Laaga Chunari Mein Daag

First, the obvious faults. The first half is clearly 30 minutes too long and the second half takes a Karan Johar like route. Obliterate these and you have a winner on your hands even though the story is nothing new. It has been told before and you have heard it umpteen times. Remember PREETY WOMAN? The script is loosely on those lines. So even as the film labours to its climax you know what the end will be. This is Indian cinema of the mid-eighties and early nineties; a tad melodramatic!
Rani Mukherjis cousin brother who lives in Benares (with his father, and who is fighting for the bungalow where Rani, her sister Konkona Sen Sharma and parents Anupam Kher and Jaya Bachchan live), is confused as to how his uncle is now living a lavish life when earlier he struggled to make ends meet. His quest for the truth brings him to Bombay, where Rani is working as a call girl, to help support her family. The moving moments are between Jaya, who alone knows her daughters dark secret and Rani; and when Konkona is faced with the truth. These scenes, apart from the first half, are excellent.As for Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee, they make a good on-screen pair. The chemistry is there for all to see.

Jaya Bachchan and Anupam Kher, as the spineless father who throws in the towel unable to take care of his family, are good. So are Konkona and Rani. Sushant Singh reminds you of the goons of old, while Harsh Chhaya is fast filling in the shoes left vacant by Shakti Kapoor.
From the man who gave us PARINEETA, this is a big let down. The tagline says, its the journey of a woman, but no sane woman needs to take this route!

 

Plus Points: Jaya, Anupam, Raani, Kokona

 

Minus Points: Same Story, Lot of fillers scene, Too streched