Fitoor

Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif,Tabu, Aditi Rao Hydari, Rahul Bhat(Bilal), Mohammed Abrar(Young Noor), Tunisha Sharma(Young Firdaus), Akshay Oberoi(Mufti), Lara Dutta, Kunaal Khyaan(Aarif) and Ajay Devgan
Director: Abhishek Kapoor
Genre: Romance, Drama




Intense romantic drama! Watch it with right expectations!




You may look forward to:

• Aditya Roy Kapur gives out a great delivery in  a performance oriented film. He pull off the role of an obsessed lover quite well. Also additional points to his chisel cut body. A painter, a sculptor, a lover; he is a part of intense package of star cast in the film
• Katrina Kaif in pairing with Aditya Roy Kapur looks quite good. Her role in the film looks straight out of the novel, you can as if feel it even if you haven't read the novel for yourself. She looks no short of a damsel. Her role in the movie although not too strong, but her USP as per the script is her looks
• Tabu is the actual female lead in this film. Her power packed performances cannot be questioned. Although by now you start feeling its getting slightly repetitive after ' Haider', as yet she is one role to look out for in this film. In short she is the female avataar of 'Devdas' :D
• I liked this film more for its direction than star cast or story. Abhishek Kapoor does an outstanding job in presenting this film. When i say i could feel the writing of a novel even though i haven't read it, that in itself is a big compliment for a director directing a story of a novel. The biggest challenge for such films is to present one entire book written in detail to wrap up in a motion movie in a matter of 2 hours. Most of the detailing are eaten up in the process. First half of the movie is excessively romantic, thanks to Abhishek Kapoor for his direction, the description of 'Firdaus' and the obsession of 'Noor' beautifully described, like written in novels. The film is so aptly titled as 'Fitoor' meaning obsession. Unlike the films until last decade when films like 'Devdas' used to release in the name of a love story, this film doesn't claim this to be love, its clear and on your face simply obsession. Kudos to Abhishek Kapoor yet again
• Major supporting roles in the film are that of Aditi Rao Hydari and Rahul Bhat, they do a decent job given the stretch of the red carpet they had to perform
• Short appearances from Mohammed Abrar, Tunisha Sharma and Ajay Devgan are worth a mention. They did a fabulous job
• Amongst other supporting roles were Akshay Oberoi, Lara Dutta and Kunaal Khyaan. All of them commendable

What you can sleep over:

• The story of the film is practically nothing. Not many twists, nor way too much emotional drama. But yet i don't count this as negative, since this film feels like an experience, the story never felt as important
• Music of the film in the context of the story and as a background music sounds pretty nice. It has that unique Kashmiri touch in it somehow. Minus the film, you may or may not listen to the audio tracks

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• The pace of the film can put many people off. If not for a theater watch, you may not be able to complete the movie in one shot
• Tabu's role could have been enhanced. She had more pitch to perform. 'Begum Hazrat's' life abruptly wraps up in quick motion, so did the film

My Rating: 3.5/5

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