jack-2276

First of the positives.... It is a very well written and directed movie right up to the last 30 mins of the movie which we'll get to in a minute... The performances in this movie are also very well rounded no one was bad and no one other than alia, alia was extraordinary which believe it or not is a major plus for this type of story when you are dealing with such an emotional journey of a character no one around that character should be able to take away the spotlight.... And gauri succeeded in achieving just that ...... Now lets talk about Alia Bhatt's performance she just knocked it out of the park ....in fact 10 minutes into the movie and i forgot that i was watching alia bhatt.. she was so immersed in her character you cannot separate the two of them.... Srk was as always very good but he was just opposite of alia every time he was on screen instead of his character he was playing as if he is srk but is just in a different profession.... So take it as you will.... Now lets talk about the dreaded last half hour of the movie and from here on this review will definitely contains some spoilers at this time the movie has already been aired on television so I don't think spoilers matters but you've been warned.... While watching dear zindagi you can at a very early stage tell where it is going and definitely there will be a big emotional crisendo near the end where alia will pour her heart out and i was waiting for it.... And it was beautiful and moving but mathematically i was distracted by all the overpowering sappy background music and the flashback story of her childhood .... Alia bhatt is a very strong actor who can tap her inner emotions to portray such role and she could have painted a much more surreal image just by her acting but that f***ing b-roll flashback was taking me out of the movie every time it came on screen! What???? you just thought that without your guiding hand of b-roll montage we won't be able to imagine it or connect with the moment .... You know i hate you just because you assumed that your audience is stupid and wont be able to understand what is going on without flashback and you also didn't believe in the abilities of you actress which is even more annoying..... But the worst part of the movie comes after this where writer director gauri shinde tries to give you even bigger emmotional happy ending .... Ohh just go to hell ..... Will ya.... That moment when srk says cheers to you... Was a perfect moment to end the film .....NO!!!.... But you have to give us a sappy stupid happy ending and have to make the female lead fall in love with srk or we'll feel abandoned just like alia felt in the beginning of the the movie ..... I just hate this mentality ..... It was an awesome story and a lovely movie i loved every second of it until she decided that she has to be like every other director, who also assume that audience is stupid and need happy endings and sappy music filled flashbacks..... !!!! OVERALL i give it 6/10