Ankahee

Story- weak/ poor/ typical Screenplay- weaker/usual Performance- poor/pioneer/fake Music- Amazing Music wasted in such a movie Dialogue- usual/poor/typical dramatic Direction- weaker/ half left/ unexplained/ Oblogatively made complected.

Descriptions- Direction could be a bit smarter, Things are forcefully made complecated which could have been handled smoothly at certain places in story. Nothing new in story, some overacting ruins the charm, Voice over dubbing of main lead is the worst part of the movie giving a bad impression right from the start. ONLY STABLE PERFORMANCE SEEN BY ESHA DEOL THAT TOO FOR THE OTHERS WHO HAVE RUINED THEIR PARTS.

I am an avid movie watcher but I watch very selective movies, I think Ankahee was a great movie. On one hand it portrays the problems a single woman faces immediately after she splits with her husband….. her insecurities, her commitments…. everything is brought about fantastically in the movie. The scene in which Ameesha takes a three wheeler in the wee hours of the morning to get a job when her husband legally severs the relationship is very brilliantly portrayed.

On the other hand Esha too suffers a lot; she is however shown as a very intelligent person who predicts every reaction of Aftab. All psychosomatic diseases happen to over-intelligent people and to that extent the director is brilliant. I think it is a realistic and a very well shot movie with Aftab always having undertones of guilt which is very evident when he does not smile completely for a particular photograph which Esha wishes to take. Esha's acting too is very praise worthy.

Whether the film did well or not at the box-office ,I think the film deserves full rating.

Yes, the title stands true. I watched this movie with friends. One of them watched till half-time, and went back to catch up on sleep. The rest of us stayed on. It was painfully slow from around 15%th to the 50%th point. Long dialogue sequences. Overacting. And the most annoying thing -- Aftab's inability to converse (especially arguments) without moving this hands in air as in sword-fighting. If he had a sword in his hands, he'd have cut both Ameesha Patel and Esha into million pieces each.

The second half was a respite. Story picked up pace. But now it went into the well-beaten track of Bollywood (won't reveal that in the review, but it's obvious from film's theme). Very much predictable.

Positives: 1. Ameesha Patel looked nice. 2. The movie starts off with an old-age Aftab lying in bed. The portrayal is funny. All us friends went into a laughter spree.

Negatives: 1. Oft-repeated theme. Too predictable. 2. Aftab's lack of dialogue-delivery abilities. 3. Esha looked horrible in most parts of the movie.

Well the movie seemed boring and dragged at times but it sure is not a total disappointment. I am not proud to say but I was stunned by Esha Deol's work in the movie. She is sure to be nominated for the best actress in negative role award for this year and if I was to decide, ill even give her one. Aftab and Amisha were also not as bad as they usually are. There are few good scenes in the movie and some powerful dialogues make up for the rest of the score I have given the movie. I would agree that it is not that great a movie but it definitely is under-rated. I would recommend watching the movie at least once if u do have the time. Obviously it is not a 'watch again' movie and maybe for some of you, not even worth watching in the cinema halls either, but renting it's VCD on a Saturday afternoon is surely not a bad idea.

This movie is not at all convincing.. How can a reputed surgeon - who is a loving husband and a doting father - can fall in love with a patient with manic depression? He should have treated her as his patient and tried to help her out of her psychological disorder. Even his fellow psychiatrist friend warns him about her.. In spite of all this he falls in love with her and divorces his loving wife and leaves her and his daughter whom he loves very much... Very much unconvincing... Acting wise Aftab Shivadasani is as unconvincing as his role..Ameesha Patel is OK.. There is not much scope for her in this movie. Only Esha Deol is the saving grace. She has portrayed her role as a manic depressed beauty queen very convincingly.. Hrishita Bhatt is wasted in a miniscule role..