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90's masala popcorn films are back thanks to movies like Wanted , Dabangg , Rowdy Rathore. Unfortunate part is that movies are getting repeated and outdone and the essence of the flavor is dying. Kill Dil tries hard to entertain you but falls flat on the face.

Kill Dill tells the story of two orphans raised by a godfather who turns out to be hit-men. Things go wrong after one of them falls in love with a girl and leaves the gang to lead a peaceful and normal life away from guns and violence.

From the director of Bunty aur Babli and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, not much was expected from Shaad Ali. The lousy direction , insensible screenplay and terrible story gives you a headache which you never asked especially from stars like Parineeti Chopra, Renveer Singh and Govinda. There is no plot here and frequent insertion of songs just spoils the entire mood of the film. Music is a complete letdown. Art direction and cinematography is decent. Ranveer Singh and Parineeti Chopra disappoints big time. For the first time in their career , he does not do justice to his role. The veteran Govinda is wasted.

Overall, Kill Dil is loud, lousy and unconvincing. Not recommended. 1/5

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Sometimes, when you feel pressure to do something new and try to make something unusual, there would be chances of wrong landing. It happened here. Somehow, it is overcooked. Story is very simple and routine, so making it new, makers stuffed it with unjustified incidents and old twists and turns. Screenplay does not offer anything new. Like, for showing hero good nature to girl he feeds poor kids in Dhaba, is so many times told. Hats off to dialogues. They are just brilliant and make any normal scene interesting. Chemistry between both male lead is impressive but it lacks in most of the love scenes. I was happy in first half but when it came to interval, I was sensing that second half may have been least interesting and alias it happened. Climax came abruptly and without any justification. There is not a single police investigation of all the murders but suddenly they shown in a single scene!!? Why!? I had already accepted that there is no law and order at all but this small scene broke all my assumptions. Performance wise Ali Zafer is impressive. His looks and expressions match very well. Ranveer Singh is good but not in emotional scenes at all. You will smile while watching him cry. Govinda is balanced. Parineeti Chopda is fine. Music by Shankar-Ehsan-Loy is good. The track " Sajde kiya re" is melodious.

From the first look of its promo, Kill Dill brought an implicit association with the Quentin Tarantino brand of pulp fiction - heroes in cool leather jackets and dark sunglasses, slow-mo gunshots against a pale-yellow textured template, sly humor, whistle score akin to cowboys genre and an undercurrent of gleeful violence that runs through the narrative.And with an interesting line-up of actors , it appeared as if director Shaadi Ali was in a serious attempt to resurrect his image after the disastrous Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.Despite a promising start and a premise ripe with potential,Kill Dill fizzes out like a con cracker.

Set in the hinterland, somewhere in the Delhi-NCR suburbs, it tells the story of two friends, Dev(Ranveer Singh) and Tutu(Ali Zafar) who are raised by the grizzly don, Bhaiyaji(Govinda)when he finds these two orphans lying in a garbage dump , to become contract shooters.Without much of insights, we are given glimpses of the camaraderie between these two boys and their fetish for bullets and beer.Shaad establishes the fact they have a tough exterior but soft at heart.All is well till Dev falls in love with the vivacious Disha(Parineeti Chopra) who rehabilitates criminals for a career but is oblivious of Dev's tinted past.Conscience hits Dev and he decides to abandon the world of crime, which doesn't go well with Bhaiyaji.

Should I go ahead with the plot? Well,its a pure cliché, which is churned into a cauldron of romance, ample naach-gaana,daru-shaaru and action.A lot of energy is infused by the flamboyant Ranveer who proves his mettle at comedy yet again with terrific one-liners.He is ably armed with the perky and piquant Parineeti who is effortless as far as the acting chops go , but crippled with outrageous styling and ill-sketched characterization.A series of SMS exchanges between the duo provides genuine 'LOL' moments.Equally noteworthy is the job interview sequence which lands Ranveer up in desperation to crack.Ali Zafar provides the balancing act here with his self-restrain while Govinda makes a praise-worthy comeback in a negative role.In fact, with the catchy soundtracks ( Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy)and the veteran's signature steps, it does manage to keep you in the groove.

