Review of Parineeta (2005) by Dinithi G — 06 Jul 2007

Oof, so everyone loves this movie. And...ho hum. I guess part of the problem was I was expecting something different. I guess I was expecting hard core bollywood...you know, complete with singing, dancing, and complete and utter overacting.

I should have paid more attention to the reviewers. I think I would have liked it much better if I had known what to expect-but I had just gotten off of a long and hot day at work, and was looking for something much more frivolous than this movie-which was really well done-but it was much more serious than your typical.

..um, bollywood. There wasn't any singing and dancing :( just lots of songs where the main characters sat around moping. However, that being said, I did really like the whole "messing with time" ie, show a scene from the end of the movie at the beginning, to make you curious as to how it happened.

However, even accepting the fact that Parineeta was serious-I still felt like something was missing. I just, don't quite know what that something was. I also felt that this movie is one that you'd need to see at least twice to appreciate-but the only problem is I don't know if I want to watch it again.

..hm... Oh and PS I do like Saif Ali Khan. He's cool.