36 reviews
Inspired by the Hollywood Cult Classic 500 Days of Summer, 'Katti Batti' tries hard to adapt the soul of its inspiration, but what is eventually served is a merely average film. Though the idea is great, the execution is uneven!
'Katti Batti' is a romantic comedy that follows Maddy (Imran Khan) and Payal's (Kangana Ranaut) live-in relationship until a sudden turn of events creates a distance between them.
'Katti Batti' has a lively first-hour, where some sequences bring a smile on your face. Its a bit interesting to see the heartbroken protagonist struggle to find his love back & the flashbacks on how the boy & girl met, have a niceness to it. Its the second-hour that fails. The narrative loses energy & the pace drops drastically. Also, the emotional manipulation in the final-act, doesn't work. In short, the first-hour works, but the second-hour spoils the fun.
Anshul Singhal's Screenplay is decent, but only in parts. The second-hour needed to be better! Nikhil Advani's Direction is ordinary. Cinematography is fine. Editing is average. Art & Costume Design are perfect. Music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy is melodious.
Performance-Wise: Imran Khan puts up a sincere act as the heartbroken lover-boy, although he impresses only in some scenes. Kangana Ranaut is monotonous. A stereotypical act!
On the whole, 'Katti Batti' works in bits, not entirely.
'Katti Batti' is a romantic comedy that follows Maddy (Imran Khan) and Payal's (Kangana Ranaut) live-in relationship until a sudden turn of events creates a distance between them.
'Katti Batti' has a lively first-hour, where some sequences bring a smile on your face. Its a bit interesting to see the heartbroken protagonist struggle to find his love back & the flashbacks on how the boy & girl met, have a niceness to it. Its the second-hour that fails. The narrative loses energy & the pace drops drastically. Also, the emotional manipulation in the final-act, doesn't work. In short, the first-hour works, but the second-hour spoils the fun.
Anshul Singhal's Screenplay is decent, but only in parts. The second-hour needed to be better! Nikhil Advani's Direction is ordinary. Cinematography is fine. Editing is average. Art & Costume Design are perfect. Music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy is melodious.
Performance-Wise: Imran Khan puts up a sincere act as the heartbroken lover-boy, although he impresses only in some scenes. Kangana Ranaut is monotonous. A stereotypical act!
On the whole, 'Katti Batti' works in bits, not entirely.
- raycar1432
- Jan 24, 2016
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Love stories often don't work when the people involved in them are ignorant as heck. Katti Batti tries to literally adapt one such story and on the way goes on to define absurdity. Most words and phrases used in this review are selected from the film's idiotic dialogs so that you get a better idea as to what to expect.
For most of the part, a peppy, hip girl named Payal (Ranaut) who is a wandering rebel born to Page 3 celebrities who decided to go all the way on the backseat of a car during a drunken brawl, and who has more than 2500 friends on Facebook is brutally skirt-chased by a baby- faced Maddy (Khan) who makes pursuing architecture look like a short week of R&R, who has just about 500 friends on Facebook including 350 fake profiles that he does't know about, and who has an annoying sister. There is no conviction in the story as it adopts a fair non-linear screenplay. An introduction to the so-called quirky characters using a hand-held shot sequence is all there is to relish in the first half.
The screenplay looks like it has been stitched together using a defunct sewing machine by a one-legged tailor with retina inflammation. There is humor if you look for it, but the slapstick is so bad my senses now have finally learned to smile at Kapil Sharma's jokes.
Love is fine, relationships are fine, even breakups are fine, but you don't want to shell out money to watch grown ups behave like kids, now do you? One should blame the dodgy story for its construction and unbelievability factor for all we see is a mopey boyfriend and a courageous girlfriend who does not like being called a girlfriend. So lets call her a girlfriend just to annoy her.
Ranaut is an active participant in the drama while her co-actor is just a bystander. Since you all have given her the license, she overacts a bit too much in the sequences that required silence. All other characters are running behind our male protag so that he can forget about this "girlfriend" who dumped him without a reason. And the reason for the breakup is stupid, considering we are in 2015, when you know it.
All said and done, the film is surely high on creativity, but is highly low on cake on which this creativity should have been the icing.
BOTTOM LINE: With a turtle called Milkha (the irony!), Nikhil Advani's Katti Batti is what you get when you take relationships too seriously and literally and make a film about it. Wait for DVD; but buy only when its price goes down to INR 49 on Amazon. And why not use the Mobikwik cashback offer on it?
