Break Ke Baad - Movie Review, Good or Bad

What’s it About: When you attempt a romantic comedy, you need to abide by two rules — it needs to have the freshness quotient and a twist in the tale.
Danish Aslam’s Break Ke Baad tries to stick to the formula but half-heartedly. And that’s why the zing is missing from this romcom. BKB is about Abhay Gulati (Imran) and Aaliya Khan (Deepika) — childhood friends who grow up and fall in love. However, they have distinctly polar personalities. She is flighty, unemotional, impulsive and ambitious. He is the complete opposite but believes that they belong by each other’s side and promises her that he’ll do anything to keep them together. He lives by his word and even follows her to Australia. Then things get complicated and Aaliya declares she wants to break up. It happens one too many times, until Abhay gives it all up one day and returns home to get married. Aaliya then begins to have second thoughts…
What’s hot: There are many films made on falling in love but few delve into the break-up process. The story idea held promise — sadly it is never exploited to its potential. The locations are beautiful, the lead pair looks great, the dialogues are good and the characters interesting. That holds true, especially of Yudishtr. He brings a smile to your face every now and then. The film bears semblance to reality, as there are thousands of couples out there breaking up and making up everyday. A strong screenplay would’ve helped the film make an impact, which it quickly loses after the first half. There are those momentary highs — scenes like the ‘Sunita-Shah Rukh Khan’ drunken escapade and between Aaliya and her mom Ayesha (Tagore). The humour is appealing.  Nischol as Abhay’s dad and Dubey as his aunt add able support. Imran is getting more confident with every film and Deepika charms her way through. Vishal-Shekhar’s music is a big plus.
What’s not: The problem lies with the script which fails to bring out any chemistry between Abhay and Aaliya. There is no passion, no sweetness or even feelings. There’s just too much talking. And if you don’t feel their love, how can you feel anything when they break-up? That’s where the film fails. The story and the couple keep shuttling between India and Australia, like it’s a Mumbai to Goa ride. Another problem with the film is that it tries too hard to be cool. In Socha Na Tha, Abhay Deol addressing his father by his first name was cute and appealing but in BKB, it seems cold and deliberate. In the second half, the screenplay goes from bad to worse. Nothing can salvage a love story if it’s not engaging enough.
What’s that! Aaliya gets a role in a Hollywood film but she chucks the contract and returns home. They let her go. Then she returns and gets the role again. Later, she ditches the unit in the middle of the shoot to run to India. How understanding of the producers to let a first-timer have her way, no?
What to do: Watch it only if you are addicted to romcoms. Source
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Break Ke Baad - Movie Review, Good or Bad

What’s it About: When you attempt a romantic comedy, you need to abide by two rules — it needs to have the freshness quotient and a twist in the tale.
Danish Aslam’s Break Ke Baad tries to stick to the formula but half-heartedly. And that’s why the zing is missing from this romcom. BKB is about Abhay Gulati (Imran) and Aaliya Khan (Deepika) — childhood friends who grow up and fall in love. However, they have distinctly polar personalities. She is flighty, unemotional, impulsive and ambitious. He is the complete opposite but believes that they belong by each other’s side and promises her that he’ll do anything to keep them together. He lives by his word and even follows her to Australia. Then things get complicated and Aaliya declares she wants to break up. It happens one too many times, until Abhay gives it all up one day and returns home to get married. Aaliya then begins to have second thoughts…
What’s hot: There are many films made on falling in love but few delve into the break-up process. The story idea held promise — sadly it is never exploited to its potential. The locations are beautiful, the lead pair looks great, the dialogues are good and the characters interesting. That holds true, especially of Yudishtr. He brings a smile to your face every now and then. The film bears semblance to reality, as there are thousands of couples out there breaking up and making up everyday. A strong screenplay would’ve helped the film make an impact, which it quickly loses after the first half. There are those momentary highs — scenes like the ‘Sunita-Shah Rukh Khan’ drunken escapade and between Aaliya and her mom Ayesha (Tagore). The humour is appealing.  Nischol as Abhay’s dad and Dubey as his aunt add able support. Imran is getting more confident with every film and Deepika charms her way through. Vishal-Shekhar’s music is a big plus.
What’s not: The problem lies with the script which fails to bring out any chemistry between Abhay and Aaliya. There is no passion, no sweetness or even feelings. There’s just too much talking. And if you don’t feel their love, how can you feel anything when they break-up? That’s where the film fails. The story and the couple keep shuttling between India and Australia, like it’s a Mumbai to Goa ride. Another problem with the film is that it tries too hard to be cool. In Socha Na Tha, Abhay Deol addressing his father by his first name was cute and appealing but in BKB, it seems cold and deliberate. In the second half, the screenplay goes from bad to worse. Nothing can salvage a love story if it’s not engaging enough.
What’s that! Aaliya gets a role in a Hollywood film but she chucks the contract and returns home. They let her go. Then she returns and gets the role again. Later, she ditches the unit in the middle of the shoot to run to India. How understanding of the producers to let a first-timer have her way, no?
What to do: Watch it only if you are addicted to romcoms. Source
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Deepika Padukone On ‘Break Ke Baad’

Bollywood diva Deepika Padukone has been always in the news mostly for her relationships rather than for her films. From the start of her career with the movie Om Shanti Om in 2007, the actress has been linked with several men. Initially, Deepika was reportedly dating Nihal Pandya and then cricketer Yuvraj Singh.
Finally, the 24-year-old actress settled with Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor and the couple was rocking since they separated early this year following Kapoor’s increasing closeness with one his co-stars. Deepika was then frequently spotted with liquid baron Vijay Mallya’s son Sidhartha Mallya. However, Deepika is still in denial mode and maintained that she has just professional relationship with Sidhartha. There is a buzz that Deepika is roaming around with the junior Mallya only to keep him in limelight because the senior Mallya wants to project his son as the perfect heir of his glitzy lifestyle and property.
Well, it can be vice-versa too, because Deepika was fed up with constant media reporting about her break-up with Ranbir and the possibility of their reunion. She probably wanted to shift the attention from Ranbir. However, Ms Padukone is very focused in her life now as she refuses to accept her relationship with Sidhartha. She has probably taken her upcoming movie’s title Break Ke Baad very seriously! The actress now wants her fans to talk about her movies and not about her personal life. She has seemingly matured a lot Break Ke Baad. This is reflecting in the performance of her recent films and the trailers of the upcoming films too. Source
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Katrina Kaif Admits Her Break Up With Salman Khan

The long running hide and seek game of Katrina Kaif over her relationship with Salman Khan is over now. The lady has finally made this candid confession that her relationship with Salman has fallen apart and they are no more a cozy twosome.
The seven year long relationship with the 46-year-old Salman has been over now but Katrina denied specifying when it happened. Kat wanted to keep that only between the two of them. However, she did not forget to add that they are not like two sides of the poles now. She claimed having no bitterness among them.
A close friend of the beautiful actress was quoted saying that Katrina and Salman parted ways several times but now they have split forever. The friend added that Katrina is still caring for Salman as well as his family and shares a friendly bonding with him. In fact, the family also keeps contact with her as Salman’s sister Alvira is known to be very close to her.
Katrina said that everyone seemed bothering about their relationship but all is over now. She thinks enough has been written and spoken on this and now she just wants to concentrate on her career as many things are happening in her life. Well, we all know Kat that many things are coming to you now but you also know that all these are because of Salman as he is the person who brought you in this industry and we believe you will never forget that! Source
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