Vaada Raha... I Promise

Watched this movie recently. I really loved it. Yes there are many loopholes but it is definitely high in emotions. Bobby Deol is amazing as Duke Chawla. Camaredie between Roshan and Duke is highlight of the movie. This movie is strictly one time watch but you will keep a smile after watching this movie. Music is ok but there freshness. Such movies are better than idiotic Sallamn Khan or Shahrukh Khan movies

Samir Karnik is a good storyteller, barring his debut disaster 'Kyun, Ho Gaya Na'?, he has churned out good enough films over the time, with 'Heroes' being named as a classic. However, he takes a backseat with his latest outing 'Vaada Raha... I Promise'. The problem clearly lies in it's writing.

'Vaada Raha' is all about Hope and Believe. Bobby stars as Duke, who's life today can be called gratifying. Everything works on his advantage. But in a unfortunate accident, he loses everything, be it physically & mentally. He becomes a negative pile, until, a kid enters his life and returns him what he had lost - HOPE.

'Vaada Raha' has it's share moments, and a power-packed performance by Bobby, but overall, this comes out as a half-baked venture. The film begins well, but becomes a bore in the most vital moments, it's culmination. It's far from being touchy, it in fact is depressing.

Samir Karnik's interest in the story gets lost in the middle. Karnik's direction is not great either. Binod Pradhan's Cinematography is decent. Songs are another sore point.

What stands tall in 'Vaada Raha' is undoubtedly, Bobby's power-packed performance. The actor is flawless and the life of the show. In other performances, Kangana Ranaut, in a guest appearance, doesn't get much to do. She looks angelic, though. Dwij Yadav as Roshan, is okay. Mohnish Behl is passable. Sharat Saxena hams.

On the whole, watch this one for Bobby's work, as that's the only substantial plus in this film!

The film is slow-paced, but overall it's a good one with a strong emotional quotient. Though it could have been made much better. The music is not commercially viable, but the songs do fit in the narrative. The film once again shows that Bobby Deol is a talented actor. But he is still ignored and highly under-rated. His potentials are not tapped enough by high-profile film-makers. Dwij Yadav excels yet again. Bobby Deol's and Dwij Yadav's chemistry is once again visible after Nanhe Jaisalmer. Kangna Ranaut does not have much to do in the movie. She fits better in the Bhatt's camp! Mohnish Behl gave a good account of himself. We should see more of his humble and nice roles in movies.

Rab Na Kare Ke Yeh Zindagi Kabhie Kisi Ko Dagha De, there are some films, which are simple, sweet, and motivating that you overlook all the niches and cliches in the storyline, and "Vaada Raha, I Promise" is one of them. Story of faith, hope, and belief perfectly presented by Samir Karnik.

From a modernist point of view, this story has some faults but Bobby Deol and Dwig Yadav's performances have taken over the cliches and make this film a melancholic motivative drama. Emotions were the main ingredient of Samir Karnik films and with Vada Raha, I promise, he expanded the verge of emotional ebb flow though from a medical point of view the film is a lackluster affair. Bobby was phenomenal in some scenes, the man nailed as Dr. Duke Chawla.

Apart from "Rab Na Kare Yeh Zindagi", the rest of the album is passable.

Last Word: Nor epic nor bad, Vada Raha is a decent and emotional story of faith and hopes with sparking chemistry of Bobby and Dwig Yadav which taught us that it is difficult to act, what we preach to others.

Rating: 8/10

Vaada Raha, directed by Samir Karnik is a cheesy, emotionally manipulative, sob-saga that doesn't even deserve a straight-to-television release. Bobby Deol plays genius surgeon Duke Chawla, who becomes paralysed neck down in a road accident, and is subsequently dumped by his fiancée (played by Kangana Ranaut), for a reason so bizarre, you have to see it to believe it. Languishing in a hospital, angry and overcome with despair, he at first rejects the overtures of friendly kid Roshan (played by Dwij Yadav), the resident smart-alec in the place. The little tyke, however, wins our hero's affections and motivates him to recover speedily, even as the boy succumbs to his own fatal condition eventually, which he's always kept hidden from Duke. Sickeningly sentimental, Vaada Raha is full of logical loopholes and is directed with a loose hand by Karnik, who gives us some of the most ridiculous scenes you can think of, including one in which Duke tries to end his life by chewing his IV tubes, and another one in which he supervises a heart surgery from his hospital bed. The film is packed with silly stereotypes like faithful dog who won't eat till his master does, cheery hospital staff straight out of a Sooraj Barjatya film, and happy patients who don't seem to ever want to leave the hospital at all. Bobby Deol is woefully out of his depth here, failing to arouse any sympathy for his character, not least because he repeats his three stock expressions in every other scene. And we thought it was his lower-body that he couldn't move! Child actor Dwij Yadav, who starred in Karnik's Nanhe Jaisalmer and Heroes previously, has an engaging presence, but trapped in a one-dimensional role here, he gets annoying as the precocious brat. The blame for this rotten film, however, must be placed squarely on the shoulders of director Samir Karnik who has no concern for even basic details like the geography of his story. The film's opening-credits sequence in which Bobby cycles down a promenade against an azure blue sea looks like it's been shot in the South of France; there's a subsequent cut-away of New York's Times Square when Bobby and his doctor buddies hit a nightclub for drinks; an exterior shot of Kangana's home, in a scene in which he drops her off before his accident, appears to be filmed in a Mumbai shanty; and then Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods Film School stands in for the hospital where Bobby recovers. Call it nitpicking if you like, but attention to detail is but one of Karnik's many shortcomings in this lousy, lousy film. Since they were there anyway, it might have been a good idea for the filmmaker and his leading man to take refresher courses during lunch break while shooting at Whistling Woods. Do yourself a favour. Don't even bother with this one.