Grade: D-
Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES
For most of the part, a peppy, hip girl named Payal (Ranaut) who is a wandering rebel born to Page 3 celebrities who decided to go all the way on the backseat of a car during a drunken brawl, and who has more than 2500 friends on Facebook is brutally skirt-chased by a baby- faced Maddy (Khan) who makes pursuing architecture look like a short week of R&R, who has just about 500 friends on Facebook including 350 fake profiles that he does't know about, and who has an annoying sister. There is no conviction in the story as it adopts a fair non-linear screenplay. An introduction to the so-called quirky characters using a hand-held shot sequence is all there is to relish in the first half.
The screenplay looks like it has been stitched together using a defunct sewing machine by a one-legged tailor with retina inflammation. There is humor if you look for it, but the slapstick is so bad my senses now have finally learned to smile at Kapil Sharma's jokes.
Love is fine, relationships are fine, even breakups are fine, but you don't want to shell out money to watch grown ups behave like kids, now do you? One should blame the dodgy story for its construction and unbelievability factor for all we see is a mopey boyfriend and a courageous girlfriend who does not like being called a girlfriend. So lets call her a girlfriend just to annoy her.
Ranaut is an active participant in the drama while her co-actor is just a bystander. Since you all have given her the license, she overacts a bit too much in the sequences that required silence. All other characters are running behind our male protag so that he can forget about this "girlfriend" who dumped him without a reason. And the reason for the breakup is stupid, considering we are in 2015, when you know it.
All said and done, the film is surely high on creativity, but is highly low on cake on which this creativity should have been the icing.
BOTTOM LINE: With a turtle called Milkha (the irony!), Nikhil Advani's Katti Batti is what you get when you take relationships too seriously and literally and make a film about it. Wait for DVD; but buy only when its price goes down to INR 49 on Amazon. And why not use the Mobikwik cashback offer on it?
Grade: D-
Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES
Lame!! Confusing!! Catastrophe!! The most confused director i have ever observed. He has placed himself at the helm of a sinking ship relying on such confusing plot, an unconvincing romance between co-stars.It was a tormenting journey throughout the movie and felt many times that it could have been ended right there. You want plot? Katti Batti is a very bad combination of 500 days of summer, sweet November,Striken and a few i don't remember.You will feel many times puzzled if i am watching the same movie.One of the most lame romantic movie of the year. My advice, if you are expecting a good Rom com movie by watching its trailer then don't go for it. It is boring, slack and stupid at many times. Avoid giving yourself a tormenting 135 minutes experience.
Only thing I want to appreciate is the promo making team, who juiced up all the good stuff in promo that rest remained tasteless and baseless. Surprisingly first creative film making team must have thought about climax then, hurriedly and illogically started journey to find it's beginning but fails badly in it. There is nothing in name of story except pushed emotional climax, which makes you laugh instead of cry. Yes, if they have come up with good scenes then this climax could have been worked a bit but alias what could they have done with black comedy expert main male lead, which can evoke laughter in any emotional scene as it is cake walk for him. Screenplay succeeds completely to create confusing characters, irritating comedy and non relating emotional scenes. Script tries hard to give you the feeling that lead couple should be together but after few minutes you pray that they shouldn't. What is the irony of script!! Film starts with some amateur shooting video but it is most amateurish and long that you get the first bitter taste of remaining dish in few minutes only. How they break characters, in a scene they show a businessman is of tainted character but what was the need of showing him! Yes, he was the father of opponent but then why! Just because you felt the way of showing it very smart. They show taxi's both window half open and then male lead closing it. I didn't get what intelligence was behind it! Boy running behind car of girl, this shot is obsolete in today's cinema. Tortoise emotional angle is just flat, somehow you feel sympathy for tortoise but not for couple. Pre climax sequence of boat chasing in pond is most irritating. Performance wise, one can dare to cast Imran Khan if film has any emotional angle. He is as unbalanced as much he could have been. Kangana Ranaut looks complete reluctant. She is very average with a peculiar hair style. #MithilaParkar as Komal, younger sister is very good. She is completely balanced. Music by Shankar Ehassan Loy have tracks "Lip To Lip De Kissiyan" , Sau Aansu Roye Do Ankhiyan" and " Ishaq Da Rutba", which are good.
