Dil Ka Kya Kasoor

Watching this film really makes one wonder how the career of the talented late Divya Bharti would have etched out if not for her untimely death. She really was a talent, that combination between the sophistication and intense dramatic skill of Sridevi and the innocence and natural charm of Kajol. This film is one of the films she appeared in that fully showcased her extraordinary potential. But the film works not just because of Bharti and her sincere performance. It's really a nice story in and of itself, which I wish had not taken the course that it took in the second half.

The film starts with a nice romantic premise of unrequited love - a young rich girl (Bharti) who writes poetry under a pseudonym for the college magazine falls in love with a classmate she didn't get along with before who sings them and gains great popularity - unaware she is the author. Years go by and she keeps writing songs for him and promoting his career - he grows increasingly fond of this unknown poetess, but she never lets him know who she is, mostly because he was married as soon as he became a star and she'd rather keep it a secret. But this is just the nice first half.

The weird turn of events that the story takes around the leading lady, which is impossibly melodramatic, makes what could have been a wonderful, interesting romance into an exaggerated tear-jerker. With the amount of subtlety that the film employed in the first half, one wishes it wouldn't have lost it so soon, bu it still works to an extent because of the characters. The film is supported by debutant Prithvi and Suresh Oberoi as the caring and supportive brother. The music in the film is like all Nadeem-Sharavan soundtracks, melodious. Bharti's appearance makes the overall product worth a watch.