In spite of all these positives, Kill Dill is muddled with a hackneyed script and over-simplistic treatment which doesn't give any depth to the characters and you know you are tricked only when it ends abruptly , after running a little more than two hours.If you want to know my verdict, I would label it as another Yashraj flick with an infamous 'style over substance' tag.

Rating :2.5/5

It has crime that doesn't make any sense. The actors are not sure what they are doing. The lead actress is completely clueless although being beauty with brain. It is a nonsensical crime drama which doesn't have any story at all and the climax is horrible. No entertainment whatsoever in the entire movie. It is one of the worst movies I watched in theatres.

Another Bollywood film that makes no sense at all. from comic angle to an extent first half may be a time pass for the people . but as the film progressed its harder to sustain such a boring film. could watch for one time if you are fan of actors then after watching u may regret some of the story and think about what you saw especially in the second half . do not regret if u missed the film wait a month and watch happily from your own couch on the T.V sets.Songs may be one time watchable probably you tube music videos may be sufficient enough. One word Comic mostly first half Painful boring narration in the latter parts.

Why Govinda? A Performer like you (even in this one also) choose this duffer script for your comeback or just you only see the Yash raj Banner?

Why Ranveer? An actor like you, for whom girls will die for, choose this script to show your power packed acting or just you only try to make Aditya Chopra happy?

N Parineeti if stereotyped smile n eye rotations are the criteria for your getting movies , please take rest for few days and learn acting first.

Old story, poor songs (not a single one you remember before the next one ), failed back ground score and not but least a PATHETIC SCRIPT .

"A COMPLETE DISASTER"

Shaad Ali you completely killed my Dill.

Rest in peace Kill/Dill

Note: (For which now I may be criticize) : Ali Zafar , your new style make you look like Indian Johnny Depp. Awesomeness Unlimited

The storyline is so much predictable that it seemed that a 10 year old kid wrote this. Only the music of the movie stands out.

I don't understand why there are many average about this movie. It has good humour, music and storyline. Govinda And Ali Zafar have done good job.

Disappointed hugely with this latest offering from director Shaad Ali (of SAATHIYA & BUNTY AND BABLI fame), made with such a lame attitude and casual writing, it gives me no energy to review it in details. So here is a brief account of what they showed us in their promos and what the film had in its 2 hours of duration offering simply nothing of that sort, ridiculing the audience yet again.

Keeping a title inspired from Quentin Tarantino's cult classic KILL BILL, if you think they tried to follow anything related to that film in execution, storytelling or else, then forget about it completely since the film is not even interested in that.

Looking at the exciting promos, if you are expecting a great time with the trio and a lovely lady enacting on a fresh script from the team, then you are gravely mistaken as YRF Studios have just rehashed their mediocre GUNDAY, converting it into a lousy love story presenting it as a new release, considering the audience as a bunch of dumb minds sitting in the theaters once again.

Considering its unusual cast ensemble if one thinks Govinda is there to make a strong comeback then he or she is going to be hugely disheartened as despite making an honest effort, the veteran remains wasted due to the film's inane writing giving him a confused character, who enters the screen without any great build up and then suddenly starts singing & dancing like a professional performer ruining his own persona of a Don.

Moreover, after a fine initial 30 minutes with Ranveer, he becomes stereotyped and takes away the major portion of the film ignoring the others. Ali Zafartries hard but seems to be misfit in the venture right from the word go. And Parineetihas nothing new to do in the film, so fails to impress with a completely seen before portrayal on the screen making no impact whatsoever.

The film begins with a flashback exactly like GUNDAY, makes some impression in its first few sequences and then becomes so tedious to watch that I would like to rate it as one of those poor films that make your 2 hours in theater like a whole day spent there in the dark taking several small naps. Delhi is taken as the backdrop just blindly following the current trend and the dialogues even tend to become vulgar as the film progresses. The likable music loses all its charm due to its bad timings and average compositions. Plus the technical department fails to rise above the routine despite the background score drawing your attention in its opening.

