However, the rest of their scenes together lacked the charm or wit they were supposed to elicit, becoming rather preachy at times. SRK and Alia's scenes were touted at the highlights of the movie, and a couple of scenes do manage to live up to our expectations (their first scene together, the chair allegory scene and their last session). The psycho-analysis scenes didn't exactly work all the time Thankfully, DZ avoids the child abuse subplot. And you know where - this was that climactic scene in Highway where she lashes out at her family for not being there with her during her most traumatic phase. It was brilliantly enacted and superbly executed however you can't help but have a sense of deja vu, that you have seen this scene before. But seeing how girls are fawning over his dimpled smile, guess this point is what Joey calls a 'moo point'.Īlia Bhatt's dinner scene is clearly a take off on one of her other moviesĭuring a crucial point of the movie, Alia Bhatt blasts her parents at a family dinner for not being there for her, when she needs them the most. What we saw was basically SRK playing himself in the role of a shrink - it was like watching a Shah Rukh Khan interview, only this time he is interviewing Alia Bhatt. However, the promotions of the movie involved a lot of King Khan, and the common man, who doesn't follow the news so ardently, might get disappointed that SRK just has 40 minutes of screentime, and his entry is just around 10 minutes near the interval.That makes us want to talk about.Īgain we know SRK is playing a supporting character in an Alia Bhatt movie, but that shouldn't have stopped the writers from fleshing out his character a bit more. I know the makers, and even Shah Rukh Khan, have been insisting that Dear Zindagi is an Alia Bhatt movie. Also Read - Throwback: When Gauri Khan confessed to breaking up from Shah Rukh Khan for being ‘too possessive’ Here are 7 flaws that keep Dear Zindagi from achieving the great heights that it aimed to reach, and unfortunately, Shah Rukh Khan himself features in a few of these flaws. Also Read - Gangubai Kathiawadi enters the 100 crore club here's how Alia Bhatt is celebrating her film's success – View Post After all, nice performances and a few good moments doesn't mean great cinema. But yeah, it did have the potential to be our answer to Robin Williams and Matt Damon's wonderfully crafted 1997 drama Good Will Hunting (for which actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won an Oscar for Best Screenplay), but flounders at milking that opportunity. While people are loving the stars in the movie, Dear Zindagi, as a whole, was a pleasant one time watch for me. The movie is filled with a few sweet moments, some well-executed scenes, a brilliant performance by Alia Bhatt and formidable support by Shah Rukh Khan. In my small personal opinion, Dear Zindagi does not catch up to the awesomeness of English Vinglish, but that doesn't mean it's a bad film. Also Read - Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt-Ranbir Kapoor and more celeb couples who love gorging on Japanese food This was Gauri Shinde's second movie, after she won a lot of plaudits from designing a brilliant comeback from Sridevi in English Vinglish. Apart from these two, the movie also had cameos from Ali Zafar, Kunal Kapoor, Angad Bedi and Aditya Roy Kapur. Dear Zindagi, jointly produced by both Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan, has Alia Bhatt in the main lead, with Shah Rukh Khan playing an extended cameo of her therapist (that the promotions purported as 'life coach').

After the shocking debacle of FAN, It was good to see Dear Zindagi get some really good reviews and reports, with a very decent box opening for the Gauri Shinde film.

Shah Rukh Khan fans can let out a sigh of relief.

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