Star Cast- Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Diana Penty, Boman Irani And Randeep Hooda
Director- Homi Adajania
Post 'Dil Chahta Hai', Indian cinema developed a young urban audience which was receptive to hip films. Trendy music, trendy fashion, trendy plots and trendy urban setting. Hum Tum, Salaam Namaste, Wake Up Sid, Rockstar etc. were targeted towards the same segment and were accepted by the audience as well. These movies made Saif and Ranbir stars of the multiplex audience while Khans, Ajay Devgan and Akshay Kumar remained the superstars of masses.
Cocktail is another film for the same audience, with the same cast and believe it or not, actually almost the same story line as previous films.
Cocktail is inspired by 'Vicky Christina Barcelona'. Its a love triangle. Guy chooses one girl over the other, jealousy sets in and in the end one of the two girls offers a sacrifice.
The movie is about Gautam (Saif) who is a rich flirter & woman-charmer. Veronica (Deepika) is a rich spoilt girl living in London's air. Meera (Diana) is a typical Indian bride who comes for her husband Randeep Huda , who simply denies her of everything.
Gautam, Meera & Veronica quickly become friends and stay in Veronica's house. Veronica falls in love with Saif and no points for guessing who Saif falls in love with in a love-triangle. The sweet moments between Saif & Diana bring charm to the screen. At interval, you are totally in the nasha of cocktail.
But Alas, welcome to the world of reality. Deepika wants to marry Gautam now and curses Meera.
Deepika carries forward her hot 'Break k Baad' image. Saif irritates at times with girly dialogues & girly dances, but is completely natural when acting calls for. Diana as the newbie does a decent job. Randeep is wasted. Boman and Dimple have very small roles. The tracks are peppy.
However, an ultra-stretched 2nd half for an expected climax kinda ruins the experience. Watch only the 1st half and you will come out with a smile, else get ready to be dis-heartened!
MY RATING
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