When "Aisha" was released, I had dismissed it off as a wannabe rom-com. Plus it had Sonam Kapoor - an actress I don’t particularly enjoy watching despite her excellent dressing sense.
I watched most of the movie when it played on one of the TV channels recently. Independently, I also watched the controversial Koffee with Karan episode in which Sonam appeared along with Deepika Padukone. She took sides with Deepika and not Ranbir, and that appealed to old-fashioned me.
In case you didn’t know, I love filmy gossip.
Coming back to the movie, what worked for me was the setting of the film, and the music. I think the makers have got the act right in terms of expensive clothes, décor of the houses, lifestyles of the super-rich in Delhi, and the hobbies they pursue – watching Aisha bake cakes was fun.
Who exactly is Aisha Kapoor? The daughter of a well-to-do father, she is obsessed with finding the right life partner for her friends. She thinks everybody is a “bechaari” who is waiting to be rescued by her, and is judgmental about how her friends should lead their lives and who their life partner should be. At this point, I started getting interested in the movie for I have often been advised by friends on marriage. Like Aisha, they always knew (know?) better than me as to what I want from life, and my life partner.
From being someone who is loved by all, Aisha goes on to realize that her friends think of her as shallow, selfish and judgmental. Her best friend Pinky Bose is tired of towing the line in accordance to her wishes. Newbie Shefali questions her when she almost says that being middle-class, Shefali isn’t good enough for rich dude and Aisha’s friend Arjun (Abhay Deol).
I liked watching Aisha get jealous and irritable when Arjun’s friend Aarti is with him. I laughed when I saw how she was dressed when she goes to meet her sister and newborn niece Anoushka in a hospital in Mumbai (she wears a coat and short dress – this is one scene when I would have liked to see her dressed casually in jeans).
I love the placement of this song (and the song) in the movie.
At the end of the movie, I could relate to Aisha Kapoor despite her world being far removed from my own.
I watched most of the movie when it played on one of the TV channels recently. Independently, I also watched the controversial Koffee with Karan episode in which Sonam appeared along with Deepika Padukone. She took sides with Deepika and not Ranbir, and that appealed to old-fashioned me.
In case you didn’t know, I love filmy gossip.
Coming back to the movie, what worked for me was the setting of the film, and the music. I think the makers have got the act right in terms of expensive clothes, décor of the houses, lifestyles of the super-rich in Delhi, and the hobbies they pursue – watching Aisha bake cakes was fun.
Who exactly is Aisha Kapoor? The daughter of a well-to-do father, she is obsessed with finding the right life partner for her friends. She thinks everybody is a “bechaari” who is waiting to be rescued by her, and is judgmental about how her friends should lead their lives and who their life partner should be. At this point, I started getting interested in the movie for I have often been advised by friends on marriage. Like Aisha, they always knew (know?) better than me as to what I want from life, and my life partner.
From being someone who is loved by all, Aisha goes on to realize that her friends think of her as shallow, selfish and judgmental. Her best friend Pinky Bose is tired of towing the line in accordance to her wishes. Newbie Shefali questions her when she almost says that being middle-class, Shefali isn’t good enough for rich dude and Aisha’s friend Arjun (Abhay Deol).
I liked watching Aisha get jealous and irritable when Arjun’s friend Aarti is with him. I laughed when I saw how she was dressed when she goes to meet her sister and newborn niece Anoushka in a hospital in Mumbai (she wears a coat and short dress – this is one scene when I would have liked to see her dressed casually in jeans).
I love the placement of this song (and the song) in the movie.
At the end of the movie, I could relate to Aisha Kapoor despite her world being far removed from my own.
3 comments:
oh I watched this last week too! Though curiosity had made me buy the dvd (I was told I resemble oen of the girls), I'm glad I sat through it- it was a bit like watching an identifiable version of The Devil Wears Prada? You don't know any of the protagonists but you know of them. And I liked the songs :)
QQ, oh the Devil wears Prada is a delightful film... Streep is stunning as the boss from hell. I liked the songs in 'Aisha' too! :)
P.S. - which girl in Aisha are you referring to??
aisha ddlj and jane ausen
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