- dineshprakash
- Sep 17, 2015
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7 only for the last 20 or odd minutes.. I feel like that's when story starts.. If you keep your patience till the last you will feel its worth a watch.. Yup movie could have been better in a thousand ways but its what it is and rater than criticizing it badly lets try and be fair and like this movie for what it is.. Obviously Imran and Kangana have done a heck of a job.. Kangana Suits best for climax and Imran for rest of movie.. May be a different cast would have done the job.. Other actors where just pain for eyes.. They just couldn't pull it through and they did have a important part for story to move on.. You could not like this movie but certainly can't hate this one at least it leaves a small impact inside you..
- darrelwilliam
- Jan 15, 2016
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The film has a story which is not new or fresh as love stories like this have been attempted in Hindi cinema before also. It is loosely inspired by Hollywood films 500 Days Of Summer, Sweet November and Chasing Amy.
One more point about the screenplay which keeps troubling the audience is that too much time is devoted to Maddy trying to locate Payal. In today's time, tracing a loved one can't be as difficult as it becomes for Maddy. Therefore, rather than the audience feeling sad for Maddy, it ends up feeling irritated at his, so to say, inability and dumbness. Showing Maddy running (and literally, many times) in search of Payal looks rather silly.On the whole, Katti Batti lacks the depth of an intense love story and also lacks entertaining moments. Its tension-ridden climax is another minus point, from the box-office point of view. It will end up as a losing proposal as it fails to not only entertain but also emotionally move the audience. It wastes our time most comprehensively and completely.
One more point about the screenplay which keeps troubling the audience is that too much time is devoted to Maddy trying to locate Payal. In today's time, tracing a loved one can't be as difficult as it becomes for Maddy. Therefore, rather than the audience feeling sad for Maddy, it ends up feeling irritated at his, so to say, inability and dumbness. Showing Maddy running (and literally, many times) in search of Payal looks rather silly.On the whole, Katti Batti lacks the depth of an intense love story and also lacks entertaining moments. Its tension-ridden climax is another minus point, from the box-office point of view. It will end up as a losing proposal as it fails to not only entertain but also emotionally move the audience. It wastes our time most comprehensively and completely.
See the movie with your better half. And wait till the end, when all gets revealed to you.
If you like 500 days of summer or something that keeps you interested then a good movie. The actors are just not that professionals to act in THIS serious movie. But the comedy is priceless. 20 min of comedy is in there.
And for what happens in the movie, it all adds up to the events that lead to the the end. Cant push how mush it is necessary to see the end after watching the whole movie
And for the supporting rolls. They are a hit or miss. This movie really forces those supporting actors to play in important roll. Some of the actors are great but some fall short.
Hope you like the movie, me and my wife liked it. But loved the story
If you like 500 days of summer or something that keeps you interested then a good movie. The actors are just not that professionals to act in THIS serious movie. But the comedy is priceless. 20 min of comedy is in there.
And for what happens in the movie, it all adds up to the events that lead to the the end. Cant push how mush it is necessary to see the end after watching the whole movie
And for the supporting rolls. They are a hit or miss. This movie really forces those supporting actors to play in important roll. Some of the actors are great but some fall short.
Hope you like the movie, me and my wife liked it. But loved the story
- saeedsaund92
- Dec 4, 2015
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Today i decided to saw this film i thought today its off from my job so lets watch the movie i decided to watched the afternoon show. I thought it would be interesting as they said comedy and romance but after watched i realized this movie is blood sucker nothing more. If you really want to save your time and money do not go for it instead of this just go for Everest if you have this in your city but do not watch Katti Batti I do not understand what Director of this movie thought before created this. I just wasted my time today on this so guys i hope you wont do this. But in Last its all your choice everyone has own opinions.
- tejasviknight
- Sep 17, 2015
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- tiblada-983-897798
- Jan 22, 2016
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- jmoneyjohal
- Sep 17, 2015
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This could well be the last film, for both the Director Nikhil Advani and Actor Imran Khan, when viewers will take note of them seriously. The film is targeted to multiplex movie-goers of metros with Hollywood inspired story telling style. The movie opens up well, as was the trailer of the movie which generated some interest among the target audience, but as we move along the story, the viewers feel cheated and deprived of the value for their money. The first half of the movie was so badly presented, trying to copy from Hollywood movies, that the last 15-20 min of the movie which was the best part of the movie helped by fine performance by ever improving Kangna Ranaut, instead of leaving the viewers in tears left them laughing at poker-face of Imran Khan and that is the irony of the movie.
