The much awaited Disney's remake of 80's hit Khoobsurat was released to packed audiences in Canada on September 19th. Yes the lineups were long at our local cinemas in Toronto and everyone seemed excited to witness the onscreen pairing of Pakistan's heartthrob, the chocolate hero Fawad Afzal Khan, with Bollywood's fashion icon Sonam Kapoor.
As you take the seat, Khoobsurat begins with the Disney logo which sets the tone for the viewers what to expect from this film. Although the film has been projected to be the remake of 80's hit of the same name, this isn't so much a remake of the Hrishikesh Mukherjee-directed comedy starring Rekha. This one is more of a chick-flick version of a loud mouthed girl who falls for a royal prince. The original Khoobsurat was the story of a middle class family that's headed by a strict matriarch, whereas in Disney's Khoobsurat, the script writer root their story in a Rajasthani palace, turning it into a fairytale, a Princess Diaries of a Bollywood kind. The royal gharana gets visited by a cool-doc Mili, only to shake the entire royalty upside down.
At the heart of this Disney fairytale is Sonam, she gets to become Disney's first princess of the Bollywood. The question is, does she get to become that fairy-tale princess and gets close to what Rekha portrayed in her Khoobsurat? The answer is simple, while there is no comparison or match to what Rekha portrayed in her Khoobsurat performance, Sonam's characterization is more loud of girl who has no filters set on her thoughts or even what she utters when she speaks. Sonam Kapoor does live up to her character, if that's how the writer and director wanted her to act out. Mili is goofy and she generated lots of laughter from the audience. Sonam does a fine job of portraying the unpredictable Mili who seldom filters her thoughts before speaking.
Fawad Khan is a perfect fit as the charming Prince, and is seen struggling to wrap his head around this ticking time-bomb of a girl. While Fawad Khan was already a well known name in Pakistan, his recent fame across the Arab world (thanks to dubbed Urdu dramas in Arabic) and then in India with his recent Pakistani TV serial Zindagi Gulzar Hai brought a higher level of anticipation for fans as they sat down to watch his performance on the large screen. The response from the audience seemed overwhelmingly mesmerizing as he lived up to his character above and beyond. He not only lives up to his character but what he does in the climax, the scene with Kirron Kher, he had the audience in loud laughters and applause.
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