Raanjhanaa Movie Reviews

Heer Raanjha, Romeo and Juliet or Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. The list can go on to include Devdas, and many more. Watching Anand Rai (TANU WEDS MANU) paint a magical canvas that goes beyond the call of heart, leaves you with a sense of deja vu, but only for a fleeting moment. Overall, RAANJHANAA is a poetic journey for a film lover. Right from its opening approach, performances from the lead actors, the supporting cast, the music

Bollywood and its love stories.. here is a new definition of love.. 'Raanjhanaa' this Eros International feature which launches the south sensation Dhanush in Bollywood is a brilliantly written, marvelously performed and soulfully sung desi capricious love guide beautifully realized by director Aanand Rai. We are used to feel good romancers with added dose of bromance thrown in regularly by the tinsel town filmmakers.

But all said and done, if the climax of Raanjhanaa doesn’t sway your emotions you haven’t been in love. Grab a ticket, clutch the hand of your loved one and go fall in love. This time with great cinema.

Be it for its technical pros or for Dhanush’s Bollywood debut, ‘Raanjhanaa’ makes for a good watch this weekend. Four stars for ‘Raanjhanaa’!

Let me begin with an honest confession. As I drove to the preview theatre to watch Raanjhanaa, I wondered how I would spend over two hours gazing at a hero as plain as Dhanush. Until this film, I had only seen the National Award-winning actor in his blockbuster Kolaveri Di video. But my fears vanished almost as soon as the film started because in the first few minutes, Dhanush’s character Kundan jokingly acknowledges his lack of good looks

Okay, before I move forward with the review of RAANJHANAA, I must state on record that I find it absolutely uplifting and invigorating that our stories have relocated from foreign destinations to the hinterland of India. It's a welcome change, isn't it? Most of us being desi at heart, we tend to connect more with stories that are set in our backyard. And that's the first thing you observe as the reels of RAANJHANAA unspool. This time, the talented

Raanjhanaa is a love story that has a Shakespearean touch and is mounted on a lavish scale. Set in Benaras, in a sense, the heart of India, the first half in the vibrant city where the Ganges flows, just sweeps you off your feet with its colour and feel. The plot follows Kundan (Dhanush), a Tam-Bram settled in Benaras. A slight vagabond, he falls hopelessly in love with Zoya (Sonam Kapoor), a fairly affluent Muslim girl in his neighbourhood

The first thirty minutes of Raanjhanaa is absolutely riveting. Well, riveting might be the wrong word but the searing strides of a romance that covers decades in fast forward leaves you having to remember to breathe. It is impossible to tear your eyes off the screen as two factors work their magic: Dhanush's madly infectious enthusiasm as the young Kundan and the signature tune that plays every time his heart beats for the love of his life

There is this unique energy in Aanand L Rai’s films, the earlier one being 'Tanu Weds Manu' and now 'Raanjhanaa'. Colourful and vibrant, but laidback and subtle. It was Kanpur in 'Tanu Weds Manu' and in 'Raanjhanaa', Varanasi gets lucky. In this film, Varanasi is captured beautifully. But interestingly, it is the backdrop to the characters and never the ‘please look at my landscapes and get awestruck’ kind of way (cinematography by Natarajan Subramaniam

In the bustling lanes along the Ghats of Varanasi, an affable but impulsive drifter, son of a Tamil-speaking temple priest, meets a pretty girl, daughter of a Muslim professor. He flips hopelessly for her. The girl not only resists the advances, she slaps the besotted guy as many as 15 times. Far from taking the hint, he grins and bears it. When the boy eventually gathers the courage to express his love and plants a faltering kiss on the girl’s cheek

Ranjhanaa is not perfect but it is heart-touching and very entertaining. And it is that unique thing – a love story that men will like more than women. Must watch!

Raanjhanaa is a far cry from the assembly-line love stories from Bollywood factory. It’s a story of naïve, resolute, unyielding love that stands the test of time. It’s a film made with a lot of heart and that’s where it hits the most. Definitely worth a watch.

