S A I've hardly seen a movie so poorly made. How can anyone assume that visual appeal and good music make up for a bad script and weak presentation? The songs are enjoyable, but that only makes for a successful music album. Even a snail moves faster than the story; and in this age of shrinking movies, its 3-hours long!Shahid looks good as a grown man. But an actor in him has been thoroughly under-utilized in a poorly sketched character. Sonam, from any angle doesn't look like a mature lover. She looks pathetic. No doubt she is a fashion diva. She looks like a fashionable teenager misplaced in rustic India. And such immature acting! Don't blame it on her age or inexperience. There are others younger and with much fewer films who are much better. But I blame the director, not her. I in fact enjoyed watching her in Aisha, which seemed tailor-made for her. I feel Sonam is very pretty, more like a model; and she should limit herself to characters like tantrum-throwing rich teenager. She shouldn't try 'mature' stuff until she is really, really ready for them. (Which could be never!) The brief glamorous look she sports in the Scotland portion is totally unnecessary for the story, but probably the director put it there as he couldn't afford to show Sonam in a totally non-glamorous role. Indeed, her glamor quotient is her only marketable aspect!Anupam Kher is wasted in a miniature role. Aditi Sharma is a rare find. The industry shouldn't lose her or stereotype her in side roles. She looks much better than Sonam, making one wonder how can anyone reject her for the latter.About the story. The trailers make it appear a mature love story in the background of terrorism. These topics are nearly done to death. This movie offer nothing new in terms of patriotism, bravery and such morals. The love story reminds one of "Hum Tum" which was much more in-depth and meaningful. I mean come on, who can believe the girl was in love when she just shrugs and says 'sorry' when the guy asks her why she disappeared 7 years ago without even leaving a note? The director could have very easily inserted a completely plausible explanation for the gap. I was almost expecting the whole thing to be a tit-for-tat joke when Shahid doesn't show up for dinner, suddenly shifts base, only to be caught by her years later, and when she asks him why he didn't call or leave a note, shrugs and says 'sorry'!I've never seen such shallow dialogs by a heroine. Sample this: What is this we feel for each other?What? Cannot be expressed, only felt. Right?Right.I was almost rolling over with laughter when I saw this sequence! Each character is hollow with the exceptions of Fatima and Rajjo. But even Rajjo, who was a sincere, sweet and devoted lover, turns out to be filled with blind desire and jealousy, and lacking integrity. (But then she never claimed to have integrity in the first place; just blind worship; so that's kinda OK.) The hero is such a shallow character, one feels angry he is not falling in love with the sweet neighbor girl who lovingly cooks for him. He even exploits her love. And then he falls for another girl who breaks into uncontrollable laughter every time she sees him; and shows not much in either commitment or maturity. Its almost ironic justice how the undeserving hero gets the uninteresting girl.Songs are badly timed. The shot where Shahid gets off his plane with music in the background seems out of place. It would have been better suited as his introduction scene after the 7-year gap. The meeting of the lead pair after the long gap seems so hollow, emotion-less and chemistry-free. The meetings and separations lack the heart-wrenching, fist-clenching helplessness that one would normally expect. (Only the viewer feels helpless sitting through this boring movie.)Lots of ends are left open, and not even in a meaningful manner. -- Why is Rajjo still in love with the haughty, insensitive guy? -- In this information era, how can anyone who is a legal resident of any place (and retains his/her original name) cannot be traced in so many years, especially if they are not purposefully hiding? It can only mean that one is not trying hard enough! -- You don't have to fly to a place looking for someone. You can inquire by phone or email. If there is a forwarding address, can't you as well get it over phone? -- Forget the modern era. Unless they're fleeing floods, anyone in their right state of mind (even when they leave in a hurry) will leave a forwarding address when they shift base. Either with authorities or with the whole village, especially when the village is such a close-knit group. The whole crux of the story seems to be lack of forwarding addresses. It seems extremely old-school and filmy where a Scotlander says "sorry I don't know where they went" and shuts the door on the enquirer's face. Its too obvious that the director put that sequence to stretch the story. And one doesn't understand why the lady repeats the mistake of not leaving a note after being admonished by the guy for the same 'lapse' many years ago? And when leaving Mallukot, why does she stop after just leaving the address? She could keep calling the village from wherever she is, to inform of her whereabouts and get updates. -- It seems too filmy that they bump into each other in Scotland, Switzerland and then in Ahmedabad. But then its a movie, and i guess we can allow a little poetic license here. Still I feel its time Hindi cinema became more realistic when it comes to co-incidences.

