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Movie Review: London, Paris, New York (Hindi) - Still The Same Desi Formula!
Girl meets boy, girl loves boy, girl fights with boy, separates from boy and finally reunites with the boy...why do film makers keep on reinventing the wheel over and over again? | Mukesh Venu
On Mar 05, 2012

 

The timeless portrayal of the pure, innocent love between a handsome boy with a beautiful girl in the middle of spring when nature is at its best sure did take Hindi film industry to the world.  But hasn't it been long since we moved on? And I don't mean the moving of shooting locations to London, Paris and New York, but to move on and develop new story ideas?


'London, Paris, New York' has Ali Zafar as 'Nikhil' and Aditi Rao Hydari as 'Lalitha Krishnan'; the two of them make for the entire cast, for the whole 100 minutes of the movie's running time. Like the title says, the story, which is the very obvious one of boy meeting girl, this time around, takes place in three cosmopolitan cities of London, Paris and New York. Nikhil meets Lalitha at the London airport. Lalitha is on her way to New York for higher studies and has her connection flight delayed at London. After spending a whole day and night together, the two separate with a promise and a kiss. Nikhil fails to live upto his promise.

 

 

 

They meet for the second time in Paris where Nikhil comes in search of Lalitha two years later. In Paris, they get together once again, end up sleeping together only to be separated again after a fight. It is in New York that the two meet for the third time as mature individuals and view each other in a whole different manner, finally to end up in the 'happily ever after' mode, befitting the boy-meets-girl storyline.

 

'London, Paris, New York' is almost as if film making has turned out to be an addiction to some people and that they have to keep on churning out movies every now and then to sustain themselves, just like an addict craves for his next dose of drug. The film is directed by debutant Anu Menon who had her film education from the London Film School. It is not in the school but it is on the screen that  quality is verified and judged. As for 'London, Paris and New York', there is nothing in it to be judged. Music is done by the same Ali Zafar who plays 'Nikhil' in the movie and just like 'Nikhil' in the movie, the music too has enough and more of shortcomings in it. The cinematography was one aspect where 'London, Paris and New York' came out well. Sameer Arya, the cinematographer, has done all he could to make the movie look almost good.


Ali Zafar does not possess much variance as an actor any time during the film. It seems he mistook the movie for a modelling shoot. Aditi Rao Hydari looks cute and quite convincing as the innocent Lalitha whom Nikhil first meets. But for the rest of the time even her good looks can't stop the film from being a terrible bore.


The distribution of the film taken up by a company with the reach of Fox Star Studio was the solo reason for 'London, Paris, New York' to earn enough of a hype to make the audience walk in. And for those who do walk in, 'London, Paris, New York' would turn out to be a huge disappointment.

 

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