Akaash Vani review

 

This movie, to be perfectly honest, was expected to do very well at the box office, but it was the exact opposite. One of the biggest disappointments in Indian cinema was Akaash Vani.

The movie begins well, giving the audience high hopes that maybe this could be next “DDLJ” but soon, the plot looks weak as the lead characters Akaash (Kartik Tiwari) and Vani (Nusrat Bharucha) get together and suddenly their 4 year college experience comes to a close. The movie goes from having started college to ending college within half an hour or so.

I understand what the director might have been attempting to do , but the execution was not as good as they portrayed to the public, before the release of the movie.

As in every indian romantic (old school) film, due to family problems, Vani breaks it off with Akaash. Listens to her parents and becomes a good daughter but that’s basically where Akaash’s role comes to a halt.
Years pass by and all we see is Vani is unhappy with her life, she tries to make it work but her husband is very particular and short tempered. He uses her at many occasions in the movie and Luv Rajan (director) portrays these scenes very graphically and shows the pain and agony Vani is suffering.
One day (many years of being used), at a college reunion, the former couple reunite and that’s where their “affair” begins. She realises that her husband does not keep her happy. Akaash fuels this hatred of hers and this finally leads to the so called climax.
The confrontation of Akaash and the husband. This scene is not expressed very well through the camera, but the audience understands what is going on.

Vani stands up for herself (now having found her once true love again) and gives a long speech about women rights. This kind of took me by surprise as I expected an “epic” love story rather than a moral lesson at the end of it (which is not necessarily a bad thing).

In short... Happy ever after for Akaash Vani. Tbh, you can decide for yourself but in my opinion this movie was bad. I would not recommend you watch this at all.

I give this film, 3/10 "3 out of 10"
Rating: Below Average/Bad/Flop/Please do not waste your time!