Film Review: Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya

SHE IS the creation of the era of globalisation. Helter tops. Hot pants. Short hair. Curvaceous figure. Trembling lips. Sizzling beauty. She is the embodiment of feminity packed afresh in the new millennium. There is perfection in every frame as lithe Urmila Matondkar sets out to rediscover herself post - ``Rangeela'' and ``Satya''.

Indeed for much of Ramgopal Varma's ``Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya'' - which opened to warm applause from the college-going crowd this past week - there is perfection in every nook, every niche. And after the first few frames this mindless pursuit of perfection begins to pale. Everything appears too good to be true.

``Pyaar...'' is a loose take-off on Yash Chopra's ``Darr'' with Urmila - playing a spoilt rich girl Ria - doing what Shah Rukh Khan did a few years ago. She is good as long as the going is good. Amid sun and sand, trees and tresses love blooms. And without quite realising it, the girl blessed with a figure that could tease a strong wind, is head over heels in love with the handsome photographer who does nothing to discourage her.

However, that is where perfection falls apart. And unwittingly the story becomes engrossing. Enter Sonali Kulkarni as Khan's wife and Ria's world falls apart. How Ria struggles to come to terms with the present is what ``Pyaar...'' is all about. But that is where Urmila falters. In Ria's moments of vulnerability lies Urmila's weakness. She is not able to invest her portrayal of almost a deranged lover with hues of understatement. In comparison Kulkarni essays her role with polish and poise.

Now onto Fardeen Khan. Well, if the response of the first day, first show crowd is a harbinger of things to come, this poor man's Hrithik Roshan won't stay poor much longer, that is as far as the availability of the top banners is concerned.

``Pyaar'' is all about glitz and glamour. Watch it if you want your films to wear a contemporary look but ``Pyaar...'' is not the stuff you will fall in love with in the summer of 2001.

ZIYA US SALAM

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