DANGEROUS ISHHQ quick movie review: - Page 2

B.O. update: 'Ishaqzaade' starts very well, 'Dangerous Ishhq' unexciting
By Taran Adarsh, May 11, 2012 - 17:02 IST
Though it stars rank newcomers, Yash Raj's new offering ISHAQZAADE fetched one of the best starts of the year at the ticket window. In fact, the morning and noon show occupancy of the film was much better than Yash Raj's BAND BAAJA BAARAAT and LADIES VERSUS RICKY BAHL and also this year's VICKY DONOR [which also stars newcomers] as well as KAHAANI. The film is expected to amass a good figure [for a non-star cast film] in its opening weekend, since the block bookings at multiplexes is very strong.

On the other hand, DANGEROUS ISHHQ opened to a lackluster start of 10% to 15% at most screens. In fact, the start was poor even at single screens, where similar genre films have opened well in the past. The film will have to show a huge growth over the weekend, if it has to post respectable numbers.

Originally posted by: Koizakapoor

The reviews are negative and the opening is also very dull! Has any one seen it yet?

Review: Dangerous Ishhq is regressive on many levels

Dangerous Ishhq is a reminder of an era in Bollywood when filmmakers could grossly underestimate their audiences' thinking capacity and get away with it, writes Puja Banta.

Before the release of Dangerous Ishhq, I had heard that the film is about past life regression. After having watched the film I can confirm that it is indeed about past life regression. I can also confirm that the regression here is not confined to past life. It is also a regression into an era when Bollywood filmmakers could grossly underestimate their audiences' thinking capacity and get away with it.

The film brings Karisma Kapoor back on the big screen after a six-year hiatus. In the interviews that Karisma gave as a run up to the film, she described her role in Dangerous Ishhq as the most challenging role of her career. She essays four different characters across four time periods in the film.

Starting with a supermodel Sanjana [ Images ] whose fianc Rohan ( Rajneesh Duggal) is kidnapped under mysterious circumstances, Karisma goes on to play Geeta, Salma and Paro across five centuries. All this made possible by her doctor who makes Sanjana delve into her past lives in order to identify Rohan's kidnappers. The doctor casually throws in references to famous psychiatrist Dr Brian Weiss and his past-life therapy in support of her treatment of Sanjana. And from here on things get increasingly bizarre.

Despite her claims of having worked very hard for the film, none of Karisma's four characters leave any impact on the audience. A ridiculous and faulty plot, superficial dialogue delivery and weak direction leaves the audience completely untouched and mighty annoyed at being taken for such a dumb ride.

However, a couple of impressive dialogue deliveries by Karisma's period characters do assure us that her acting prowess has not dwindled over the years. Given an opportunity, she can still pull off a Zubeidaa [ Images ] with the same panache and possibly more depth and maturity.

In the looks department, Manish Malhotra's [ Images ] impeccable styling ensures that Sanjana struts around in six inch heels through all the chaos and trauma of trying to find her kidnapped fianc. And that the city slicker turns into a village belle with style and flair. While her wafer thin frame is compatible with Sanjana's supermodel looks, Salma and Paro's bodies could have done with better definition.

Rajneesh Duggal is a model-turned-actor. And whenever anyone mentions a male model turned actor, the first image that comes to my mind is that of a wooden Deepak Malhotra squeaking out "Pallo" in Yash Chopra's [ Images ] Lamhe. Lets just say Rajneesh Duggal does better than that.

Divya Dutta's [ Images ] natural performance tries to bring some semblance of realism into a preposterous plot but elements like Meerabai's (Gracy Singh [ Images ]) 'vardaan' to Paro and Durgam Sigh's (Ravi Kishen) shoulder mark across many rebirths render any such effort ineffective.

The film was also being touted as a Supernatural thriller. Supernatural it surely is, what with far-fetched characters like a sorceress ( Natasha Sinha) and a villain who chases Sanjana through generations. But there is nothing remotely thrilling about the film -- unless some exasperated laughs at the sheer absurdity of the plot can pass off as thrills. And a convoluted ending doesn't make it any better.

Cinegoers have always been happy and willing to suspend their disbelief before entering theatres. And many great filmmakers thrive on this trait. But Dangerous Ishhq demands a suspension of not just disbelief but of all our thinking powers and even that does not make us take this incredible farce spread across five hundred years in our stride.

So here's a plea to all filmmakers -- regressive or progressive -- for the sake of Indian cinema and its viewers, Mirabai and Dr Brian Weiss should be kept as far away from each other as possible.

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Originally posted by: poppy2009

My guess is NKapoor!🤔

Originally posted by: poppy2009

Review: Dangerous Ishhq is a fancy dress competition in 3D Published: Friday, May 11, 2012, 13:56 IST | Updated: Friday, May 11, 2012, 16:39 IST By Shakti Salgaokar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Film: Dangerous Ishhq Director: Vikram Bhatt Cast: Karisma Kapoor, Rajneesh Duggal, Jimmy Shergill, Divya Dutta Rating: * Dangerous (adj) dangerous[deyn-jer-uhs, deynj-ruhs] 1. Full of dangeror risk; causing danger;perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe. 2. Able or likely to cause physical injury Given the title, it is natural to assume that this is a memoir of a cougar's risqu affair, considering Bhatt's reputation precedes him. Of course, the trailers made it very clear that this was a case of 'Punar Janam'. Ok cool. Bollywood has tackled this past life business in the past, very many times. And some films like Karz, manage to weave past life in to make a super entertaining plot even. What new thing was Bhatt going to do? More importantly, madame Kapoor chose this film as a comeback vehicle and claimed it was the most challenging role of her life. There had to be something in the film. How wrong I was! There is Sanjana (Kapoor) who is engaged to rich boy Rohan (Duggal). Rich boy gets kidnapped by masked goons and Sanjana gets a bump on the head. She starts imagining things. Of course, the surgeon best friend must take her to 'a doctor of a different kind'. The said psychiatrist decides to put her under and allow her to explore her past life where she was Geeta in the partition era and Duggal was Iqbal. Our cougar is empowered with past-life evidence and gets down to the business of aiding the search for her fiance with ACP Singh. And more revisiting the past lives happens. We see Salma and Paro, both much like Geeta, come close to marrying Duggal and lose him. Kapoor's most challenging role looks like a fancy dress competition in 3D. Except for their garb, nothing changes in terms of performance for either Kapoor or Duggal -- same shit, different era. Going by the cameos in the film, one starts to think of Dangerous Ishhq as a 'remember I was an actor too' hall of fame. Gracy Singh swirls and twirls and manages to look insane, genuinely. Arya Babbar aces the general angry expression he has been practicing since his debut in the forgettable Ab Ke Baras. Ravi Kissen should get a nomination for the best actor in a comical role as he plays a letch with the voice that will beat Sunny paaji. Dangerous Ishhq takes mediocrity to a whole new level. It is nothing but a love triangle that goes round in circles for 500 years. The film probably is a modern day memorial to the wannabe-masala-ended up-corny films of the late 80s and early 90s, but trust me, it is likely that those will entertain you far more than this one. And if you decide to watch it despite this review, be warned, it will haunt you through your future lives.