Haal-e-dil

The direction of Haal-E -Dil by Anil Devgan does not justify his previous directorial outings and the producer Kumar Mangat in a quest of creating a launch pad for his daughter (Amita) has been done in by a poor script-line. Supposedly aiming to dish out an romantic entertainer the writer Dhiraj Ratan has ended mangling it pretty badly.

The film begins with Sanjana (Amita Pathak), who is in love with her classmate Rohit (Adhyayan Suman). In comes Shekhar (Nakuul Mehta) a chronic flirt, on a rail journey to Shimla with Sanjana, wooing her all the way. Both miss the train and are left with no choice than to travel together and have a encounter with a dacoit of Veerappan fame. Once they reach Shimla, Shekhar realizes his love for Sanjana and goes on hunger strike to prove his creditability. Sanjana for whom love is sacred finds herself torn between a Rohit who is a perfect love and Shekhar a perfect stranger in love with her, adding on a melodramatic twist.

As debutants, Amita Pathak exudes acting confidence, but she looks a tinge mature for the guys. Nakuul Mehta seems to go a bit haywire in his zest to portray the role. Adhyayan Suman should have got a more screen presence and has seemingly lost out.

The music is hummable and shot at some of the exotic locales. The cinematography (Rajeev Ravi) is just fantastic. The film is doomed because of shoddy script and screenplay. Somewhere the movie seems to draw parallels in theme with DDLJ and Jab We Met.

All I wish is, the best of luck for the debutants!!!!