Aashiqui 2

Aashiqui was a run away hit owing so much to it's mass appealing romantic music that played in auto rickshaws to the tea stalls to radios to every house hold. But a sequel in any which way was not to be possible and so I blindly rejected the movie when it was announced. My first hearing of the songs also did not help because they were not the type of songs that would play in auto rickshaws or tea stalls in this day. But now I realize this was not targeted at them but the multiplex audience. On repeated hearing Meri Aashiqui, Tum hi ho and Sun raha hai na tu are dangerously haunting. Coming to the movie, it lives up to the standard of old Aashiqui and at times exceeds. Thanks to the lead actors who could act well and still look as innocent as the actors in its part one. Aditya and Shradha are the soul of the movie. Direction of the movie is brilliant in some places. It somehow captures the innocence of the romance beautifully which is very rarely seen in recent Bollywood. In few scenes the dialogues fell way short of what director wanted to convey. There is a very convoluted logic in the movie on how this is a triangular love story. With some good dialogues it could have been more clear but direction takes care of that mostly. Even though it comes from Bhatt's production, it still manages to be a family movie(almost!!!). Movie has it's own share of cliches or been there seen that kind of scenes, but it manages to tug at your heartstrings nevertheless. If you have not heard about this movie before, be warned, once you watch it few songs are gonna haunt you for quite some time.