Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011 Directed by Zoya Akhtar
Synopsis
Lets make this the most memorable road trip ever.
Mumbai-based Kabir Dhiman, who comes from a wealthy building construction family, proposes to his long-time girlfriend, Natasha, much to the delight of both their respective families. He then gets together with one of two of his close friends, Imran Habib, a writer by profession, and they contact their London-based financial broker friend, Arjun, to remind him of a pact of traveling to Spain. The trio commence their long overdue trip not fully realizing that Arjun has still not forgiven Imran for his break-up with Sunani, while he himself regrets being dumped by Rohini, and must also compete with Imran for the affections of gorgeous Deep Sea Diving Instructor, Laila; Kabir struggles to accept life as Natasha's husband; and Imran must ready himself to meet his biological father, Salman, who had abandoned him at birth.
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Title : You wont get a second chance at life.
"Dilon me tum apni betabiyan leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum
Nazar me khwaabon ki bijliyan leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum"English Translation
"If you have eagerness in your heart, you are alive,
If your eyes are filled with dreams, you are alive. "The translation is not as poetic as the Hindi version. But then again I'm no poet.
A nice movie that tells a tale of friendship and relationships. It might be a bit long, but theres hardly anything that might bore you. Even though i did love the songs, i thought they could have been avoided in the movie or at least cut shorter. Apart from that a great movie. -
On a bit of a Bollywood stint atm & this was a good one to include. A modern interpretation with not one single piercing female singer (thank goodness). One of the better written screenplays I have seen out of Bollywood with more depth than I was expecting based on the "cover of the book". Much better guys pre-wedding road trip movie than that pos The Hangover.
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A very fun, light hearted flick that piles on the sentimentality but maintains an upbeat tempo. Sexy cast, believable chemistry, solid soundtrack and amazing scenery.
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I didn't expect much from this one, because although Hrithik Roshan is certainly gorgeous, he strikes me as wooden in most of his films.
The real star of this film is Farhan Akhtar, whose poetry is wonderful and whose character is an absolute delight. All in all, a surprisingly lovely film.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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A film that is poetic as the poems in it. Beautiful.
The film deals on the theme that title says. It has a message inside to enjoy each second of your life maximum. And it also tells about values of relations and friends. And shots from Spain makes each frame more beautiful. Everyone did a wonderful job.
And I watched it for n th time with my friends,as first movie in this year
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It's a buddy road trip film with Hrithik playing an uptight London financier who loosens up considerably as the plot moves along. It was less Bollywood than Hollywood: only two dance scenes ("senorita" and the wedding scene during the closing credits), pre-marital sex, French kissing. Very little of Indian culture except for the dialog and unfortunately the version I watched had very poor sub-titles with about 50% not even translated (e.g. "my life is spending in a box"). Hrithik keeps his shirt on except for one scene although he does go in for muscle shirts.
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It reminds me of my trip to Ganapatipule a couple of years back. While returning we reached Karad at 1930 in the evening. It was raining heavily, and we still had to complete around 150+ kilometers on bike. The glorious roads had ended and what remained was the perilous and monotonous journey back to Pune. Pitch black darkness, my headlight trying to cut through walls of raindrops. My hands were numb, and fatigue was taking over. There was only one way to go, forward. Sometimes when I am feeling low, I still remind myself of that time.
You’d ask what the point in remembering those times here is. So let me explain, I was feeling exactly like the three guys…
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Life is soooooooo beautiful if we have such friends ....
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Title : You wont get a second chance at life.
"Dilon me tum apni betabiyan leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum
Nazar me khwaabon ki bijliyan leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum"English Translation
"If you have eagerness in your heart, you are alive,
If your eyes are filled with dreams, you are alive. "The translation is not as poetic as the Hindi version. But then again I'm no poet.
A nice movie that tells a tale of friendship and relationships. It might be a bit long, but theres hardly anything that might bore you. Even though i did love the songs, i thought they could have been avoided in the movie or at least cut shorter. Apart from that a great movie. -
My interest in Bollywood Movies faded last year suddenly, i still am very positive towards their best movies and try to catch their best of the year.
So this movie tells the story of 3 friends who decides to go on a road trip in Spain and do 3 adventure sports of their choices each and to just get away from the life they know for a while. This journey brings some positive changes in their lives as they discover themselves. Zoya Akhtar being one of my favorite writer and now director with this being her 2nd directorial venture makes this movie far superior than your typical road trip movie. Got some good songs too.
My Full Review: hollywoodandme.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-review-for-zindagi-na-milegi-dobara.html
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On a bit of a Bollywood stint atm & this was a good one to include. A modern interpretation with not one single piercing female singer (thank goodness). One of the better written screenplays I have seen out of Bollywood with more depth than I was expecting based on the "cover of the book". Much better guys pre-wedding road trip movie than that pos The Hangover.