Raabta Review

(The following review contains spoilers)

Raabta is a Fantasy Romance film directed by Dinesh Vijan starring Sushant Singh Rajput as Shiv, Kirti Sanon as Saira and Jim Sarbh as Zakhir Merchant.

The film is extremely annoying and starts off on a cliched tone. Shiv, a Punjabi guy, gets a job at a bank in Budapest (Cliche: Punjabi's always shifted abroad for work). Shiv's character is shown to be a very chilled out, flirtatious guy, flirting with every girl he meets with almost deadly and bad pick up lines which surprisingly makes him a 'crowd puller.'

Saira is a chocolatier in Budapest and almost randomly meets Shiv at her shop. The conversation they have subtly hints at a more deeper relationship they shared, at least tries to. Saira's character is very dumb compared to the personality of Kirti Sanon.

Saira and Shiv are seen to get closer two days into their meet, because of a said 'Connection' they share. It should also be noted here that Shiv's jokes and pick up lines gets increasingly annoying and headache inducing. Saira is seen to have night terrors about drowning and is evidently shown to be hydrophobic.

The movie is very much obsessed with water and is shown very excessively without much logic.

Jim Sarbh is the villain of the story. His character is a multi-millionaire who was connected to Saira through the past connection shown in parts through Saira's night terrors. Zakir tells Saira about their past connection, and we are thrown back into another flashback explaining the connection of these individuals to each other.

In my opinion, there were a lot of things that went horribly wrong for Raabta. For one, the actors were trying hard to fit into characters that were different from who they are as a person. The entire plot could have been shortened if the main back story was narrated in a better way.

Kirti Sanon and Sushant Singh Rajput failed to create sparks and were dull on screen. As for Jim Sarbh, compared to his acting in A death in the Gunj, he seemed very robotic here.

Coming to the back story, the back plot is filled with cliches about reincarnation, a theme which is ever so common in Bollywood apart from that, character portrayals were hilarious and Shiv's past life character bore a striking resemblance to the game Far Cry 3's villain 'Vaas.' Some of the fight scenes seemed to be a copy of Tollywood hit 'Magadheera.' The background music too does not match the specific situations and failed to wow me in any way.

The film promised to deliver hits but failed with its uninteresting plot line, annoying dialogues and draggy story. The only proper thing about the movie was the music.

I would not suggest you watch the film, as the only thing you'll be taking away from it is a head splitting headache and regrets.