Bin Roye

Hyped as Pakistan's much awaited venture capable of reviving their film industry, BIN ROYE had big expectations to fulfill both in Pakistan and India. But sadly it couldn't get a decent release in our country because of a ban imposed in Maharashtra and only one show release in the few major cities finding no audience due to lack of information or publicity.

Talking about India in particular, the one and only factor responsible to create some sort of curiosity for the film remained its lead star Mahira Khan, who was simply loved by the Indian audience in the TV serial HUMSAFAR aired at Zindagi Channel. The talented actress is also fondly remembered by those lucky ones who had seen her in the masterpiece creation BOL released a few years back. And as per the latest news, the girl has bagged a major role in an upcoming Shah Rukh Khanmovie too which is nothing short of a life-time opportunity in her rising film career indeed.

BIN ROYE is said to be based on Farhat Ishtiaq's novel BIN ROYE AANSOO that surprisingly has an ages old 'seen before' plot of two sisters falling for the same boy. Though the novel might be a great read with its own engrossing detailing and much more, the film isn't an exceptional one considering its weak story progression, many major flaws and weird sudden jumps in time periods. Moreover with all those tears shed constantly on screen in its later half, the title loses all its meaning as 'Bin Roye' that literally means 'without crying'.

Beginning on a sweet note, there is too much happening too fast in its first half and the entirely predictable love triangle kills the excitement of watching something fresh within the opening hour itself. The story quickly moves through years without any visual justification and many characters get introduced only to be forgotten soon in the next scenes. For instance, I am still thinking for what purpose that young boy was brought in dancing in the wedding song along with Mahira indicating towards some new 'love possibilities'. In short, depending entirely on Mahira alone, BIN ROYE keeps progressing on a familiar path for an hour. But then just before the intermission, we have a well-enacted and directed emotional-breakdown scene that strongly makes a promise of something better coming ahead.

The second half commences with new hopes of seeing a fresh breakthrough happening in the clichéd plot. But an unexpected accident shatters all those hopes soon and the film goes back to the same old pattern of a love triangle heading towards a routine climax focusing on a silent relationship developing between its two lead characters fighting with their own inner tragedies.

However despite having the above mentioned major drawbacks and predictable story developments ignoring many important points such as the child and more, BIN ROYE doesn't actually allow you to rate it as a forgettable venture due to three visible merits overcoming its weaker points.

Firstly it's the emotionally powerful act by Mahira, who simply excels in her portrayal of guilt-ridden soul unable to feel the power of love anymore. The girl not only looks gorgeous on screen with her simple yet adorable presence, but also wins your heart with a powerhouse performance depicting the contrasting emotions felt by her character post intermission. No doubt she is going to be a major highlight of SRK's new film coming soon.

Secondly, BIN ROYE makes a stunning visual impact on the viewers through its rich colourful frames, eye-catching costume designing, beautiful art-direction and soothing background score, making it aesthetically appealing. And one truly feels like watching something great in terms of cinematography, capturing even the close ups quite artistically making you feel the pain.

Thirdly it's the film's catchy and likable soundtrack with many enjoyable tracks infusing new energy into the film at regular intervals. In fact a major reason why BIN ROYE becomes a decent watch remains its songs played in the backdrop just at the right moment like O Yaara, Maula, Tere Bina Jeena and more. As a matter of fact, for some unknown reasons, the composers across the border always manage to find the melody in their songs much better as per my personal opinion.

To sum it all, yes BIN ROYE hasn't got a novel storyline and also features many not so impressive supporting acts from Humayun Saeed, Armeena Rana Khan, Zeba Bakhtiar (of RK's Heena fame) and even Javed Sheikh (who is just wasted as the father). Still directors Momina Duraid and Shahzad Kashmiri successfully manage to keep the viewers thoroughly engrossed with their other visual & musical merits mentioned above and the film truly deserves to be seen by the Indian audiences for sure (who actually haven't witnessed an emotional love saga in Bollywood since the last decade or even more).

