Kill Dil Review

One-line Review: 'Kill Dil' is not a bad film, but a badly written film!

Positive Points: Cutesy romance of Ranveer and Parineeti, Villainy shade of Govinda, Catchy one-liners

Negative Points: Ages-old concept, Messy climax, Abrupt Ending

Plot: Bhaiyaji (Govinda) picks up two orphans- Dev (Ranveer Singh) and Tutu (Ali Zafar) from the garbage bin, only to grow them as his faithful henchmen. Be it shooting a local politician or Bhaiyaji's rival, they blindly follow whatever their godfather says. Until a free spirited Disha (Parineeti Chopra) comes in Dev's life. She is a rehabilitator by profession who work with prisoners to take them away from the crime world. Poles apart Dev and Disha instantly fall for each other in their messaging conversation of "LOL and ROFL". When Bhaiyaji hears their love-bell, he opposes their relationship as he wants Dev to concentrate on his work.

Struck between Bhaiyaji's sinister world and Disha's wave of crime-free life, Dev ends up lying both of them and lives a dual life. What will happen when both of them will come across Dev's reality and what will he choose then- Loyalty towards Bhaiyaji or Love life with Disha, is further answerable in the film.

Direction and other technical aspects: Director Shaad Ali's seven years long break after the disastrous 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' did help him to bounce back with 'Kill Dil'. But still it wasn't as perfect as his earlier films 'Saathiya' and 'Bunty Aur Babli'. The loose script is the show spoiler. Still, we won't have mind much getting served with this ages-old predictable concept, but makers made the film worse with its hurried climax and abrupt ending.

Performances: 'Kill Dil' has made each actor do something different then what they have done in other movies till date.

Otherwise seen as street smart Ranveer Singh is playing innocent "Dev". He has added his own spark to this ordinarily written character.

Grounded in girl-next-door's image, Parineeti Chopra is playing a glamorous role of a social worker "Disha". Her cutesy chemistry with Ranveer is a delight to watch.

Mostly seen in comedy films, Ali Zafar is trying his hand out in serious role. He plays "Tutu" in full attitude and complements Ranveer with his "bromance".

Moving away from light-hearted roles, Govinda gets into the villainy skin of "Bhaiyaji". He has played his part amazingly well and has also flaunted his dance steps.

Music: Be it a birthday or diwali or celebrating love, 'Kill Dil' has a song at the every turn of its story, composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. To start with the title track "Kill Dil" is an introductory song, standing out for its background score which is constantly played throughout the film. "Happy Budday" is peppy number sung by Sukhwinder Singh which also witnesses his cameo. "Sweeta" is a melodious track of Adnan Sami. "Bol Beliya", "Daiyaa Maiyaa", "Baawra" and "Nakhriley" are average numbers. While, "Sajde" voiced by Arijit Singh and Nihira Joshi is the winning track of the entire album.

Final Verdict: If the ages-old concept would have been scripted in an interesting plot. If the film specified its genre. If the filmmakers won't have included too many song. If the climax would have lived a bit longer. If the story would have had a proper ending. If there were not these many "ifs", 'Kill Dil' had an intensity of becoming a blockbuster film.