Isi Life Mein Movie Reviews

In a scene in director Vidhi Kasliwal’s ‘Isi Life Mein’, the film’s male lead Vivaan (played by newcomer Akshay Oberoi) is contemplating an adaptation of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ for an inter-collegiate dramatics competition. A friend points out to him that the play had an “MCP ending”, to which our hero delivers this priceless gem: “No offence Mr Shakespeare Sir, but we’re going to do it our way!” It’s an ironic dialogue showing up

The house of Barjatya's carries on its task of upholding India's moral and cultural code by reiterating its earlier code of conduct for young Indians. In all Barjatya films, the heroines never show skin, never get physical, never give up their undertones, never question authority, never argue, never debate, never lose their cool and never think of getting a life, on their own. According to them, parents know best, personal ambitions are perfunctory

Welcome to the world of Rajshri once again the Utopian world of family values, traditions, well-brought up bahu-betis and a large portion of the film dedicated to a marriage ceremony. In Vidhi Kasliwal's Isi Life Mein, you have Rajnandini (Dhar), a bright girl from Ajmer who has finished her 12th standard and family elders are now looking to get her married. She finds support from her mom (Shah) who decides to send her to Mumbai to experience a different life.

What happens when Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya meets Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge meets Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na? In Isi Life Main, debutant director Vidhi Kasliwal attempts to explore the differences between the ideologies of the urban youth and their more traditional elders. Rajnandini (Sandeepa Dhar) is a teenager from a typical Marwari joint family that lives in Ajmer. A studious girl who finished her junior college as a state topper

Fair-and-lovely Rajnandini Khandelwal helps her mother serve `aloo poori’ at the breakfast table to younger brother, father, and grandmother. This demure Ajmer girl keeps her eyes low and her `dupatta’ high. She knows her function is to be a good daughter and sister. In short order, she will turn into a good wife and mother. An early twist in the tale has her arrive in Mumbai, and turn from a `seedhi-saadhi-salwaar-kameez’ clad `kanya’

"Dude, I've started 'gyming', man," says the fat boy, because he wasn't good enough for the hot girl. His best friend is the Adam's apple of all female eyes. He chomps on "falafel sandwich" at home, is the artsy kind, I suppose -- so he roams around with a copy of Ayn Rand's Fountainhead! He runs the college dramatics society, wants to adapt Shakespeare's Taming Of The Shrew (plot of most '80s Bollywood flicks). "The original version

While surfing television the other day, I chanced upon this hugely popular show that has a nonconforming storyline of two women vying for the same man's attention. One happens to be his sweetheart turned wife, the other, his ex wife, who, I realized, is pregnant with the man's child. Ironically, both women live in the same house. Since I had heard a lot about this show, I decided to watch the entire episode that evening. I was keen to assess

Despite its hip title urging you to be present in the now, Isi Life Mein is more like a time warp film from another forgotten era, once ruled by the Barjatya clan. This film has all the usual elements a loving joint family with a pure, innocent girl, sweet mother, strict father and an artistic boy, while everyone else on screen is sweet and syrupy, with constant talk of sanskar, parampara and all that jazz. Besides being filled with stock characters

In spite of an appearance by Salman Khan, 'Isi Life Mein...!' is a dull fare.