Unfortunately, in absence of any mention in the leading newspapers or media channels, almost 95% of the interested viewers remained uninformed about its India release this week causing a big loss both in terms of business as well as a decent cinema unable to reach its target audience. So do try to watch BIN ROYE post its home video release after a couple of months, especially for Mahira Khan and the musical- visual treat offered by its director duo from Pakistan.

Great Pakistani romantic film with excellent songs, photography and background score. Direction was good however, a lot of scenes kept going back and forth between countries which became confusing at times.

Mahira Khan's acting was amazing, she is a naturally gifted actress.

Humayun Saeed needs to retire. His acting was boring, least inspiring and he looked quite old in front of Mahira. If they had opted for Fawad Khan instead, this film would have been extra special.

First half of the film was superb, whilst the second half dragged a bit.

Overall a great a film and worth watching for sure….two thumbs up!!

In the midst of film makers trying to portray the problems of the illiterate and poverty stricken Pakistan comes this masterpiece from Momina Duraid which says Rich people have emotions and problems as well.

After the flagship that was Humsafar, my mind unconditionally pairs up Mahira Khan with Fawad Khan, but to his credit, Humayun Saeed has done an incredible job at making this couple look great. This couple has great chemistry and they look extremely good in both intimate and intense scenes.

Although Mahira has once again stuck to her forte and her character isn't all that different from what we've seen earlier from her but you really don't care about it that much when she's so refreshingly good at it, turning into the Julia Roberts of Pakistan, you like her more every time you see her on screen.

A brilliant direction ensured that all the characters stayed in the center for just the right amount of time while the main focus stayed on Mahira as she took up about 90 percent of the ideal 116 minute run-time and not for one second she felt boring.The director also made sure that the romance was not over-done and hence it never felt cheesy, in fact it's a better family film than "Wrong No.". The picturesque landscapes and vivid colors in the background only added to what were already beautiful scenes.

Bin Roye's music however is one of the greatest standouts of the movie. All of the songs were good but then came along what is most probably the best mehndi song of the decade, incredible music playing back to an equally good dance-off, Balle Balle is the song you want in your life.

Despite a few hiccups in the plot and a rather predictable "twist", Bin Roye is great effort and a perfect addition to this newly resurrected Pakistani Cinema. After all the films we've had in the recent past we needed a good romantic one and thanks to Momina Duraid, we have it.

As far as a recommendation is concerned, if you're the type of person who enjoys a rather conventional love story with brilliant acting and great music, the price of the ticket is worth it.

A must watch for everyone, every age, every gender. It's my first review ever but after watching this movie I was compelled to write one. An excellent movie worth watching. We all went (my wife, my kids, even my brother in-law and my father in-law) yes all of us :). The only confusion we now have is why would some one not like it . My brother in-law who has already watched this movie went with us again to watch it . He wouldn't let us speak even a single word while watching the movie.

I admit that we went with a hesitation because of all the mixed reviews and because also the competitive movie was "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" in short we are all happy that we watched this one!!

Bin Roye struggles in the first few minutes till that bangle shuttering scene of Mahira's makes an appearance and oh boy oh boy!!!! It's Bin Roye for you.. Acting department does a good job with Mahira Khan being the finest. To all those critics out there constantly criticising her this one is a clap back.. Mahira Khan breaths life into different shades of Saba proving once again what a performer she is. Humayaun Saeed has little to explore just because of his character not etched out in much detail and Armeena getting the least screentime is just OK. While rest of the veterans hardly play any role.. Direction is another plus point and the songs are shot beautifully. Thanks to countless change in directors. Well if there is any problems with film its writing but not that much. One expected better from Farhat Ishtiaq. Did I mention the soundtrack which holds the film and keeps it afloat. All in all Bin Roye makes for a decent watch... Thanks to Mahira's electrifying performance and beautiful music