

In other words, she gives the impression she’s winging it, which makes even the most ordinary scenes she’s in terribly exciting. Bhatt has a rare ability to make the emotional decisions of her characters look as if they spontaneously occurred to her. Shah Rukh Khan bears down with starry charm on the role of Jug, but his mountaineer anecdote just can’t compare with his co-star talking about herself in disguised third person earlier in the scene. As always, it’s the little choices she makes within scenes-fiddling with the furniture, twitching her lip-that render her such a compelling actor. Read the complete movie review here.Īlia Bhatt thrives.

What she ends up with is a “could-have-been-amazing” film. If only Gauri brought better-etched characters and delved more into the emotional turmoils of her lead, this could have been a wonderful “slice-of-life” film with several messages to be lauded for.

Our vast library of films range from features produced in 1930s to 2016s with more than 1100 titles. is a leading content house with distribution of Indian cinema around the globe via all possible modes and mediums. At near-2.5 hours, Dear Zindagi feels too stretched. A pioneer in Indian film industry, founded in 1980. The light-hearted dialogues and scenes are the high points of the film. However, when the film has emotions as its driving point, it comes as an unpleasant surprise when it can't even do much there. Here's what critics are saying about 'Dear Zindagi', starring Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Ali Zafar, Kunal Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur and Angad Bedi:ĭear Zindagi scores a few brownie points on the emotion front.