In short, I found only two things worth mentioning in KILL DIL. One the lyrics by maestro Gulzar and his mesmerizing voice-over used in few timely sequences. And two the innovative way of beginning the song Sweeta, with a radio commentary by Ranveer giving all the credits. But apart from these two insertions, KILL DIL simply deserves to be ignored and Shaad Ali really misses the train making such a terrible film, wasting a huge opportunity in hands. How could you do it Shaad…… especially with Govinda? and…….. What are you doing Aditya with the Yash Raj Banner churning out such trashes?

This may be just another old story packaged and presented anew..but, it is way better than the happy new year's or the ram Leela's. I enjoyed the movie from the word go. True, it had way too many songs and the second half crumbled..but shaad Ali has made a decent movie. It was a tribute to the Tarantino style of movie making..not a copy. Performance wise, the two actors that stood out..were govinda and Ali zafar. Ranveer singh was good but with Ali zafar sharing screen space, I wasn't able to focus on ranveer. His baritone, swag and expressions were superb. Govinda was fabulous as the menacing bhaiyyaji. Parineeti tried too hard. And it came through. Her roles was also written badly. The ending was terrible though. It was one of those mass pleasers and did not fit in with the rest of the twisted story. Ali zafar's character was suddenly reduced to a bungling idiot at the end. I still give this movie a 8..for me it was way way better than the illogical masala potboilers our directors keep churning out without an iota of creativity, story or fresh appeal.

On a lazy sunday afternoon switched on Amazon prime and decided to watch Ranveer Singh's KILL/DILL. Honestly the movie is good. I was put off by the ratings but this movie was really good. It had laughs, good bonding between Ali and ranveer. Good chemistry between ranveer and parineeti. Songs were terrible. The ending was very good, not the usual Bollywood ones which one would expect. Worth one-time watch.

Bollywood nowadays is coming up with films that are so bad that they are actually good. But this movie doesn't even fall under that category its a has a class of its own.

The story, lets consider it has one is about two hit man Dev (Ranveer Singh) and Tutu (Ali Zafar) who owe their life to Bhaiyaji (Govinda) because Bhaiyaji literally picked them up from dustbins and has raised them to be his hit men.Bhaiyaji calls them occasionally and hands them their target and which they finish off easily but who will kill us and free us from those poor jokes that Bhaiyaji cracks. 20 minutes into the movie after all the back story a song and some gun shots, of which not even one hits our hero's we meet Disha(Parineeti Chopra) who takes home a goon who saved from another goon for a after party at her friends home. At this point we know Parineeti does what is called as professional criminal rehabilitation who doesn't recognize criminals even when they say stuff like "I am shooting from the time you were not even inside your mother but your father" (rough translation). That explains why she is not good at her job and doesn't rehabilitate even one criminal through out the film. If anyone need rehabilitation its the audience after watching this film.

So Dev falls for her. Now Dev has a difficult choice of choosing between his godfather or his very recently acquired love interest. The rest of the plot you may have guessed by now Dev tries to become a well groomed man but Bhaiyaji won't let him. Bhaiyaji tries to convince him and blah.. blah.. blah...

The plot has so many holes that you could push the whole Qutub Minar through it(pun intended). Bollywood movies have reached a point where the less logic you apply the more you enjoy the film. The actors try but fail there is nothing they could have done about it. The script is just too weak. That makes you wonder if these people even read the script before signing such films. And do the makers even watch the rough cut of the film after making such pathetic films.

The only saving grace in the movie was Govinda, but he was just wasted in the movie. No clue why did he choose to be in the movie (apart from the money part). He was suppose to play a dark character, but it seems the writers and director didn't did their homework properly, and wasted an actor like Govinda, whose sheer presence is just needed to give a desired push upwards. The songs were coming as if there is nothing else to show in the movie. Every 15-20 mins there is a song... Pari, Ali and Ranveer played their part nicely. When would Indian film makers stop taking us for ride and will make some meaningful cinema. Please avoid the movie, if you guys can.

Kill Dil is straight out of the 80's. There is absolutely nothing new about the story. We have already seen countless movies based on the theme on which Kill Dill is set up.

Ranveer Singh is wasted so is Parineeti Chopra.Chopra has made a very bad choice this time.There was nothing to do for her. Ali Zaffar does his role honestly. Govinda is totally avoidable. He does not fit the role at all.

