Heroine

Heroine offers nothing new. It' just a collaboration of Madhur Bhandarkar's earlier works, Chandni Bar, Page 3 and Fashion. But what catches your eyes is the presentation of the film and a really good performance from the lead actor, Kareena Kapoor. Bebo gives her best shot as Mahi Arora and is utterly convincing as a manic depressive heroine who is on a downward spiral. The scenes involving her as smoking, drinking and popping anti-depressant pills leave you breathless. It's safe to say that Bebo has given a role of a lifetime in Heroine. Otherwise, Bhandarkar paves the same nails as he did in Fashion with Heroine. He throws in a lot of clichés and caricaturish characters in Heroine too. These clichés are so long-drawn and get too tiring at some point. The movie drags in the second half just like Fashion and the impact of a hard-hitting cinema is largely missing at that point. Salim- Sulaiman did a great job of composing some heart-touching music like 'Saiyaan' along with a raunchy number 'Halkat Jawani' in which Bebo oozes with sexiness.

Watch Heroine only for Bebo! You won't be disappointed at least with her performance. I give it 3/10.

I have absolutely no context for this movie and it's actors and sure it's not the most original plot but I found myself intrigued enough by the seedy side of fame to watch it to the end. I would actually recommend it for a slow night.

Honestly, the main reason I'm giving it an 8 is to counter the absurdly low ratings. At the very least it deserves a 7.

Okay, this film is really bad. Madhur Bhandarkar turns out to be a one-trick pony as each one of his films suffers from extremely poor execution. Chandni Bar was quite good, Page 3 definitely less so, Fashion was really average, and Heroine goes a few more steps down as a highly unconvincing film, which is very formulaic, lacking in focus, and almost comic in how stereotypical it is. In many ways it's just a takeoff on Fashion, offering a simplistic story of a big star who makes her way in the big cruel world of fashion, or film. I'm gonna put aside the biased, superficial portrayal of the film industry, which could be forgivable if the execution was right. But no, the film is just really poor and often looks like an amateurish college skit - the dialogue is awful, the dubbing and delivery is very, very unrealistic, the sound is annoying, and the entire product is melodramatic and with zero emotional impact. At times it looks like a cheap soap opera. The same is true for Kareena Kapoor, the leading lady, who is really let down by the poor script. This is one of her worst roles in my opinion, and the writing doesn't even allow her to develop an iota of character. It's all about exteriors, she has to look right, she has to exude confidence, but true depth that could have been brought out by a better actress, is absent in this film. Heroine is a stereotypical formula film which does harm to the Hindi film industry both because how it portrays it and because how bad it is in and of itself.

So much for all the hype and anticipation surrounding "heroine". The movie is basically a collection of some of the most discussed and hyped "kisse" from our bollywood. in Bhandarkar's pitch to combine all these incidents (which supposedly aim to shock the audience, however fail miserably!), he has completely lost the plot. There is no specific story line which is the biggest drawback.

Some of the incidents, like the one about mahi tries adopting a kid, just feels absolutely disconnected from the movie, it actually made me think wat a waste of such a good actress.

Also the film lacks any major/good actors, actors like sanjay suri, mugdha godse and some other newbies just aren't convincing and fail to make any impact. I longed for some good actors to match up with the amazing kareena but disappointment again.

Randeep Hooda plays his part perfectly however he doesn't have a very important role in the movie. Arjun Rampal! I don't know why does he still get movies, he seems expressionless as usual.

Kareena is great as always with her perfect portrayal of a beautiful, insecure, short tempered actress. But there is an awful lot of crying to her share and after a point it loses its impact. the item song is a treat to the eye, the number is catchy too.

All in all the movie doesn't do justice to the amazing acting prowess of kareena and pathetically fails to unfold any story behind stardom. Watch if you are a kareena fan or if you have a free ticket! anyways, we would see it on the TV soon ;)

Madhur Bhandarkar who directed this movie must have lost his mind cause I can't find any reason why anyone can come with an idea of such a pathetic movie.....

2 and half hours of crying Kareena ..... on top of it the story was completely flawed.... twist after twist never lets the story to make any sense of some kind..........

Only positive thing that I can say is that if you can watch this movie and come out with your brain intact then you my friend can do anything in your life.

WATCHING HEROINE IS A TEST FOR MAN's WILL TO SURVIVE.