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BOLLYWOOD TERA INTEZAAR
EDITOR'S PICK
'Tera Intezaar': An uneasy wait (Review By Troy Ribeiro ;
Rating: *)
Narrated in a non-linear and in the most convoluted manner, "Tera Intezaar" is a
weird love story between artist Veer Singh Rajput (Arbaaz Khan) and his muse
Rounak (Sunny Leone), who also happens to be the owner of an art studio.
What makes the narrative confusing is that the film directly begins with the
second act. And to top it all, the paranormal activities along with the various
points-of-view, hallucination and dream sequences, throw the audience off gear.
The narrative begins with Rounak finding herself lying unconscious on the floor
of Veer's villa, whose walls are mounted with his paintings. As she leaves the
bungalow, her four art agents, Janashir (Hanif Noyda), Bobby (Salil Ankola),
Arina (Gowhar Khan) and Vikram (Arya Babbar) enter and try to steal the
paintings.
As they unmount the paintings, water seeps through the walls of the villa and
the quartet are teleported in the middle of the ocean and thereafter to the
mysterious land that's seen in Veer's painting.
Meanwhile, Rounak goes searching for Veer who is missing. When she visits Veer's
place again after a few days, she finds the painting reflecting incidents that
kill the four art agents.
She realises that there is something wrong and bizarre happening so with the
help of a clairvoyant (Sudha Chandran), how she traces Veer, forms the crux of
the tale.
On the histrionics front, all the actors are perfunctory and they deliver a
lacklustre performance.
While this could have been a gripping tale, "Tera Intezaar" has all the traits
of an amateurishly written script, which include poor characterisation, "tell
and show" scenes and poorly penned dialogues that become unintentionally
humorous.
The plot is paper thin, stretched with songs that don't mesh seamlessly into the
narrative. Case in point is, in a scene during a business deal between her
agents and Veer, Rounak tells Veer, "I have a surprise for you", and she breaks
into the number, "I'm a sexy Barbie girl".
Wish the director had focussed his energies on the story telling and not on the
technicalities of brilliant framing and locales of Mauritius which are
aesthetically captured. The songs seem straight out from a music album with
Sunny posing seductively sans oomph.
The background score with its deafening beats is harsh and sure to induce a
headache.
Overall, this film leaves you flummoxed and amused.
Actress Sunny Leone says yesteryear stars like Madhubala,
Sharmila Tagore and Dimple Kapadia taught her to not make any changes in her
personality.
Sunny tweeted a few throwback photographs of the veteran
actresses as well as of Mandakini, Rekha and Zeenat Aman. She credited them as
her idols.
"A few women in Bollywood who have taught me that it's
perfectly okay to be myself. Sharmila Tagore, Mandakini, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha,
Zeenat Aman and Madhubala," Sunny captioned the images.
Sunny, known for
playing bold roles in films, started her career in Bollywood with the 2012 film
"Jism 2". She went on to appear in films like "Ragini MMS 2", "Hate Story 2",
"Mastizaade" and "Baadshaho".
She was lRead More
Raajeev Walia, who has directed Arbaaz Khan in upcoming film "Tera Intezaar", says despite belonging to a film background, the actor is down-to-earth and listens to his directors demands on sets.Read More