The film is centred around Imran Khan in (500) days of summer style of story telling. The offence of the Director is not just in failed attempt of copying 4-5 Hollywood movies but he gave little interest in character building of both Imran Khan and Kangana Ranaut. The role of Kangana, who is enjoying form of her life giving awesome performance in Queen and Tanu weds manu returns, in the movie except for last 15-20 min was meagre and she was left with only showcasing colorful, out of the world type dresses and ill-make up-ed hairstyles. The direction was good in only parts, trailer being better than the movie, and one wonders whether the movie is directed by some Ad director. Although, couple of song sequence was nicely filmed. The fight sequence in college, a sequence where Imran Khan pushes the bike while Kangana is still seated as pillion and a sequence in which Imran Khan's sister argues using facebook to convince Imran Khan that Kangana Ranaut is not committed to him is laughable, viewers's expect a lot better from the director.
The supporting characters in the film are out of the world with a turtle as pet named Milkha, a south Indian boss who jumps and shouts at a decible which nearly ruptured viewers' eardrums, Imran Khan's sister who just tries to imitate the role of girl in (500) days of summer, college friends who can do anything to save 'not-so-dude' drunk guy from being caught by his parents, a male protagonist's best friend, a female protagonist's friend who is more worried about some Rs. 5 lac toilet seat pot than the condition of depressed Imran Khan and then there is a band group, every member of which is ditched by their better half, named F.O.S.L.A acronym for Frustrated One Sided Lover's Association, some may find it as newly invented word but the name is also borrowed from a not so famous Prakash Jha produced film Dil Dosti etc. The music of the film is average and one soon forget it as he/she steps out of the hall.
The biggest let down of the movie is undoubtedly Imran Khan. The whole movie was centred around him but he gave a very poker-faced performance where he should have tried harder to twitch a facial muscle or two. In many sequences his acting made it look an average scene which should have been emotionally exhaustive scenes. His acting in later, serious part of the movie was summed up by the viewers' laughters in the partially filled hall where the director would have intended the spectators to shed some tears.
Overall, the movie is a big let down and raises the question mark on the future career path of both director Nikhil Advani and the male protagonist Imran Khan.
The film is centred around Imran Khan in (500) days of summer style of story telling. The offence of the Director is not just in failed attempt of copying 4-5 Hollywood movies but he gave little interest in character building of both Imran Khan and Kangana Ranaut. The role of Kangana, who is enjoying form of her life giving awesome performance in Queen and Tanu weds manu returns, in the movie except for last 15-20 min was meagre and she was left with only showcasing colorful, out of the world type dresses and ill-make up-ed hairstyles. The direction was good in only parts, trailer being better than the movie, and one wonders whether the movie is directed by some Ad director. Although, couple of song sequence was nicely filmed. The fight sequence in college, a sequence where Imran Khan pushes the bike while Kangana is still seated as pillion and a sequence in which Imran Khan's sister argues using facebook to convince Imran Khan that Kangana Ranaut is not committed to him is laughable, viewers's expect a lot better from the director.
The supporting characters in the film are out of the world with a turtle as pet named Milkha, a south Indian boss who jumps and shouts at a decible which nearly ruptured viewers' eardrums, Imran Khan's sister who just tries to imitate the role of girl in (500) days of summer, college friends who can do anything to save 'not-so-dude' drunk guy from being caught by his parents, a male protagonist's best friend, a female protagonist's friend who is more worried about some Rs. 5 lac toilet seat pot than the condition of depressed Imran Khan and then there is a band group, every member of which is ditched by their better half, named F.O.S.L.A acronym for Frustrated One Sided Lover's Association, some may find it as newly invented word but the name is also borrowed from a not so famous Prakash Jha produced film Dil Dosti etc. The music of the film is average and one soon forget it as he/she steps out of the hall.
The biggest let down of the movie is undoubtedly Imran Khan. The whole movie was centred around him but he gave a very poker-faced performance where he should have tried harder to twitch a facial muscle or two. In many sequences his acting made it look an average scene which should have been emotionally exhaustive scenes. His acting in later, serious part of the movie was summed up by the viewers' laughters in the partially filled hall where the director would have intended the spectators to shed some tears.
Overall, the movie is a big let down and raises the question mark on the future career path of both director Nikhil Advani and the male protagonist Imran Khan.
