~~ Khoobsurat Reviews + BO Figures ~~ - Page 33

Koel Puri's rating:

The heightened characters are all pitched and placed perfectly. The rich, Rajasthani Rajput, Yuvraj Vikram Singh Rathore, is a shrewd businessman buying the palaces of poor royals for heritage hotels. The flamboyant FaceTiming free spirited physiotherapist, Dr. Milli Chakroborty, is working for IPL players. Their paths cross because of an ailing, wheelchair bound father, played to stubborn perfection by Amir Raza Hussain and colourful, mad joy is brought back into a household that has forgotten how to laugh. Add to it quivering righteous servants, a subservient wild sister and two mothers - one stern and disciplined and the other loud and in your face. Both will do anything for their families.

One has no clue of what her children are up to or even want and the other is practically in bed with her daughter and her lover.

While the kids themselves are carefree about physical intimacy, they are baffled by love. They will kiss without thinking but think and think and think before exposing their emotions. It is these contemporary truisms that make this overblown fantasy world accessible. Though its all very believable, the spell is never broken and you float along, willing it to be your story. The inner voices of the characters that runs like commentary for the audience only helps to pull you in further.

Rohit Khilnani's review

The attention to detail - the electronic fly swatter, the bespoke leather wheelchair, the bottles of Moet, the mirrored suite with brocade bed spreads - add layers of subtext without the need for narrative.

Sonam in all her bubbly fashionista glory has been used to the fullest by Shashanka. He just uses her as she is and it works. The part is not just written for her, it is her. The irony is that it's the first film where I didn't see Sonam but only the character.

Fawad shows you how a real man does it. It being everything. His quiet screen presence makes you fuzzy and tingly and you really believe any minute he's going to jump out of the screen grab you, kiss you right on the mouth and whisk you away into his palace. His silky dialogue delivery transports you to an enchanted bygone era. And when he takes his top off in the dark you want all the Khans and the Kapoors to stop waxing or simply keep their shirts on. India, please lets keep him.

This is no path breaker but for the fact that I just can't fault it, I still have a smile plastered on my face and I'll probably go see it again... tomorrow, I am giving it 4 warm happy stars.

Going home with a happy heart after watching #khoobsurat ,wish to watch it again@_fawadakhan_ @sonamakapoor @RheaKapoor

Priyanka @Mann_PS 14m