A good way to measure the success of a love story is to ask yourself how much you want its protagonists to end up together. 'Raanjhanaa' is about a young Hindu boy in Benares and his unwavering love for a Muslim girl who doesn't see him as anything more than a friend. From the moment we're first introduced to them as children - him dressed as Shiva, her performing namaaz - it becomes clear there can be no love story here

Raanjhanaa joins the rank of recent love stories (Aashiqui 2, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani) that take the unconventional path of approaching the genre by exposing the dark underbelly of romance through shades of loss, regret, remorse, and pain. Despite a colourful and vivacious beginning, the film ends up being weighed down by its heavy melodramatic second half. We are introduced to Kundan (Dhanush) and Zoya (Sonam)

‘When a man loves a woman, can’t keep his mind on nothing else.’ The Percy Sledge classic sums the spirit of Aanand L Rai’s new romance to perfection. In Raanjhanaa, a guy from Benares tests his owns limits to the extent he’ll go for the girl he’s been besotted by ever since he was a little boy. Endeavours that begin this early have a way of getting out of hand and exasperating. But Rai has Dhanush -- wonderful, tangible, indefatigable Dhanush

Love stories, as a genre, often have a predictable domain. But Raanjhanaa tries to push that boundary and comes up with a love story that isn't completely conventional. There are more merits to the movie. It gives Bollywood one of the most adorable actors in a long long time. This has to be one of the most resourceful debuts for any actor in Bollywood since, without any preset image, Dhanush's charm and innocence works doubly as good

Raanjhanaa has the length and demeanour of an epic love story, but it lacks the depth and intensity of emotion to be one. And for this the blame has to be shared by both, the film’s director and its star actor. Though Himanshu Sharma has written a story that seems inspired by the paunchy, popular Hindi novels of the Sixties, director Aanand L. Rai didn’t have enough faith in his star attraction to give her scenes and lines that would have lent her some gravitas

Dhanush, overeager and hyperactive, is appealing when called upon to do scenes of some seriousness and sobriety. But it’s Heer whom the film belongs to. Projecting vulnerability as well as steely resolve, Sonam Kapoor carries out her age graph sensitively and belts out her most mature performance yet. Just for her, go for it.

Raanjhanaa harks back to the way Bollywood used to make love stories once upon a time. With some imagination, the effect would have been nostalgic, too.

Like the other romantic films, Raanjhanaa too follows the same funda of “Come Fall In Love”. But, this one stands out and makes a unique impression like never before.

Raanjhanaa to say the least may not be a perfect story but it sure is one of the best romantic films of the recent times. It deserves to be watched for Dhanush’s debut, Sonam’s acting and AR Rahman’s music packaged with a refreshing story.

We have grown up listening to the immortal love stories of Romeo-Juliet, Laila-Majnu, Shirin-Farhad and Heer-Ranjha. The similarity between all these......

There’s this really quirky advertisement which comes on TV where a man asks the ticket guy at a multiplex if he can give him some discount because the film has already started inside. If you were to apply the same logic to Raanjhanaa, you would only have to pay two-third of the ticket price. Maybe even half if you can bargain well. Really, what was that last one hour? Was it from the same film? After pulling you inside in its world and making

"Say you love me, or I will slit my wrists", Kundan threatens Zoya, and we know instantly that he means business. He is not saying this for a lark. Nor for a nudge-and-wink. He is saying this as if he means it. We know instantly that Raanjhanaa is a no-holds-barred love story, not your half-hearted romcom that passes for a romance these days in Bollywood. The riveting first half of the film lives up to its old- fashioned title, with a young lover whose chief

Raanjhanaa Review | Rating: 2.5/5 stars | What’s Good: A charming first half, Abhay Deol’s heartmelting dimple...

Raanjhanaa is a film which is all of a piece in its engaging first half, and a good Bollywood launchpad for Dhanush. Makes me want to see what he will do in his second pass.

Just when you thought that Bollywood had (slowly, but steadily) matured in its take on love, director Aanad L Rai quashes our faith with a shockingly outdated love story. …Take our tip. Skip this one.

Raanjhanaa is no Yuva, and it’s definitely not a Rang De Basanti. What it possibly could be is a list of what not to do for Kejriwal if he wants to survive politics.

Raanjhanaa is an interesting, entertaining and a fairly different love story and will do very well at the ticket windows. It is like heady wine and its effect will only grow. Dhanush will be loved in the film.