- desicheguevara
- Sep 20, 2015
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- prateek-singh1385-413-634926
- Jan 18, 2016
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Ever since Imran Khan's JTYJN and Kangana's Fashion I wanted to see them on the big screen, I luv'em both a lot and they are both so talented and cute looking.
For some years I was into Russian culture so I barely watched any hindi movie, until recently that I heard in dono me movie agaya hai. I was so happy, remembering Imran Khan's interview in 2010 saying he'd like to do a movie with Kangana. I checked the IMDb and was shocked by the rating but I loved them too much to not give this movie a try.
Even though watching them together was a treat, Kangana looking incredibly gorrrrg and Imran looking as handsome as always, the movie was a mess. I couldn't help but fast forwarding it. I never thought I'd say this someday about a Kangana and Imran movie but, Not at all recommended!!!
- noonoonomore
- Jul 30, 2018
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- faisalfaves
- Dec 2, 2015
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Katti Batti is like watching poor watching version of "Sweet November". Boy met girl they both fell in love and one day " snap" girl left the boy without saying anything. We have seen all these kind of stuff in many movies and we have this again. Katti Batti is extremely boring, dull and way too much dragged. Too many loopholes in plot and complete half baked story is the biggest drawback.
What's good : The chemistry between Imran and Kangana looks good and carried well. Picturization of song lip to lip is done very well.. Apart from that nothing holds you to entertain.
What's Bad : So many things... Sleek storyline, dull and dragging plot as I told already. Some stupid jokes which not going to make u lol.. and comic scenes are forcefully pushed between nowhere... Supporting cast seems like took for granted all they can have is address and contact number & rescuing Imran khan from another heart break... too dramatic scenes like " maa ke kangan" and pet like " Milkha" seriously..???
Now main star cast.. Imran Khan... He is the main star of the movie and he tried so much to make this movie work and somehow it worked... but all we know it's not his fault. It's his choice of movies. Emotional scenes are carried nicely by him but sometimes it's not...
Now kangana.. honestly the reason I saw this movie is bcoz of her and I really disappointed coz she's hardly there. After making some brilliant movies why did she drained all her versatility by doing this kind of stuff where she don't have anything to do... I really wanna ask her what she did and why??
Now we have Nikhil Advani.. I think after kal ho na ho. He forget how to make a good movie. And it seems like he is giving competition to sajid khan and others like him to make more craps... so I really wanna tell him that take as much as time you want. Come with a good story and make something which makes us forget what mess he done after kal ho na...
All in all Katti Batti has nothing to offer anything new.. it's just old, boring and insensible movie wrapped into old and boring love story and too much emotions that makes you nothing but yawn... don't waste Ur time or money on that..
What's good : The chemistry between Imran and Kangana looks good and carried well. Picturization of song lip to lip is done very well.. Apart from that nothing holds you to entertain.
What's Bad : So many things... Sleek storyline, dull and dragging plot as I told already. Some stupid jokes which not going to make u lol.. and comic scenes are forcefully pushed between nowhere... Supporting cast seems like took for granted all they can have is address and contact number & rescuing Imran khan from another heart break... too dramatic scenes like " maa ke kangan" and pet like " Milkha" seriously..???
Now main star cast.. Imran Khan... He is the main star of the movie and he tried so much to make this movie work and somehow it worked... but all we know it's not his fault. It's his choice of movies. Emotional scenes are carried nicely by him but sometimes it's not...
Now kangana.. honestly the reason I saw this movie is bcoz of her and I really disappointed coz she's hardly there. After making some brilliant movies why did she drained all her versatility by doing this kind of stuff where she don't have anything to do... I really wanna ask her what she did and why??
Now we have Nikhil Advani.. I think after kal ho na ho. He forget how to make a good movie. And it seems like he is giving competition to sajid khan and others like him to make more craps... so I really wanna tell him that take as much as time you want. Come with a good story and make something which makes us forget what mess he done after kal ho na...
All in all Katti Batti has nothing to offer anything new.. it's just old, boring and insensible movie wrapped into old and boring love story and too much emotions that makes you nothing but yawn... don't waste Ur time or money on that..
- pradeep_fun6
- Sep 17, 2015
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Evening show on the first day of release , I must have been pretty excited to watch this one . The movie doesn't disappoint as a whole package especially for the romantic breed. Few comic punches , a bit slow story (slightly predictable) line and good songs make it worth an evening . The great cinematography and awesome singing of Ritu pathak and Nikhil Dsouza in 'Lip to Lip' alone carries half the charm of the movie and certainly gives you a tune to hum around. Somewhat slow towards the end , the director somehow manages well to show the different aspects of a love life ,though picturized more on Imran Khan , left me wishing more screen space and time for Kangana who effortlessly grabbed the presence off Imran. Overall a decent movie.. Go Watch..
