Soundtrack (2011) Movie Review

Storyline

Arriving in Mumbai with just a backpack and a guitar, Raunaq Kaul hooks up with Surinder Bhan, who introduces him to Charlie, the owner of 'Charlie Tango' nightclub. This is where Raunaq makes his start and achieves phenomenal success as a composer virtually overnight. He quickly regresses to a life of illicit drugs, including Charas, Cocaine, Ganja, smoking, and alcohol. Unable to perform, he goes for a medical check-up with Dr. Manu Rishi Kaul, and is told that he has lost his hearing in the right ear, while the left one is only partly functional. In order to avoid deafness, he must avoid loud music as well as try and keep off drugs, alcohol and smoking, and wear a hearing-aid. Unable to focus on his work, he alienates himself, gets into an argument, which results in an accident - taking away his hearing altogether. Depressed, refusing to communicate with anyone, he prepares a padded sound-proof room with hopes of recovering his hearing...

Review

Highly recommended!!

In recent times, Bollywood has witnessed many melodramatic remakes (most of them, remade from South Indian movies). Soundtrack, though a remake of Canadian movie It's all Gone Pete Tong (officially mentioned in the end credits of the movie), is thankfully not over-the-top.

Rajeev Khandelwal as Raunak Kaul is just marvelous. He is thoroughly in sync with his character and he has proved his versatility with this movie. He transits well from a DJ hunk to a deaf musician. Mrinalini Sharma is unbelievably hot. Soha Ali Khan acts well (yes, you read it right). Both the ladies represent contradictions in Rajeev's character. Mrinalini makes you go high in first half and Soha makes you feel dry in second. 

Soundtrack, has very good music but the background score of the movie sounds a bit pale. Two songs, Naina Lagey and Banao are placed wrongly in background score, which can't be digested in a musical drama. The "Johnny Joker" element added to make it a bit artistic movie, is appreciative, but not needed.

Camera works is fancy. Cinematography is brilliant.Dialogues are fresh, crisp and hap devoid of any melodrama, which is commendable. Direction is good, not excellent.

The movie could have been narrated in a heroic way but the director chooses a subtle and documentary kind(not to misinterpret as a mediocre way) of narration giving it an artistic touch rather than commercial appeal. 

Don't trust the reviewers that rate Bodyguard as first class, and do go for this movie. You won't be disappointed.

WATCH FULL MOVIE On-line IN THE ATTACHED VIDEO LINK(YOU TUBE).

Director: 

Neerav Ghosh

Writers: 

Neerav Ghosh, Rajiv Gopalkrishnan (co-writer)

Stars:

 Rajeev Khandelwal, Soha Ali Khan and Mrinalini Sharma

Cast

	Rajeev Khandelwal	...	Raunak Kaul
	Soha Ali Khan	...	Gauri
	Mrinalini Sharma	...	Shonali
	Mohan Kapoor	...	Charlie (as Mohan Kapur)
	Yatin Karyekar	...	Surinder Bhan
	Ankur Tewari	...	Banjo (as Anku Tiwari)
	Siddharath Coutto	...	Biscuit (as Sid Coutto)
	Manu Rishi	...	ENT Spealist Dr. Manu Rishi Chadha (as Manu Rishi Chadha)
	Jyamin Ali	...	Musician at Kathak Dance
	Angie	...	Drunk PYT
	Aqeel	...	Himself (as DJ Aqeel)
	Bani	...	Herself (as VJ Bani)
	Harjit Soni Bhoondpal	...	Charlie's Angel 2
	Anisa Butt	...	Charlie's Angel 3 (as Anisa Bhutt)
	Sagar Chavan	...	Photographer at Press Conference