Ram Leela
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Richa Chadda, Abhimanyu Singh
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Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela has each and everything that you expect in a Sanjay Bhansali film. Picture perfect frames, huge colourful sets, beautiful heavy costumes, emotions, poetic lines and melodrama. It's a spectacular show!
The film is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set in Gujarat (India). The film opens with a weird gun battle between some trigger happy people and that's what sets the ball rolling. Fire arms are easily available in this village where Ram (Ranveer Singh) and Leela (Deepika Padukone) live. They belong to two different clans, Rajadi and Sanada that have live together but are at war and have been for the past 500 years.
Soon after Ram and Leela spot each other, a skirt chasing Ram finds his way to her bedroom. There is a lot of love and lust and hence they find it tough to keep their hands off each other. The chemistry between the two actors is the biggest strength of the film. The two can start a fire when they are together.
Bhansali himself has given the music and maybe that's the reason you see one song after another from the start till the end. But I must add that the songs are not bad and they are so beautifully shot that you enjoy them. Deepika's dance performances in most of the songs are breathtaking.
Ranveer Singh has everything going for him here. His Bollywood hero entry scene lying down on a bike in the song Taddat Taddat is outstanding. He learnt a new language to better his performance for the character Ram and it paid off. In his fourth film he has the presence of a star.
There are many colour-soaked dance numbers. In songs like Nagada Dhol Baaje it's tough to move your eyes away from Deepika Padukone who dances like a dream with the right expressions. Even with the heavy costumes she sails through this one, making it look as natural as possible.
But one must mention the film is what it is because of strong performances from actors like Supriya Pathak, Richa Chadda and Barkha Bisht. Monty Sharma's background score plays a very important role in creating the much needed drama.
Bhansali keeps you glued to the screen, gets terrific performances out of most of the actors and keeps the plot together.
The film has a lot of moments that stay with you, Ram and Leela's passionate attraction that draws them to each other is very well done and that's what makes the kissing scenes just a part of the big picture.
It's well hyped and still surpasses all expectations. For me Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela is a masterpiece!
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