While surfing television the other day, I chanced upon this hugely popular show that has a nonconforming storyline of two women vying for the same man’s attention. One happens to be his sweetheart turned wife, the other, his ex wife, who, I realized, is pregnant with the man’s child. Ironically, both women live in the same house. Since I had heard a lot about this show, I decided to watch the entire episode that evening. I was keen to assess if it held my attention for the next 20 odd minutes. It did. The drama, the conflict between the characters, the emotions, the situations the characters had landed into, all kept me hooked.
Okay, so why am I discussing a television program? Well, I have come to realize that practically every paarivaarik theme is tackled by television these days. I have also come to realize that television does far more justice to these themes than films. Which is what I strongly felt while watching Isi Life Mein.
Come to think of it, Rajshri Productions is synonymous with memorable films that became an instant hit with family audiences. The turning point was two films, Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun. Trendsetters both. These two films brought family audiences back to theatres, infusing life in the veins of a critically ill film industry then. These two films, besides Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai,opened new vistas and horizons, gave birth to an altogether new breed of film-makers and reinforced confidence in Hindi cinema then.
Isi Life Mein tries so hard to be cool as well as a perfect family film in the same breath, but what comes across on screen is a lifeless fare. The love story doesn’t work, neither does the paarivaarik portions. The culprit, you guessed it right, is the written material yet again.
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