ni da ditukar jadi GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA.
What's Good And Bad?
Ram Leela has oodles of 'oomph' quotient, thanks to our very own Deepika! The film features kissing scenes in plenty! The dialogues can seem a bit 'shocking' and 'bold' for a few as it has double entendre. Admittedly, the movie's writing loses a good deal of steam in the second half, but picks up pace in its final hour. Ranveer-Deepika's visceral chemistry requires a special mention, that sets the screen ablaze. The movie works big time with good flow, and thanks to Mr Bhansali for creating a script surrounding an incredibly passionate and intense love story, making it one of most novel takes of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Bollywood so far.
Performances
Ranveer Singh looks dynamic and delivers a highly energetic and confident act. Deepika Padukone looks extremely beautiful and convincing. Deepika manages to bring in a lot of elegance and sexiness with her magnificent presence. Richa Chaddha too is impressive and leaves a mark.
Music
Ram Leela's music is soulful, refreshing and is inspired from Gujarati folk music. While 'Laal ishq' and 'Dhoop' are undoubtedly the best amongst the track list, 'Nagada sang dhol', 'Poore chand' and 'Ang laga de' also leave a great impression.
Story
The movie Ram Leela revolves around two major characters - Ram (Ranveer Singh), the local village Romeo, is a colourful, charming yet dramatic vagabond, and Leela (Deepika Padukone) an unbridled and passionate village Juliet. The only thing in common between these two strangers is their families' hatred for each other.
The two communities have been sworn enemies since the past 500 years and their own kin falling in love with each other is worse than any storm that could have ever come. When Ram and Leela see each other for the first time, their worlds collide, wars are fought and destinies are written in blood, forever.
What will happen when they declare their love to the world? Will their families relent or will Ram and Leela carve their own destiny?
Verdict
Ram Leela is yet another SLB creation, replete with opulence and grandeur. The film is visually extravagant, sporting an amazing variety of colours, lighting and visual flair, showing off breathtaking and intricate dance sequences and exuding catchy, melodic music. For all its hype, grandeur, money, blood, sweat, music, tragedy, Ram Leela is definitely worth a watch.
Writer-director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (henceforth referred to by the shorter, original title used by most American theaters: Ram-Leela) is a fresh update on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The story may be familiar, but Bhansali’s film offers plenty of surprises.
In this rendition, Romeo and Juliet are rechristened Ram Rajadi (Ranveer Singh) and Leela Sanera (Deepika Padukone). The youngest children in their respective warring clans, they want nothing to do with the centuries-long family feud. Ram serves as village peacemaker, defusing situations by distributing pornographic DVDs.
It’s love at first sight when Ram and Leela meet at a party. They are reckless in their courtship, until deaths in both families force them to realize that they will find no peace in town. Even their elopement is foiled by friends intent on perpetuating the feud.
In Bhansali’s version of Romeo and Juliet, the two leads are much older than the original characters, meaning they have more prominent positions in their family. Both Ram and Leela eventually assume leadership roles in their clans, proving the naiveté of their assumption that they could run off and leave their families behind. It makes for an interesting examination of the public aspect of romantic relationships.
Singh and Padukone are an extremely sexy pair. Had Ram-Leela been rated by the MPAA, it would’ve been rated PG-13 or R. Keep that in mind if you’re considering bringing your kids to the theater. Adults in the audience will appreciate the chemistry between the lead couple.
Singh’s Ram is initially more fun than a traditional Romeo, but he loses his spirit as the obstacles to his romance with Leela mount. By the end of the film, he’s mostly glum and passive.
Padukone is sensational as Leela, and the character is especially well-written. Leela evolves from a bratty princess into a force within her family. She’s sexually aggressive, initiating the couple’s first kiss and telling Ram, “I want you.”
In another refreshing update, the female characters are the power players in Ram-Leela. Both Leela’s and Ram’s sisters-in-law (played by Richa Chadda and Barkha Bisht, respectively) influence the destiny of the central romance and the town as a whole. The Sanera clan is led by Leela’s mother, Dhankor (Supriya Patak Kapur), who is ruthless and terrifying.
Like all of Bhansali’s films, Ram-Leela is great looking. Major plot points occur against the backdrops of colorful festivals. The garden at the Sanera palace — the setting for the famous balcony scene — is stunning.
Bhansali also composed the music for the film, and as a result, Ram-Leela features a lot of well-integrated dance numbers. The music and dancing (especially Padukone’s) is very good, and only the movie’s lone item number — starring Priyanka Chopra — feels out-of-place.
I appreciate Bhansali’s decision to re-imagine Romeo and Juliet as an all-out Bollywood spectacle, with sequences ranging from frequent dance breaks to a slow-mo fight scene in which body-slammed victims send up volcanic plumes of dust.
Ram-Leela is great for newcomers to Hindi films. It offers the full Bollywood experience, while presenting a familiar story. The crew responsible for the English subtitles made a smart decision to subtitle the first verse and chorus of each song, but not subsequent verses. It allows those who don’t understand Hindi to get the gist of the song’s subject matter, but then be able to focus on the dancing. This should become an industry standard.
