The elder son is married, and he wants his second son, Viren, to marry too. Oberoi is a wealthy industrialist, and lives a comfortable lifestyle, with this two sons. This article has been updated to remove the mention of the film ‘Laila Majnu’, which Imtiaz Ali did not direct. For a generation of fans who have always admired his films, Imtiaz Ali owes them better stories. So are his films (or at least used to be).
Imtiaz Ali’s own story – hailing from a city where very few would have ever dreamt of being a filmmaker to founding his college’s theatre society in DU to establishing himself as among Bollywood’s most successful filmmakers – is one full of hope. Unfortunately, the Sara Ali Khan-Kartik Aryan-starrer does not only have a convoluted plot but comes with additional drama, all of which seems unnecessary. Perhaps he forgot that even when remaking a successful film, the new one needs to be a compelling, engaging watch. Let’s come back to his latest venture – the remake of his 11-year-old film of the same name, Love Aaj Kal.
The downfall of Imtiaz Ali from a director who took bold subjects like child sexual abuse and Stockholm Syndrome ( Highway) to falling back on Bollywood clichés is worrying. Even if it was a re-imagination of an ancient folklore, it’s beyond our understanding why this flawed idea had to be reinforced. We don’t know why Ali repeated the overused Bollywood trope of guy being a stalker and girl pretending to not like him. Why in the world would a woman want anyone’s validation, let alone a stranger’s? The notions of beauty and sexuality are already flawed in Indian society.Īlso read: Why Imtiaz Ali is sure Netflix and Amazon Prime Video won’t kill cinemaĪnd then there was his film Laila Majnu.
And so, she asks him about her latent insecurities, about the way she appears.” “Here is a man she doesn’t know and she’s not going to spend her life with, and somebody who’s honest enough to talk about himself. What is more disconcerting is Ali’s response. In Jab Harry Met Sejal, the story revolves around either the search for the damn ring or Sejal asking Harry if she is ‘ layak’ (read sexually attractive or worthy of his attention). But the way he weaves magic while telling stories that have a sort of redeeming quality is what makes people deeply resonate with his style.īut we did not realise when it got so bad that the female characters in his films started seeking validation from men. All of Imtiaz Ali’s characters have certain commonalities – the vulnerable men, the unending quest for something bigger while dealing with the complexities of life, the fierce and mature women who rescue the male characters from their own emotional whirlwind.
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