A wannabe
Shakespearean tale, making too much ado about nothing.
Given the nature of the film, love birds were seated all around me in the theater. As the opening credits rolled in, a couple seated beside me couldn’t stop whispering sweet nothings to each other. Since I was more interested in watching the on-screen love story unfold rather than the off-screen, I politely asked them to shut up. I couldn’t really blame them though when half of the theater got emptied even before the climax rolled in.
Mirzya is essentially about two lovers who struggle against all odds just to be with each other. Usually, dialogues and music come to your rescue if your story doesn’t work the charm. But in the case of Mirzya, the story is very commonplace; it has got nothing new to offer you. Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra (director) wanted to give the film the look of a fantasy, in which he only partially succeeded. Out of the many things that worked well for the film were its visuals which are bang on. I don’t know if the debutants would get any offers hereafter, but the art directors and graphic designers are bound to get some good work soon. If not anything else, the film managed to convey one universal message successfully- love is selfish. Harshavardhan Kapoor looks promising and partly charming, if I may say. I only struggled to like Saiyami Kher throughout the film, all in vain. If Harshavardhan’s opening dialogue would take you into a tense scene, Saiyami’s careless retort (like she’s ordering a sandwich) would take you out of it. No wonder why they don’t have sufficient dialogues in the film. To talk about the chemistry between the two I would stop right here because there’s none. Be it their embraces or kisses for that matter, they do show the intimacy but passion is amiss. Apart from being a love story, Mirzya also claims to be a 'musical'. The music is only good as long as it is the background score of the film. It definitely isn’t something that you would take home with you like you did with musicals like Ek deewana tha (2012) or Aashiqui 2 (2013).
All in all, Mirzya’s aim to be the epic fantasy of all times will remain a dream (ironical much?)
I would rate the film- 1 star.
