Originally posted by: HakunaMatata.
Laila Majnu as a movie, I enjoyed the most in last hour or so. The first half to be honest was a bit underbaked to me. The same.. guy stalking girl, girl refusing at first but then falling for the same guy.. I wish their love story was more properly developed, so that when Majnu finally descends in madness, we can feel for them.. but we are not shown when exactly did they fall so deeply for each other. That is the weakest point. But Avinash's performance as Majnu is what made the movie memorable to me. U can clearly see with his shift in expressions when he actually started going mad. It was not just Laila for him.. but the idea of being in love..[SPOILER] That one scene and dialogue was very powerful when he is hallucinating Laila and talking to her and while in that trance mistakenly disturbs the people offering namaz. He asks "Why did you hit me? Agreed that I was talking to my lover.. I was in love and completely lost and thats why I couldnt see you, but you too were talking to your love, then how come you saw me? Did I say anything to you then?"
Thats how pure his love had become. The movie was too good in the second half but first half could have been much better.
Agreed with everything you said, esp the part in bold.
The movie being 'Laila Majnu' which is supposed to be really intense didn't bring out their chemistry well enough. The spark was there but I wanted to see more, I wanted to know what is it about her that caused him to become crazy & what about him that caused her to die as well esp since the film kinda highlighted in the beginning that they were both flirts.
IMO Bulbbul did a much better job at bringing out their chemistry (even though there were no romantic scenes between them)..
Both of them have immense potential.
Anupamaa
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