Movie Review: 'Heroine'

I had to have two cups of strong coffee to get Heroine out of my mind. To be modest, let me put it this way - Even if you badly want to get out of your house for a small break, then taking your dog out for a walk would be a better break than watching this movie. Kindly note that I am talking about the movie and not about Kareena!

A middle-class girl comes to Mumbai, becomes heroine, gets exploited, cries a lot, smokes a lot, tries to find true love and ends up landing in self-created mess. In the end, she prefers leaving the dirty world of acting by erasing her fabricated and tainted identity. Movie is over. There is no clear objective of the movie. Does Mahi Arora represent the considerable number of girls that come for acting? or When it is titled 'Heroine', shouldn't she be representing them? or Shouldn't the movie be titled 'Mahi'? If you ask these questions to Madhur Bhandarkar, you might find him scratching his head in confusion. His showing of sleaziness, usual slangs, cocktail parties, love triangle, selfish professionals, gossip-girls’ giggles and unsurprising politics make a big fig leaf and stop the concealed stuff to come forth. Though Kareena is super sizzling as Mahi Arora and comfortably takes everyone’s breath away with her spunky attitude, the shoulders of this delicate heroine are not strong enough to bear the full burden of this lumbering Heroine. Divya Dutta makes a mark till the point she is allowed to. Madhur Bhandarkar has done a feeble job, being overly dependent on cleavages and ignoring the script.

The title song at the start gives the overwhelming eye candy and attracts the silent gazing. Thereafter the movie generously allows you to step out and visit the food counter or washroom anytime you want and still takes care that you don’t miss anything. Come on, you shouldn’t be jailed in a theatre hall. Don’t punish yourself unless you prefer Kareena on screen to wallpaper. Biased to the beauty, I give 1.5 out of 5 with a big brutal no-no for this movie.