Junooniyat

Between choice and destiny, which would you pick? Is it really a choice one makes if destined for something? And such is the subtext to this sappy, clichéd love story of an army officer who believes he's made a choice, falls in love but appears buffeted by destiny's changing winds.

Captain Jahan Bakshi (Pulkit Samrat) finds Suhaani (Yami Gautam) swimming in a restricted zone and brings her to his camp. Friendly banters turn into passionate letters and the couple decides to marry after singing four songs in 40 minutes. But, they have to match up to Bollywood standards, and thus arises a series of problems. Can the two ultimately write a love story that's not inspired by Hindi cinema?Junooniyat, which means obsession in Urdu, is mostly about the clichés: Army officers holding beer mugs, Punjabi bubbly girl, wedding songs, NRI cousins, cheesy dialogues, lassi and mustard fields, and so on. The onus is entirely on poetry-loving Bakshi to make it look convincing. However, Vivek Agnihotri's credit says 'direction and poetry', so you know who to applaud for the syrupy one-liners.The usual 'boy meets girl' story takes a long time to happen, and that gives the audience enough time to anticipate the next twist. Average writing fails to add depth to characters, making the actors seem more like fillings in an annoying tooth cavity.

A certain indecisiveness further undermines the story. There's conflict, but it's very fickle in nature. The tempo stalls and by the time momentum picks up, it's time for another song. The sense of urgency fizzles out when it's needed the most. And the comic breathers jump out of the narrative, making the whole plot appear patchy, incoherent and unromantic. Pulkit Samrat tries, but never gets a chance to break free from the clutches of Bollywood's stereotype of an army guy. Yami Gautam could've done better, but Junooniyat is more of a musical than a solid relationship drama. Confined to look good, dance well and act like typical Punjabi girls do in films, she fades.

Gulshan Devaiah and the cinematography by Attar Singh Saini are the two good things going for the movie, but do little to salvage the bad script. Some melodious tunes may entice you, but that's not enough to keep you hooked for the two-hours and odd saga.

Its not worth anyone's time or money. Cheap and weak direction .

Watch today online. I just don't understand why people don't work on stories. Cant write any further. Not good for me. 4/10

First of all, I want to tell I just want the previous standard servicefrom this movie because Mr. Vivek Agnihotri gave us some good moviepreviously like Chocolate(copied but good), Dhan dhana dhan goal(not so good but above average), Hate story(beginning of a decent franchise), Zid(above average). I just expect the same quality nothing else. But this movie really far behind than my expectation. I like Mr. Vivek's storytelling style, fast pace tone and his own style of giving thrilling content. But this movie is very slow paced and may be outdated for nowadays. I am not telling this is a dumb or rubbish movie, sometimes I felt it can be a worth watching but overall I didn't get the pass mark. Is director over confidence by the movie's music and sometimes confused by the script? Because He was trying to gather some good songs forcefully into the movie and the script is poorly written when it needed the boost and good punch. When I felt, there is something twist happened next, the director failed to meet the expectation. Several times I felt this scene was unnecessary and why that song?

Let's talk about the performance and technical aspects. Direction - Failed to create any suspense and continuity. poorly executed and not up to the mark. Music - Good and can be the savior of the movie. Acting - Well, I get confused sometimes. Pulkit is a good actor but his face expression and comedy was horrible. He needs to execute the boldness and attitude of this character. An army person should be rigid and reserve though he is a poet. He needed more study for the character. We all know Yami Gautam is a spontaneous actress and her dialogue delivery is forceful but these two things may have overdosed for her character. Screenplay - could have been better and needed some more details about some important incidents. Failed to build the character development. Editing - Same problem. Followed by the screenplay. Story - The writer was trying to give some logic and perception but not concrete and well written.

End of the review I just want to say if you have any expectation than don't go to the theater, just wait for the DVD release. Not worth watching.

this awful piece of work isn't called a movie its a derogatory piece of visual torture for the people who love to watch cinema. FYI- the day when that waste of sperm Pulkit Samrat earn 100 Cr by his own I think that day would be the day when humanity seize to exist. Yami Gautam is the finest example how loves makes you so dumb that you do a Cr#p named Junooniyat with a man named Pulkit Samrat. Anyway i survived this torture and happy that i am still alive , forget money back i don't want that, except i offer (if they accept) take some money from us (viewers) and throw Pulkit Samrat in Bay of Bengal. Story is utter sh#t so as acting and this movie has so mediocre music that it has capability to put Bappa Lehri (talent-less son of Bappi Lehri) between rock and hard place. I am not the kind of person who waste my precious time as human to write review for this atrocity but i am so flabbergasted that i thought if i wasted 2 hours of my life why not waste 20 min more to express what this useless , talent-less actor Pulkit Samrat and the bunch of morons who made this film put me through. (sorry , but its a honest review)