- doctan2002
- Sep 17, 2015
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- pradeepsep-00937
- Sep 19, 2015
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Well first of all I am absolutely shocked by the critics' negative reviews about this movie! This movie has proved to be one great entertainer! Katti Batti has the potential to touch your hearts! This movie has much of Imran Khan who is back after a long term break! And yes..he's actually back! The first half of the movie tickle's your funny bone! It makes you laugh and makes you feel that yes, love is there around you! The second half of the movie strikes the emotional chords! And the last 20 minutes of the movie leaves you with teary eyes! There is less of Kangana in Katti Batti! But her performance though less, is a strong an appreciable one! On the whole Katti Batti is a great watch! All the performances are great and entertaining! Go watch this flick and ignore the critics :)
- harnoor_517
- Sep 17, 2015
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- binducherungath
- Sep 18, 2015
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Before the release, it was being speculated by many that probably Kangna Ranaut will rescue the film with her 'bindaas character' continuing from where she left in QUEEN or TANU WEDS MANU series. But personally I was quite firm on the conclusion that its rarely an actor that can save a badly conceived film not supported by any fine writing and direction. As a matter of fact, we recently saw the same happening with Kangnaonly in her poorly made projects such as REVOLVER RANI and the ill fated I LOVE NY. Yet many were still having a lot of faith on the actress that unfortunately gets completely shattered into pieces with her latest KATTI BATTI.
Directed by Nikhil Advani, who delivered another lousy film HERO just last Friday (entirely depending upon the visible support coming from its producer Salman Khan), KATTI BATTI is nothing but another of those FILLER PRODUCTS made by the big production houses as per their commitment to serve the multiplexes on a regular basis. KATTI BATTI begins on a decent note (with the Kissiyan song shot/edited well), but then suddenly shifts on to such an awful gear accompanied by a mediocre soundtrack that literally makes you ask that does Kangna really considers herself a great actress with a newly found exceptional understanding of cinema? And did Nikhil Advani actually directed KAL HO NA HO or D-DAY himself or it was Karan Johar and some other creative mind behind those much better attempts?
Moreover the film also makes you strongly question many of these lesser talented new age 'star-sons-daughters-nephews and nieces' that, do they realise that whatever they have achieved till date is all because of their gifted 'surnames' and not related to any of their inherited talents? Plus have they ever thought that in what number we have much more talented people struggling their ways towards a single chance that simply gets taken away by a 'now available star-son', who certainly has a more saleable market due to his family linkage, eventually spreading a much stronger feeling of discrimination, stress and bitterness among them all.
However leaving the thought here for their individual introspection standing in front of the mirror, I would specifically like to address Kangna Ranaut, who tried hard to stop the release of I LOVE NY a few weeks back as it was a 'stuck movie' lying in cans since 2012. And if the 'National award winner' actress sincerely considered KATTI BATTI a much better film than I LOVE NY, then it certainly puts a big question mark on whatever film-writing courses she had supposedly done in the recent years. Because I LOVE NY at least had some kind of novelty in its basic theme that couldn't be executed well by its director-duo.
In short, revolving around the same old theme of a terminally ill person sacrificing the love for all (as earlier seen in the director's KAL HO NA HO), here we have Imran Khaneffortlessly sleep walking in the entire film along with Kangna, who also turns out to be quite 'unimpressive' even in her 'bold scenes and dialogues' proving a known fact that it's the combination of a talented WRITER & DIRECTOR that makes the much appreciated reputation of an ACTOR but not the other way round.
In the end, I would simply like to add that these big production houses keep serving us with the same content again and again and again, because we actually let them do so making no protests of any kind whatsoever as a paying viewer. So till we decide to show some concerning guts, this arrogant act of making such repetitive and ridiculous movies would continue as always without any major hindrance.
Oh!, just forgot to mention AAMIR KHAN, the perfectionist uncle of KATTI BATTI's leading actor, who probably had helped in the film's editing too as per an 'unconfirmed' news.
Who says AAMIR KHAN is not a great actor? In fact if a person can cry watching KATTI BATTI saying it really moved him a lot ...... then he surely is the greatest actor on the whole planet to say the least!