First Published: 01:03 IST(16/11/2013)
Last Updated: 14:37 IST(16/11/2013)
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Rating: ***If Sanjay Leela Bhansali is to be believed, Gujaratis are the most colorful, passionate,
violent, loud and lusty community in this country. So everyone in the fictional village of Ranjaar is permanently brawling, killing, drinking or loving. There are no half-measures in this town. A minor tiff can escalate into a bloody battle with a high body count; the Rajadis and Saneras have been at loggerheads for 500 years now.
Naturally, Ram, a Rajadi played by Ranveer Singh, falls in love with Leela, a Sanera played by Deepika Padukone. Goliyonki Raasleela — Ram Leela is Shakespeare on steroids and, for the first half, works wonderfully. As in his past films, Bhansali creates a hermetically sealed fictional world that has little connect with reality. But unlike in Saanwariya or Guzaarish, here he injects a robust humour and creates a gorgeous love story.
His trump cards are Ranveer and Deepika. They are effortlessly sexy. Bhansali celebrates their beauty and bodies. But they also have texture and depth.
Their first meeting is magical and their passion sears the screen. In her last three films, Deepika has stolen the show from her heroes, but this one, I think, belongs to Ranveer. He’s flamboyant and cheerfully vulgar but also vulnerable and broken.Cinematographer Ravi Varman bathes each frame in rich, lush colours.
The music, by Bhansali, is lovely. And Supriya Pathak as the chilling Sanera godmother is a treat. But the narrative starts to wobble just before the interval; post mid-point, it unravels completely.
The plot becomes clumsier and clumsier and the joy we had found in the key characters is snuffed out by violence and ugliness. Which is when you start to notice how ridiculous the scenario actually is — these folks are some sort of underworld dons but you never see them actually doing anything except killing each other.
Mobile phones abound and at one point there is talk of Twitter, but the village and its feuds seem to belong to another century.
Bhansali’s famed aesthetic sense never falters, but it becomes grating when peacocks fly away artfully as a woman runs from her rapist and, in a battle, men are smashed into rangoli, which then flies up in a riot of color. Bhansali strains to create an epic love.
By the end, I was so exhausted that I just wanted all the Rajadis and Saneras to kill each other so that we could be done with it.
Still, Deepika and Ranveer make Goliyon ki Rasleela – Ram Leela worth watching.
dah tgk citer ni..seriously best gila babeng!!!
tgk back to back di pavi yesterday...mmg worth it gila...
start tgk kul 12pm..habis tu beli lak ticket kul 3pm..worth every single cent...
ranveer was ohsomee...handsome yg amat!!deepika pun cantik bangat..mmg perfectly match on screen couple...
storyline pon best...tak bosan lansung!!
ending mmg unpredictable...dua2 mati...mmg sedey!!!
apa pon mmg suka la citer ni...rasa nak tgk lagi!!...
chaintea posted on 19-11-2013 12:04 PM
si anak bhansali ni suka buat citer cinta x kesampaian tau
devdas..hum dil de chuke sanam...saawa ...
satu lagi filem dia.. khamoshi the musical.. salman n manisha koirala..
bapak sedih movie tu.. pompuan yang ada mak bapak pekak bisu.. bercinta dgn anak org kaya..
pastu terlanjur dpt anak.. last2 happy ending rasanya.. the only happy ending dr filem SLB..
beta_carotene posted on 19-11-2013 01:38 PM
satu lagi filem dia.. khamoshi the musical.. salman n manisha koirala..
bapak sedih movie tu.. po ...
khamoshi..i suka sgt muziknya
nak2 ms si heroin buat rakaman dlm studio ayah mak dia dtg..
depa xleh dgr apa2..anaknya nyanyi sambil buat bhsa isyarat..supaya bapaknya faham apa yg dia nyanyikan..
beta_carotene posted on 19-11-2013 04:20 PM
ending dia kalo xsilap.. manisha sedar dari accident..
pastu bapak dia naik bukit melalak nk umum ...
nk nyampok skit..
selain dr itu...die nk umum yg die dh pecaya kt Tuhan..
masa awal2 tu anak die mati jatuh dr bangunan church time diorg tgh berdoa dlm church..
tros die x pecaya Tuhan (Jesus)..
bg aku Khamoshi is not really love story tp more to watak life Manisha..how she survive dgn parents yg pekak n bisu..dgn diri die yg minat dgn muzik n nk jd penyanyi...
Post time 15-11-2013 02:38 PM
This is Deepika's year, for sure. Post RACE-2, YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWANI and CHENNAI EXPRESS, Deepika pulls yet another ace this time. Looking gorgeous as ever and cast in the most demanding role of her career thus far, she wins you over with an act that's unblemished. Actually, the confidence she radiates while portraying this part makes you wonder whether SLB and his writers Siddharth-Garima had penned this character keeping Deepika in mind. The audience is sure to go into raptures while watching Deepika in GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA.
Post time 18-11-2013 12:31 AM
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