Kill/Dil: This one kills Dil

Kill/Dil

Staring: Govinda, Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar, Parineeti Chopra

Rated: 4/10

This is not Govinda’s movie though you fervently wish it was and that he should have been inhabiting more frames and dances and taking fun rides with you instead of trying so hard to look menacing that you feel like giving him some hard talk and telling him to do what he does best — be a good guy even if he has turned old and wants to be a respectable veteran.

Having said that, there is something tolerable about Ranveer Singh with his clean-shaven looks and I-am-good act. As the fun-loving illiterate sniper with a sense of humour and quick on repartee, he holds the few moments in this movie together. His friend Tutu (Zafar) looks unkempt for most part of the film with his untrimmed French cut beard and long-line hairstyle which hides most of his face, most of the time.

Parineeti as thebindaas babe is not quite fleshed out except in her body shape and, quite frankly, she is getting to be typecast with those girl next door roles that she has plays in almost every film she does. How about something different Parineeti as your vivaciousness is always refreshing.

Now coming to the story, it is old kitsch in old bottle and all too familiar — bad boy meets good girl and wants to become good but bad boss will not let him. Really? Is that even a story? From the YRF stable, it looks even more starkly underdone, despite Shaad Ali making a comeback as a director after a long time.

The music is forgettable and the worse thing is that Gulzar’s lyrics go waste as all the songs jut into the story when least required. It’s altogether a sad fare which might do well for a week or two on the botox of publicity and the dramatics of Ranveer.

You could say Kill Dil lives up to its title quite literally — it kills dil!

Source: Sunday Pioneer, 16 November, 2014