Directed by Nikhil Advani, who delivered another lousy film HERO just last Friday (entirely depending upon the visible support coming from its producer Salman Khan), KATTI BATTI is nothing but another of those FILLER PRODUCTS made by the big production houses as per their commitment to serve the multiplexes on a regular basis. KATTI BATTI begins on a decent note (with the Kissiyan song shot/edited well), but then suddenly shifts on to such an awful gear accompanied by a mediocre soundtrack that literally makes you ask that does Kangna really considers herself a great actress with a newly found exceptional understanding of cinema? And did Nikhil Advani actually directed KAL HO NA HO or D-DAY himself or it was Karan Johar and some other creative mind behind those much better attempts?
Moreover the film also makes you strongly question many of these lesser talented new age 'star-sons-daughters-nephews and nieces' that, do they realise that whatever they have achieved till date is all because of their gifted 'surnames' and not related to any of their inherited talents? Plus have they ever thought that in what number we have much more talented people struggling their ways towards a single chance that simply gets taken away by a 'now available star-son', who certainly has a more saleable market due to his family linkage, eventually spreading a much stronger feeling of discrimination, stress and bitterness among them all.
However leaving the thought here for their individual introspection standing in front of the mirror, I would specifically like to address Kangna Ranaut, who tried hard to stop the release of I LOVE NY a few weeks back as it was a 'stuck movie' lying in cans since 2012. And if the 'National award winner' actress sincerely considered KATTI BATTI a much better film than I LOVE NY, then it certainly puts a big question mark on whatever film-writing courses she had supposedly done in the recent years. Because I LOVE NY at least had some kind of novelty in its basic theme that couldn't be executed well by its director-duo.
In short, revolving around the same old theme of a terminally ill person sacrificing the love for all (as earlier seen in the director's KAL HO NA HO), here we have Imran Khaneffortlessly sleep walking in the entire film along with Kangna, who also turns out to be quite 'unimpressive' even in her 'bold scenes and dialogues' proving a known fact that it's the combination of a talented WRITER & DIRECTOR that makes the much appreciated reputation of an ACTOR but not the other way round.
In the end, I would simply like to add that these big production houses keep serving us with the same content again and again and again, because we actually let them do so making no protests of any kind whatsoever as a paying viewer. So till we decide to show some concerning guts, this arrogant act of making such repetitive and ridiculous movies would continue as always without any major hindrance.
Oh!, just forgot to mention AAMIR KHAN, the perfectionist uncle of KATTI BATTI's leading actor, who probably had helped in the film's editing too as per an 'unconfirmed' news.
Who says AAMIR KHAN is not a great actor? In fact if a person can cry watching KATTI BATTI saying it really moved him a lot ...... then he surely is the greatest actor on the whole planet to say the least!
A film that ends with patti shatti!
A long drab that tried desperately to make the viewer cry but failed at it coz' the viewer was already dead watching the pathetic pranks of college going idiots!!
Story line:
A negligibly dressed college female instantaneously falls in love with a dope male. She was in a relationship with another guy but she left him for the dope. She made a very quick decision here.
Female was rich whereas the dope was not as rich as her – just belonged to a middle class family.
Male and female are shown in compromising position in a small car – smooching and all – but indication is given that they were just cuddling kissing etc and not 'eff-ing'. Which also means that the girl – although who dressed mostly like how 'sl*ts' dress in India (that is what 90% of Indians believe btw. That a female who dresses up cheaply gives out vibes of being available and is game to jump on bed with anyone who catches her fancy! – yes, I know many people will scream and shout after reading the above line – but I am stating facts – and truth is always bitter) - she was a pure virgin – i.e. she had not even slept with her previous boyfriend (quite possible though). Then the dope and the rich female decide to live together! Wow! Such a modern thought that was!
Then they mock at the sanctity of marriage! They pull in the dustbin, light the garbage lying in it – and start taking rounds of it (pheres) and then dive on bed...again! So basically this scene shows the utter failure of the institution of marriage! Both were from different family backgrounds – yet both mocked at marriage! The dope's parents seemed pretty simple and decent who must have done everything to raise their children as best as they could – but still their son turned out to be a drunkard and frivolous idiot who happily started to live together with a female. The female's parents are not shown in the film – but looks like they were filthy rich and let their daughter enjoy trips abroad and do whatever she felt like – live in, live out, not live – whatever! Then they started to fight. They parted ways. Later dope came to know that the female used to purposely fight with him because she was suffering from cancer – brain cancer I think – and hardly had any time left with her ...so she wanted him to hate her and start life afresh! Dope finds out and brings her back to his dilapidated apartment. She dies in the shabby surroundings.
