You could do all of this in style have good camera work and sense of aesthetics but the lack of content is transparent. A story is predicable and a tad more frustratingly so, when the audience guesses two (or more) possible outcomes of a particular situation and both (or all) seem equally done to death. Ishaqzaade reminded me that 'predicable' doesn't just mean the audience guessing exactly what will happen. Unfortunate as it is, none of this translates into a story that can sustain your interest for over two hours.

This charm seeps through and that has a lot to do with Parineeti Chopra's refreshing attitude towards being a lead lady in a Hindi film. In fact, Zoya is likable despite this inconsistency because life is a thrill ride for her and death is equally adventurous too. Zoya is consistently immature and ironically feminine as far as emotion goes, behind all the macho bravado. But that also says two things complimentary about the content - Parmar does nothing out of character and is consistent Arjun Kapoor plays Parmar to perfection because the feeling of disgust towards the character never leaves you.Įxactly the same things can be said about Zoya and Parineeti Chopra the actor who plays Zoya. And no, right to the end, you cannot warm up to his character empathizing or rooting for his cause is a distant thought. The first scene introduces Parmar ( Arjun Kapoor) as a ruthless, uncouth brat who the audience will very unwillingly call an anti-hero, let alone hero.

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