| Risshton ki Dorr - not strong enough! | ||||
| I wonder why anybody would want to watch Risshton Ki Dorr? Except perhaps the odd bored housewife, who has nothing better to do, than to see Anuj Saxena mollycoddling his three grown up sisters on Sony's Nayee Dopahar.
True, the show is about a caring brother who sacrifices his happiness for the wellbeing of his sisters, but this seemingly original plot (on the Indian screen) is marred by bad performances - be it Sampada Vaze or Guarav Chanana, they need lessons in acting....and quick! Risshton...looks and sounds like a theatre production gone horribly wrong - from the dialogues to the costumes to the makeup, everything looks out of place in a middle class household, that it's supposed to depict. Suhas dada, played by Anuj Saxena is a character that defies logic - he believes in all things traditional, yet he has a 'sales girl' for a wife, played by Urvashi Dholakia (Noyonika) who wears a knee length halter dress when she's out 'selling' (her product still remains a little vague!). Her conversations are tinged with sexual innuendos and all she wants from life (it seems) is to bed the 'hot Mr Rahul Raichand' played by Gaurav.
What's so 'hot' about Gaurav is beyond me - although his introduction in the show was well shot, only the subject of the shot was looking as if he didn't kbow what he was doing there. One needs more than just power suits to look the dapper businessman that 'Rahul Raichand' is - I was hoping the actor had the good sense to take some acting lessons post Hey...Yehi to hai woh, but apparently he hasn't! Sampada Vaze looks great on screen, but that's where her talent ends. In her shots with Gaurav, it seems as if two pillars are making conversation - one waits patiently till the other finishes, no expressions, no voice modulations, they could just be talking to the mirror for all we know. They are not newcomers and have done solo lead projects, so this is something quite unexpected!
Anuj Saxena and Urvashi Dholakia are the only people who seem to have the skills to pull off the show, but their characters have not been etched out properly and that gives them very little scope to perform. Urvashi is wasted as the conniving wannabe, who wants to climb the ranks of society, without toiling hard for it. While Urvashi has her eyes set on the 'high society,' Anuj is busy looking after his sisters. Mention should also be made of Muskaan Mehaani, who plays Tara in the show. She has made a genuine effort to ape Tia of Star One's Remix but unfortunately it remains a poor imitation. |
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