Rating: 1.5/5 Stars (One and Half stars)
Star cast: Tanuj Virwani, Aditya Seal, Izabelle Leite, Sarika, Rati Agnihotri, Manoj Pahwa.
Director: Tanushri Chattrji Bassu
What’s Good: Well, now
and then flaunted posters of Jim Morrisson and John Lennon are all you
want to see in the film. Also if you have a thing for chalk white
beauties, Izabelle Leite could be an eye candy for you.
What’s Bad: Possibly
everything. There is less to look forward to in a film that stars one
film olds who are trying to act. They falter at crucial scenes and there
is no supporting cast to hold on to.
Loo break: Too many.
Watch or Not?: Purani Jeans
is easily avoidable. The film offers you nothing interesting or
knowledgeable for that matter. It is a film that you may watch if you
have absolutely no plans and still want to enjoy the experience of
sitting in a theatre and munching on popcorn without wondering what is
going on the screen.
User Rating:
Purani Jeans is a ‘ghisa-pita-purana’ love triangle. The
same old best friends falling for one girl story. Set in the Himachal’s
sleepy town Kasauli, it is about a 90s summer that gets hormones raging
for the ‘Kasauli Cowboys’ and that is where the turning point is.
What happens when two best friends fall for the same girl? Well, we have seen it before but Purani Jeans redoes it with a little more emotional drama.
Aditya Seal, Isabelle Liete and Tanuj Virwani in a still from movie ‘Purani Jeans’
Purani Jeans Review: Script Analysis
This script has ample faults. To start
with, it is highly predictable and lacks any kind of novelty. The
characters are too clichéd, with one spoilt rich kid and the other guy
coming from a poor background who wants to make it big. The story even
though set in Kasauli has the characters using the Delhi lingo, it’s as
if the youth all over India talks the ‘Kariyo’ way.
The disparity between Tanuj’s character Siddharth and Aditya’s spoilt Sam almost reminds us of the Student Of The Year duo Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan who share the same kind of friendship and falling for the same girl element.
A lot instances in the film promote
regressive ideas. There are also instances in the film where there is no
connectivity in scenes; the script is not well woven. A young group of
guys calling themselves ‘Kasauli Cowboys’ and having vows exchanged
reminds us of the high-school sorority girls that we often find in
Hollywood films.
Purani Jeans Review: Star Performances
It is hard to believe that even after a film like Luv U Soniyo,
Tanuj Virwani thinks of acting again. He struggles through majority of
the scenes. There are scenes where you cannot tell what his random
expressions want to convey.
On the other hand Izabelle Leite acts as
though it is a fairness cream commercial. She has a bland smile in most
of the scenes which signifies absolutely nothing.
With Tanuj and Isabelle in a desperate
‘attempt’ to act, Aditya Seal the young guy from ‘Ek Chotisi Love
Story’, could be the only actor who stands out in the film. He is not
exactly brilliant but manages to ‘act’ unlike the rest of the cast.
Even an experienced actress like Sarika
falters in the film. Shown to be ‘drunk’ in majority of the scenes,
Sarika is a complete disappointment in her role.
Purani Jeans Review: Direction, Editing and Screenplay
The film starts with a quote by Jim
Morrison, “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be
yourself”. Unfortunately, after this quote, there is less that is worth
looking forward to.
The film lacks any kind of originality.
It is the same old coming of age love story. In fact it gets highly
chauvinistic in certain scenes. Being directed by a woman, it shocked me
to find scenes that are offensive towards the female audience. The
reference of ‘Always marry a virgin’ being a ‘cowboy’ rule had me
disgusted in a 21st century film. Also the oftenly made passes at
‘blonde’ girls were unnecessary. Tanushree’s debut film has every
element that has been done to death in any film dealing with youth such
as the scenes of drinking and jumping in water bare shirt or the teenage
girl getting pregnant and then dealing with abortion.
The first half of the film is a drag and
there are some evident mistakes such as Tanuj’s character Siddharth not
knowing the punk rock band ‘The Doors’ while the wall of his room shows
the lyrics of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ written in clear letters. The
whole ‘Purani Jeans is like friendship’ reference is quite lost in the
film as the friendship as such is not evident in the film.
Purani Jeans Review: The Last Word
The film is like any other youth centric film that fails to portray
the emotions of friendship and love in a relatable manner. There is less
cohesiveness in the story and more often that not one loses interest. Purani Jeans
is a fickle attempt to make you relive your college memories. The least
you expect in a film aimed at the youth is to have a good music, but
Ram Sampath seems to have lost his midas touch as the musical tones
rather than uplifting the film make it sink even more. Purani Jeans is passable and I would recommend it only if one has a strong urge or a ‘hunger pang’ to watch a film for the sake of it.
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