Raabta (2017)
4/10
Basically for people who want bollywood version of game of thrones and Magadheera
5 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I don't know where to begin. I am basically a fan of this genre (reincarnation,lovers beyond centuries kinda things) but this is literally a rape of that genre. Like I said in the title, the movie is just a mix of a lot of movies in the said genre like Om Shanti Om (the fact that the heroine is afraid of drowning), Magadheera (do i have to explain this considering Allu Aravind who produced Magadheera filed a lawsuit?), Anegan ( the girl gets these visions and the boy doesn't believe it), game of thrones (not story wise but look wise) and Befikre (can't help it but notice the subtle similarities between the first half of Raabta and Befikre) and many more.

Now onto the characters and actors. Let me list them one by one: 1. Sushant as Jilaan and Shiv: The only saving grace I would say. But even he wasn't good enough for this. His Jilaan is definitely a rip off of Khal Drogo.

2. Kriti as Saira and Saiba: Why her is the only question that comes in our mind. She is one of the examples for the fact that beauty alone doesn't make you a good actor. She either overacts or she doesn't act at all.

3. Jim Sarbh as Zakir and Kaabir: I haven't the faintest idea of what he's trying to do in the name of acting. He's neither convincing as a prehistoric warrior or an obsessive modern day lover. Hell he doesn't even look the part.

The only good sequence in this otherwise awful vomit inducing ride of a movie is that race through the Paathar forest between Jilaan and Saiba, which again is destroyed by sleazy and cheesy dialogues.

On the whole, it is a movie that tried so hard to create a connection with the audience but failed miserably.
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