Heroine reviews-2

posting my views again

Heroine performs well in overseas market

Kareena Kapoor-starrer Heroine is working wonders in the overseas market.

The Madhur Bhandarkar movie, based on the ups and downs in the life of an actress, was reportedly made at a budget of Rs. 20 crore.

It released in 42 screens in the Middle East Thursday, and has earned $350,000, with 19 screens still to report the numbers.

In India, Britain and the US, the movie opened Friday. It registered Rs.7.5 crore earnings in India, in Britain, it made $78,402 from 41 screens, while in the US, Heroine minted $140,000 (it released in 112 screens, and six screens are yet to report the numbers.

Heroine has seen a phenomenal opening in all major international markets. This was a highly anticipated movie and our marketing push has helped pull in massive crowds to theatres. No other female lead has seen such a response in recent years," Amrita Pandey, executive director, Syndication, International Distribution - Studios, Disney UTV, said in a statement. Heroine also features Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda in key roles. The movie had a strong buzz around it, and it was heavily promoted across all quarters.

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I shall post my review again so that DG can read it.I wrote such a long review only for her.😆

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Going to be a long review.😳

So finally watched the film after all the hype, controversies and the negative reviews of the film.Like I mentioned before, I really enjoyed the film. Generally, I agree with what some critics write for a particular film but here I guess, I actually liked things that the critics disliked.😆One of the reasons might be I had ZERO expectations from the movie, right from the beginning. This is one film where I disliked everything before the release-posters,promos,songs and the trailer.

The first thing which surprised me was that the film was projected for the masses from the trailer.The inclusion of Halkat jawaani,the posters everything suggested that Madhur is trying to grab the attention of the single screen audience.But I felt nothing of that sort during the film.I read a review on TOI saying its Kareena's Dirty Picture and several other articles suggesting she had a lot of cleavage show.Really?😕The film had only one sex scene and Halkat Jawaani/ Main heroine hoon song where she wears revealing clothes.Except for that, nothing that would be considered adult rated stuff except for one or two gaalis.So I really don't know how did the reviewer say Heroine is Kareena's Dirty Picture.

The film had a very weak and basic story, i agree. In simple uncomplicated words, the film was basically on the downfall of a well established Heroine.But unlike many others, I actually didn't find the screenplay THAT boring or tacky to be honest.Yes, there were flaws but still it wasn't as if it is not worth watching.Madhur failed with the small non linear structure in the beginning, wish it was neat but on the whole it wasn't that bad,atleast for me.There are many things that I liked in the movie. I read in many reviews that it seems like Madhur has taken gossips from different sources and put together as a film, they were right to an extent but is there any harm?We all post here on the Bollywood forum 24*7 so we know about terms like PR, publicity, what's happening behind the actor's closed doors(thanks to Masand ji).But think about people for whom Bollywood means going to the theatre every Friday to catch a movie.They won't keep any updates about what is an actor's PR doing,etc.So even if its superficial and fictitious, its good to see a visual representation of the controversies and incidents than just reading it in the newspaper and that's where I feel the film grabbed my attention. I have been reading about several Bollywood gossips in the forum but the film gave me a chance to see it than read it.

Other moments that I liked in the movie were(Following paragraph contains some petty spoilers) scenes like the one where a commercial actress suddenly doing a realistic cinema just to please the critics(Was Shahana's character modeled after Konkona? ).Once again, unlike the critics, I enjoyed the part with the making of Tarannum Jaan.Also the scene that highlighted about the upcoming trends in Bollywood through Shagufta(helen's character), Divya Dutta and Kareena's secretary. How fame and competition has led to rift between every actor, how these days PR weighs more than your secretary(I personally loved the scene between Kareena and her secretary, it was more about the secretary being like a father or guide to Mahi than just keeping a record of her dates and how she gives more importance to her PR agent than him),the way Aryan treats Mahi and how mahi treats Angad the same way and the last part where inspite of the success of the film, Mahi is completely heartbroken and pleads to the media to leave her alone in the car.It reminded me of a quote which was something like an actor works all his life to become famous and as soon as he finds fame, he puts on glasses so that no one identifies him. The scene was kinda ironic and I thought it was a good climax to the movie untill...the end, which ruined the continuity of the scene completely.It was very lame.Madhur should have ended the movie right when she is in the car trying to run away from the media.(Spoiler over)

Last bit about the performances, the supporting cast was okayish, not that great.Divya Dutta and Shahana were good in their minor roles whereas both Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda were 🤢(Sorry Pullo, don't throw chappals at me😆).the only thing that i agree wit the critics review is, Kareena was the BEST part of the movie.She was awesome!👏Though she overdid a few scenes, but on the whole, a FAB performance.But is it award worthy enough?is it her best performance till date? IMO,No.She has done far better work in JWM and Omkara plus I loved her acting in Ek Main aur Ekk Tu.But even if she doesn't win awards for the role, not a big deal because she proved her calibre in a serious role after a long time. And I would rather prefer films like Heroine making decent business and Kareena being happy and doing such films than being a part of SRK/Salman's crapfest as a showpiece.

Would rate the movie 3/5 :)

Guess I just watched it from a completely different angle from what the others did and hence a positive review amongst the negative reviews given by the critics.

Sorry for the typos in the thread.

same way film has got 'phenomenal opening ' overseas as reported. no other

heroines film got such a response"

posting my review again like others

Nitu and S.B. awesome review

Nitu n SB...great reviews...enjoyed reading them 😃

for me the worst thing in the movies was the ending...sooo confising n abrupt

Originally posted by: pakeezah

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Budget is 32 cr not 20 by karaan quote

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No no budget as given in these forums is 18 crores.

also kareena got paid 8 crores as highest paid heroine.

and madhurs salary and all the other technicians and

crew and shooting cost had to come from the 10 crores

left over.😆

Madhur bhandarkar himself said that it was 25 crores!!!