Movie Review: 'Ek Paheli Leela'

Moview Review: Ek Paheli Leela   

Rating: 2/5

Genre: Drama

Sunny Leone dons a double role in the film and gets A for Effort but she has a lot to learn. As Meera, her drunk acting is more like being a 3 year old. As Leela, she surprisingly delivers her Rajasthani dialogues while showing off her “Assests”.

Re-incarnation has been on the oldest Bollywood phenomenons. We have seen ample of films in the past which have dealt with past life and ‘Ek Paheli Leela’ is an addition to them. The only good thing that the writers do with this film is, in spite of having two stories to deal with, they maintain a good clarity between both and there is no confusion as the story traverses between the past and the present.

Jay Bhanushali as Karan acts as if it is a commercial. He seemed to have been a little confused about the script and acts like one does in a horror drama. His expressions are over the top and most of the time uncalled for.

The overall script is extremely week and highly predictable. Bunty Rathod’s dialogues fail to create any charm and the unnecessary double meaning that is given to Jas Arora and Ehsaan Qureshi’s dialogues is highly unfunny. Bobby Khan gives us a typical story from start and only the twist in the end is something that comes as a surprise.

Supposed to be a musical, the film does not seem like one thanks to its passable music and also the missing connection between the songs and the story. The dialogues given to Mohit Ahlawat seem too flat and on the other hand his cousin Vikram is as if he has straight come out of the 90s with dialogues that rhyme.

The makers seem to have not given any thought while making the film and since the first half itself drags so much that the interval is like a breather. The character of Andy is supposed to be added for adding a little bit of quirkiness to the story but it seems more like Andy is given to write his own dialogues since he is seen cracking some gay jokes which are not even close to funny.

The botched up plot drags for two and a half hours and you keep wondering why the film was made in the first place.