Shaad Ali is on a slippery slope since Saathiya. This movie does no better to take him up again. Music is below average except the title track.

Please avoid this movie. It turns out to be one of the duds of the year.

It is hard to write review of a movie when the entire team has done a done job because it is difficult to talk about one and not the other.

Whereas in the case of Kill Dil, writing a review is relatively easy because the entire team "Sucks".

The movie has fallen flat in every aspects, be it the story or the acting or the direction, the movie fails to expectation on every angle i.e., everything was disastrous.

I would also like to make a comment on the lead actors. Watching the lead cast over the last couple of years, it is easy to see their focus is changing from quality to quantity i.e, the number of films.

Hope it helps the other viewers.

Frankly speaking, I went to watch this film only for Govinda as I wanted to watch him in a new avatar after many years. The trailers looked good so I had expectations from it, but what turned out was a complete mess of a movie. Govinda, undoubtedly the most powerful actor of the film was made to sit on a rooftop for most parts of the film by the director and growl orders to his henchmen played by Ranveer and Ali Zafar and crack lame jokes with them. While he may have given his full effort to make himself look menacing as Bhaiyaji, the director Shaad Ali wasted it by his poor direction. The director has tried to give the movie a 'Tarantino movie' feel but has given no attention to the story which is a very poorly written one. I am not a fan of Ranveer Singh, but his performance in this movie is good and has given it much needed energy. Parineeti Chopra is wasted in a role of a social worker with only one thing to do, that is party hard and drink harder. Ali Zafar mostly keeps quiet throughout which is a good thing. Except for the title track no other song is great which starts playing on after every 10-15 minutes. I gave Kill Dil 4 stars because of 1.Govinda, 2.Ranveer's effort, 3.the title track, 4.Gulzar's lyrics. Otherwise it's boring and lazy.

'Kill Dil' Directed by Shaad Ali has a brisk first-hour, but a bland & boring second, which acts as a deterrent. The Film is partly entertaining, partly boring!

'Kill Dil' Synopsis: Two killers – Tutu (Ali Zafar) and Dev (Ranveer Singh) were nurtured by Bhaiyaji (Govinda) who trained them to be sharp shooters. Things take an unexpected turn when Dev falls in love with Disha (Parineeti Chopra) and decides to leave his violent life.

'Kill Dil' begins on an awesome note & the bromance between its protagonists works big time. Its the romantic-track, that gets tedious in the latter hour. Even the climax looked hurried & unconvincing. Also, the excessive usage of songs in its first & second-hour, only drag the film pointlessly.

The Screenplay isn't without merit, but it loses steam in the second-hour. A stronger second-hour was most certainly needed! The dialogue, however, are clever. Shaad Ali's Direction is average. Cinematography & Editing are superbly done. Music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is melodious, but the songs pop-up unnecessarily in the narrative.

Performance-Wise: Ranveer Singh is in terrific form, yet again! The talented actor enacts the love-struck young-blood with enviable energy & conviction. Ali Zafar supports Ranveer, wonderfully. Parineeti Chopra looks gorgeous & delivers a fair performance. Govinda springs a pleasant surprise. He nails it as the villain. Among Others, Alok Nath is restrained in a cameo.

On the whole, 'Kill Dil' is strictly a watchable fare, that's bogged down by a half-baked Screenplay.

Lost script, refreshing dialogs and plenty of melodrama, typical Yash Raj, Kill Dil had everything that a bollywood masala movie must have except for the X-Factor of the selective stars, maybe the aura of the legends that makes inconsequentially ordinary films work like charm. Songs were interesting, but you don't go watching films to listen to songs do you, we do not anymore live in the 60s and 70s Ali Zafar remains in a freeze on his Pakistani TV Series style of acting and a monotonous and now quite boring dialog delivery, he seems to be a fish out of the water with every passing film. Hasn't Ranveer Singh been playing the same typical roles in last 3-4 movies of his? He is as monotonous as Ali Zafar, in everything including his limited skill- sets in acting. Parineeti Chopra rules this film, though her disinclination for this project in evident in her performance. And last but not the least Govinda, he manages to inspire almost nothing trying to play Grey shades, he summoned awe in Shikari, somewhat, this character though was clueless and confused. Director is the one to be blamed, but hey its a Yash Raj films, you must not expect direction as such. The film lost me with its pace, continuity and story-line, not to mention the cinematography was as pathetic. Characters were not properly designed thus lousy portrayed. Ali Zafar's was the aimless most in the lot.

