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June 28, 2004
Lakshya – aimless!
The difference between a good movie and a super hit movie is its repeat value and Lakshya lacks it completely. Farhan Akhtar, of the Dil Chahta Hai fame, has done everything but has failed to impress the audience.
Hrithik Roshan is living in an acute phase of life where he has a girl friend for romance, a rich dad to sponsor his expenses, and servants to look after him, and the million dollar question he needs to seek answer for is – what is he gonna do about his life?
His girlfriend Preity Zinta, like any other career oriented woman of today’s age, is clear about what she wants in life. She wants to become a reporter and she becomes one.
Hrithik decides to join the NDA impulsively, just to support one of his friends’ viewpoints and gets totally dejected when he ditches him. Hrithik’s aspiration for joining the NDA becomes intense when his father warns him that he should not join the army, and that he has to live his life as his father wants him to!
The army training sessions are shot well, and it brings chuckles to few. If this is one story about a useless brat who succeeds in finding his aim (Lakshya), there is another story that runs parallel – the Kargil war. When we get busy in the flow another subplot pops up – who is better, men or women!
Preity Zinta breaks her engagement (this seems to be her prime job in Akhtar’s movie), as she finds career more important than personal life. If so, why she gets busy in gaining Hrithik’s attention at Kargil when audience expect some dare devil reporting stuff from her is quite debatable. Barkha Dutt of NDTV, who did an amazing job of reporting from Kargil in 1999, inspires Preity’s character - not to forget that few soldiers were killed in saving Barkha’s life.
Amitabh, Om Puri & Amrish Puri - the golden team of Dev are wasted royally. Amitabh’s name casts first in the title, and that is the only solace he would get out of Lakshya.
Prabhu Deva’s choreography is excellent, the picturesque location is a real treat to the eyes, but the filming of Kargil war is a bit immature - makes one wonder if only 20 Pakistanis and 20 Indian soldiers fought the whole of Kargil war!
Verdict – Ek baar dekh sakta hai (can be watched once & only once)
Posted by Kenni at June 28, 2004 09:27 AM