Four years after her much-appreciated debut with English Vinglish,
filmmaker Gauri Shinde is back with another female protagonist-centred
story that aims to unsettle cliches in our judgemental society - Dear
Zindagi. Kaira (Alia) is an unconventional photographer and uses the situation to her advantage to deliver the results.Dr Jehangir Khan (played by Shah Rukh), an excellent
therapist, who helps her to overcome the internal problems.
When we meet Kaira aka Koko (Alia Bhatt) in Dear Zindagi first, she is working on a set. Looking at the world through a lens, constructing pretty images. We know, from her smile, and from the appreciative comments of her co-workers, that she is good at what she does.
Starring Alia Bhatt as the lead and Shah Rukh Khan as her psychiatrist, Dear Zindagi is about Kaira (Alia) - an aspiring cinematographer who does small ads and projects but wants to shoot an entire feature film. The introductory sequence - with Kaira’s confident banter and hands-on body language - assures us that she is truly talented and knows her job well. However, when she is offered a big break in a feature film, she is not sure if it is because of her talent or because one of the co-producers finds her hot. This co-producer,Raghavendra (Kunal Kapoor), is also the one with whom Kaira is cheating on her current love, Sid (Angad Bedi).
Soon, we get to know Kaira and her problems - a career woman who
isn’t sure whether she should thank her talent or looks for the
opportunities and one who is dealing with a heart break after a guy
ditched her for another girl. Rendered homeless after her landlord asks
her to vacate because “she is single”, she decides to move to her home
town, Goa. Since she shares a rather tense relationship with her
parents, it makes her all the more sad at the thought of living with
them. Sounds relatable. To deal with it all, Kaira decides to meet a
‘dimag ka doctor aka DD’.
Enter Shah Rukh Khan and the frame lights up with his charm and charisma. Shah Rukh’s psychiatrist is caring, charming and witty. The movie then traces Kaira’s sessions with Dr Jehangir Khan aka Jug who doles out gyan on life, handling relationship, dealing with one’s feelings, staying happy and much more. With a solid plotline backing the film, it could have been as inspiring and engaging a tale as Gauri’s debut (Sridevi-starrer English Vinglish) but falls way behind.
There is a lot of banter in the film that is supposed to be deep and philosophical but is really just plain, hollow banter.Shah Rukh Khan brings his experience and charm to the role and makes Jug memorable with his wits.The screenplay and dialogues, however, stop the film from being magnificent. Another point that really didn’t work comes when Kaira needs yet another romantic relationship to lean upon, despite the entire film doling gyan on how romance isn’t the be-all and end-all in life.
When we meet Kaira aka Koko (Alia Bhatt) in Dear Zindagi first, she is working on a set. Looking at the world through a lens, constructing pretty images. We know, from her smile, and from the appreciative comments of her co-workers, that she is good at what she does.
Starring Alia Bhatt as the lead and Shah Rukh Khan as her psychiatrist, Dear Zindagi is about Kaira (Alia) - an aspiring cinematographer who does small ads and projects but wants to shoot an entire feature film. The introductory sequence - with Kaira’s confident banter and hands-on body language - assures us that she is truly talented and knows her job well. However, when she is offered a big break in a feature film, she is not sure if it is because of her talent or because one of the co-producers finds her hot. This co-producer,Raghavendra (Kunal Kapoor), is also the one with whom Kaira is cheating on her current love, Sid (Angad Bedi).
Enter Shah Rukh Khan and the frame lights up with his charm and charisma. Shah Rukh’s psychiatrist is caring, charming and witty. The movie then traces Kaira’s sessions with Dr Jehangir Khan aka Jug who doles out gyan on life, handling relationship, dealing with one’s feelings, staying happy and much more. With a solid plotline backing the film, it could have been as inspiring and engaging a tale as Gauri’s debut (Sridevi-starrer English Vinglish) but falls way behind.
There is a lot of banter in the film that is supposed to be deep and philosophical but is really just plain, hollow banter.Shah Rukh Khan brings his experience and charm to the role and makes Jug memorable with his wits.The screenplay and dialogues, however, stop the film from being magnificent. Another point that really didn’t work comes when Kaira needs yet another romantic relationship to lean upon, despite the entire film doling gyan on how romance isn’t the be-all and end-all in life.
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