Bollywood needs some original ideas of its own, rather than borrowing 20-year-old concepts from the United States, if it wants to be a serious competitor in any real market.

Kill Dil, a movie about assassins, tries to compensate for its real lack of a plot by adding over- the-top cinematic sequences and Bollywood A-list actors. As India struggles to find an identity that will suit the younger and more socially liberal generation, Bollywood aims to balance modernized notions such as open affection and a playboy lifestyle with traditional ideals, and finds its niche as it has so many times before, in what films used to look like in the mid 90's.

What would have been the saving grace for Kill Dil would have been an original plot that, as so many blockbuster movies have done, deviated from stale concepts to provide a fresh perspective on what should be an exciting profession.

its an excellent movie yes there are things which one would relate to the 90s,but whats the harm in 90s.In 90s we had some of the best movies released. what do you look in a Hindi movie entertainment? songs? story? comedy? actors? this movie has everything its a complete masala movie,the songs are superb,gulzar saab and SEL are superb,the comedy in the movie actually makes u laugh and not like non sense comedy which we see in movies now a days and then they make 200 crores its much better than that 200 crore movies actors are good in the movie and fit their bill. this movie is a must watch movie every1 needs to see this movie,u will rarely see a movie which has combination of super music,amazing lyrics,good story,very good acting,and some sense making comedy. well done YRF and Shaad Ali

I'm surprised by the many average reviews this film is getting, in part because: 1. although not strictly a comedy, it's funnier than many other Bollywood films this year 2. has at least three killer music tracks 3. all four leads more than deliver in their respective roles 4. it features the return of Govinda (and it's a great part) 5. Ali Zafar has finally proved (as he did in Tere Bin Laden before being typecast) that there's more to him that formulaic rom-coms 6. it doesn't rely on endless and pointless stunts to form the narrative as many recent blockbusters have

Sure it's not perfect, the story has a familiarity to it (but what film doesn't these days?) and there are a couple of cringe-worthy moments; but I'd rather watch Kill Dil over again than many of the other half-baked 'blockbuster' efforts clocking up the rupee signs over the last 12 months.

Do yourself a favour, ignore the reviews and go check it out for yourself- you might be pleasantly surprised.

With such a star cast, you can't blame anyone for going to watch this film with a lot of expectation. Even then you look at Shaad Ali's portfolio of work with Saathiya (hit), Bunty aur Babli (hit) and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (super flop) and you wander whether there is a trend somewhere? Nevertheless, Kill Dil has you hooked at certain points, but lets you go in too many.

The first half of the film is excellent - fast paced and at the intermission you kind of have a feeling of what is to come and you're pretty excited but the second hand drags and is the real let down. Also the numerous amount of songs put the film down majorly. It is like every 10 minutes they need to sing and dance - why?! Yes I understand the film is also a comedy and has romance, but some of the songs were neither appropriate or decent! Whilst Bollywood continues to do this, it will also be far far away from Hollywood. The comedy is though, at times brilliant! Ranveer is rib-tickling funny with his silly dialogues and mannerisms.

Down to performances, and naturally as expected Ranveer Singh steals the show. The guy is fantastic and post Gunday, delivers yet another reputable role to his portfolio. Ali Zafar oozes class. He not only looks brilliant on screen with his long hair and beard, but brings that calm manner to the screen so well, while Ranveer is the energetic one. Their friendship on screen is shown very well and does remind of you of Jai Veeru in some ways. Parineeti Chopra looks a million dollars and plays her part with ease, however I think she needs to consider different types of roles that challenge her. Govinda is brilliant and it's good to see him back, albeit as a villain. I appreciate he was playing a Gangster, but there was no explanation into why he wanted to kill so many people?!

The music of the film is okay, but not amazing. The title track, Sajde and Baawre are my favourites. The rest of the songs are average and picturised even worse.

Overall Kill Dil is worth the watch for sure, and certainly go watch it for the performances, especially Ranveer's.