Aashiqui 2- Movie Review by Shoby

2.5 stars out of 5

Love knows no boundries and music is a universal phenomenon. Romance is, without any doubt the most cherish genre' in film making. Together, they (romance and music) make a world of their own. Bollywood has given the cinegoers a mighty number of classical movies corroborating love and music. Just a couple of years back, we have seen Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar, a film that was made to celebrate love and music in a different way. Why I talked about Rockstar, because a couple of things in Mohit Suri's Aashiqui 2 were having an utmost similarity with the Rockstar. No... Aashiqui 2 is not as grand as the Rockstar. In fact,romance with a backdrop of Metal Rock music, which was used in Rockstar is also used here.

Films like Saanwarya, Mohabbaten, KKHH, HDDCS, Devdas, Rockstar, Dil Se, DTPH, etc, all of them re-defined love. They are still known as "romantic sagas", just because all of them gave a whole new dimension to the word "love" in films.

Attempting a romantic saga, is not an easy job to do and same is proved in Mohit Suri's Aashiqui 2.
Please note that it is not a sequel to 90s Aashiqui. In fact, its a different offering all together. One more thing, it fails to hit the right chords and it completely failed to leave any impact.

The major fault lies in the story itself. A very mediocre script and even a worse screen play. Mohit is a great film director but this time, he was not up to the task. Although he tried his level best to incorporate the required quota of emotions, but without a strong script and in the absence of hard hitting, "straight from the heart" dailogues, only "tear shedding and rage exposure" does not guarantee a good product, so it was impossible.

The only life line for the film is the excellent musical score and awsome acting performance by Aditya. He is a gem, who has already shown his great skills in Guzaarish & Action Reply and Aashiqui 2 was no different. Shrada was looking innocent constantly but her acting was just ok.

Over all, this film is a disappointment for someone like me, as I was expecting another grand saga, which unfortunately I  could not get.