modistreet The story line was boring to say the least. The acting did not connect with the audience on any level.The immaturity of Shahid and Sonam Kapoor was evident from the onset of the movie. Even the content wasn't captivating to keep the audience remotely interested. So much so that I even heard a few snores in the theatre. Pankuj Kapur is a good character actor but direction isn't his forte. One irritant is that the movie abruptly jumps from one end of the world to another losing the flow that should have been there. Veteran actors like Anupan Kher have been side lined and under utilized.Except for a couple of musical scores its been a dull affair. I wouldn't advise watching this movie unless you looking for some shut eye.

brij-raychanda When anything comes with a name of Pankaj Kapoor expectations becomes very high weather it's a movie or a serial.Mausam also came with lots of expectation as it has been directed by Pankaj Kapoor.Story: Harinder Singh aka Harry (Shahid kapoor), whiles away his time in his native village, waiting for the letter to join the Indian Air Force. But before the letter arrives, he falls in love with Aayat (Sonam Kapoor), the displaced Kashmiri girl who lands up in the village when Kashmir falls prey to insurgency. However, the ill-fated romance gets disrupted by the political events like the Ayodhya dispute, the Mumbai bomb blasts, the Kargil war, the Gujarat riots.... The world simmers, violence spreads, but love never dies as Harry and Aayat keep hoping for a re-union, despite the passing years and the turbulent landscape When I have gone to watch this movie I have heard lots of bad reviews but somewhere in mind i have good feelings for this movie as after all its Pankaj Kapoor's movie who never do anything just to earn.When the movie started I fell in love with whole place he shown, the characters and artistic touch of pankaj kapoor. Romance of harry and Aayat was shown very beautifully. Romantic moments like Talking with each other by notes, Shahid watches from rooftop, rain scene, Conversation without saying anything were awesome.Upto interval movie is fantastic but after interval it loses grip due to too much separations, unneeded action scenes, events like godhra…tiger hill...babri mosque…twin tower blast and with too much filmy climax.In direction and cinematography department Pankaj Kapoor has done his best. Kudos to him. His way of showing the movie was fantastic. He just needed to cut movie length by not showing unnecessary events.Shahid and Sonam are perfect for this role. You will love Shahid in all the shades like Desi boy of Punjab, lover boy, Air force officer, Handicapped one. Like wise you will like sonam as Desi girl of Kashmir, Ballet dancer. Though shahid was looking pretty young as Air force officer but he managed it very well.In music and song department movie is powerful. None of them were unnecessarily put in the movie. Song while passing the note was surprise package for me, loved it very much. In script and screenplay department pankaj kapoor had to work to make movie better.Overall I can say movie takes has too much to offer to the audience which they can't digest due to its unnecessary length. If you are going to watch this movie then don't go with much expectations.My rating - 2.8/5 (In some parts its good else it is wasted due to its bad screenplay )

Ankit Baveja Pankaj Kapoor's directorial debut - that made me have some expectations from the movie. an actor of the pedigree of Pankaj Kapoor, with his understanding of characters, would come up with something fresh and give life to a romantic saga movie - at least that was the hope. But this movie turns out to be anything but that. Its a joke - on the audience by the director and his crew. there are bizarre incidents in the movie, without continuity leaving a lot to be imagined and guessed by the audience. the dialogue's are old and boring. its like an effort is being made to give the movie a whole greater than life image when both shahid and Sonam do not fit onto such epic roles. they both cant act. period. Sonam is giggling most of the time and has this superpower of appearing near shahid out of nowhere be it in Scotland or at a snow covered mountain in Switzerland!! just because the camera pans on the shadows of people talking doesn't mean that its well shot. the leading couple not meeting and expressing their feelings for each other goes on for so long (a decade) that at some point the whole audience gives up. even serious scenes become a joke. there is hooting, cheering and booing by the crowd, in fact the song"ajjeb dastan hai yeh, kahan shuru kahan khatam" seems to be true for this movie. and can someone please explain, even after 2000, why do they not have mobile phones and email ids !!! it gets so painfully slow and melodramatic that eventually one has to get and leave and let the others be tortured. this movie is best avoided and if this is anything to go by, so are future pankaj kapoor movies. this has to be the biggest let down of the year and one of the worst movies i have seen in a long time (P.S. i haven't seen Bodyguard, Ready and the likes)