Woh Lamhe

3/5

Cast: Shiney Ahuja and Kangana Ranaut

Director: Mohit Suri

Mahesh Bhatt has a tendency to be overtly autobiographical at times. Using his life as a precursor to tell a story, Bhatt has often gotten into creating momentary pleasures on screen, which sometimes have also culminated in creating a lasting impact on our psyche – case in point – Arth on the triangular love saga between him, his first wife Kiran and Parveen Babi, his lover.

Woh Lamhe is yet another of those biopics with a high dose of fiction and adrenalin to enable viewer interest in the film.

Sana Azim (Kangana Ranaut) is an actress who is aspiring to make it big. A film director Aditya Grewal (Shiney Ahuja) is using her recklessly as an artifice to achieve his goals in life.

He ends up falling in love with her but it happens a bit too late. Sana stars hallucinating. Watch out for the brilliant scene of Sana ‘s alleged roommate… on her existence… Sana loses her sanity and is pushed into a sanctuary to recover… these are probably the best moments of the film.

The idea of a metrosexual male, and his crying is fine, but too much of the hero’s tears in a film set up like a Bhatt camp (Shah Rukh Khan crying in a Chopra or a Johar film is still loved by women) could wash the audiences away from the theatre. Shiney Ahuja’s more than enthusiastic tears overflow beyond a certain point. (Film Editor, please note).

However, overall performances are brilliant. After thrillers like Zeher and Kalyug, Mohit Suri comes up with a well crafted film with multiple emotions and romance… a trend that the Bhatts hoped to tee off with Gangster.