Taran Adarsh Reviews Cocktail
Taran Adarsh Reviews Cocktail
By Taran Adarsh, 13 Jul 2012, 09:04 hrs IST
Romance comes easy to Saif Ali Khan. He slips into the romantic characters, playing the uber-cool, trendy, suave, metrosexual guy with elegance. Films such as DIL CHAHTA HAI, KAL HO NAA HO, HUM TUM, SALAAM NAMASTE and LOVE AAJ KAL only consolidated and cemented his status in this genre. That’s one of the prime reasons why COCKTAIL generates curiosity. But this one’s about love and friendship. A tug-of-war of sorts.
It’s murmured that Woody Allen’s VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA is the motivation behind COCKTAIL. Not true! In any case, the concept of one boy, two girls and an emerging love tale isn’t an innovative subject matter for Hindi movies. In fact, scores of movies based on this plot have been narrated on the home screen prior to this. But the twirl in the romance comes when the trio seems blissful in each other’s company, is living together under one roof and then the unthinkable and unimaginable happens… cupid strikes. The man falls in love with his girlfriend’s best friend. A spanking new ‘cocktail’? Not entirely! The curse of the second half, which plagues most Hindi films, troubles COCKTAIL as well.
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