Conclusion – What can such dumb fools achieve by surviving anyway? Such frivolous fools bring forth more confused brats on planet earth and ruin the progress of the world! Such live-in fools can continue living –in but not bring forth children before wedlock because ultimately it is children born to such irresponsible idiots that create all the ruckus in the world!
USP - The potty training scene by Kangana-
There is something called potty –training that responsible parents (mothers especially) teach infants during their infanthood! Seems the dope's mom never gave him any potty training...and ultimately the rich female had to impart this basic knowledge to the dope! So basically even if she had not died of cancer – they would still have parted ways – a rich female belonging to high class and culture could not have continued to live with some uncouth middle class loser male for long...
A long drab that tried desperately to make the viewer cry but failed at it coz' the viewer was already dead watching the pathetic pranks of college going idiots!!
Story line:
A negligibly dressed college female instantaneously falls in love with a dope male. She was in a relationship with another guy but she left him for the dope. She made a very quick decision here.
Female was rich whereas the dope was not as rich as her – just belonged to a middle class family.
Male and female are shown in compromising position in a small car – smooching and all – but indication is given that they were just cuddling kissing etc and not 'eff-ing'. Which also means that the girl – although who dressed mostly like how 'sl*ts' dress in India (that is what 90% of Indians believe btw. That a female who dresses up cheaply gives out vibes of being available and is game to jump on bed with anyone who catches her fancy! – yes, I know many people will scream and shout after reading the above line – but I am stating facts – and truth is always bitter) - she was a pure virgin – i.e. she had not even slept with her previous boyfriend (quite possible though). Then the dope and the rich female decide to live together! Wow! Such a modern thought that was!
Then they mock at the sanctity of marriage! They pull in the dustbin, light the garbage lying in it – and start taking rounds of it (pheres) and then dive on bed...again! So basically this scene shows the utter failure of the institution of marriage! Both were from different family backgrounds – yet both mocked at marriage! The dope's parents seemed pretty simple and decent who must have done everything to raise their children as best as they could – but still their son turned out to be a drunkard and frivolous idiot who happily started to live together with a female. The female's parents are not shown in the film – but looks like they were filthy rich and let their daughter enjoy trips abroad and do whatever she felt like – live in, live out, not live – whatever! Then they started to fight. They parted ways. Later dope came to know that the female used to purposely fight with him because she was suffering from cancer – brain cancer I think – and hardly had any time left with her ...so she wanted him to hate her and start life afresh! Dope finds out and brings her back to his dilapidated apartment. She dies in the shabby surroundings.
Conclusion – What can such dumb fools achieve by surviving anyway? Such frivolous fools bring forth more confused brats on planet earth and ruin the progress of the world! Such live-in fools can continue living –in but not bring forth children before wedlock because ultimately it is children born to such irresponsible idiots that create all the ruckus in the world!
USP - The potty training scene by Kangana-
There is something called potty –training that responsible parents (mothers especially) teach infants during their infanthood! Seems the dope's mom never gave him any potty training...and ultimately the rich female had to impart this basic knowledge to the dope! So basically even if she had not died of cancer – they would still have parted ways – a rich female belonging to high class and culture could not have continued to live with some uncouth middle class loser male for long...
Awfully scripted, badly acted, lame comedic and pathetic musicality. These are what you would see in this movie. Watch promos/trailers instead. I had high expectations from Kangana before the release. But after seeing couple of reviews, I brought myself down to a level to avoid total disappointment. But it did not help.
I can totally understand why people walked out of the theater midway. Felt bad about Imran because of this consistent bad choice of movies. He lost another chance. Kangana would be surely grounded now. Its been a while she was in the air.
My Rating: Acting: 3, Direction : 3, Script: 3, Cinematography: 6, Music: 3
I can totally understand why people walked out of the theater midway. Felt bad about Imran because of this consistent bad choice of movies. He lost another chance. Kangana would be surely grounded now. Its been a while she was in the air.
My Rating: Acting: 3, Direction : 3, Script: 3, Cinematography: 6, Music: 3
- ramendas21
- Sep 20, 2015
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