The Pakistani sultry starlet Mawra Hocane’s big dream to hit the Indian silver screens has finally come true. Her Bollywood movie Sanam Teri Kasam directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru is running in cinemas and is receiving a lukewarm response at the box-office.
The plot is way too cold and clichéd, extremely rusty and dragged so much for nothing. The typical tear-jerking tale revolves around romance and heartbreak of the neighborhood bad boy Inder, played by Harshvardhan Rane and the damsel in distress Saraswati (Saru), played by Mawra Hocane.
Born to a dark dictatorial dad, the virtuous and timid Saru suffers from the grave inferiority complex as she gets rejected for marriage every time due to her ugly nerdy looks.
Meanwhile, the broody tattooed soul Inder has just served a jail sentence and his home is an eternal abode to all sorts of girls.
Of course, every corny tale demands the overly opposite in nature hero and heroine to come together and hit some sparks for the audience sake. Sanam Teri Kasam walks along the same path.
After a makeover, Saru becomes all hot and sexy making the naughty Inder ditch his hoard of girlfriends to fall head over heels in love with her.
But Alas! Tragedy hits the duo and ill-fated ugly duckling turned beautiful swan, Saru gets diagnosed with brain tumor.
A lot of body display coupled with an overdose of melodrama and constant weeping of Mawra’s mushy character makes the whole plot a miserable emotional journey. If it would have been the 80’s, the filmy story line could have done much booming business. Plus, the whole movie seems like a creepy deja vu experience. Anybody remembers something similar from Ek Villian, starring Sidharth Malhotra and Shraddha Kapoor?
But amidst many flaws, one thing is for sure. Hocane has outstandingly stirred her magic with a stellar performance in her debut film, something even Indian critics have acknowledged about the actress. Leaving everyone in awe, the reviewers have branded the starlet as a “natural scene stealer” and an “incredible artist”.
We took a tour of Twitter town and collected reviews from Indian critics. Read them for yourself here.
Pakistani star @MawraHocane is a total package in #SanamTeriKasam.
Full review here: https://t.co/hdDGy5i6Tv pic.twitter.com/3o2IGG3KK3
— Filmfare (@filmfare) February 6, 2016
Review: The silliness quotient of #SanamTeriKasam overshadows everything else – 1 star https://t.co/cJ6QK1Glys pic.twitter.com/YUhDAaGcSD
— NDTV Movies (@moviesndtv) February 5, 2016
#SanamTeriKasam is embellished with a sensitive story, top notch performances by @harsha_actor and @MawraHocane and melodious soundtrack.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) February 5, 2016
#MovieReview #SANAMTERIKASAM is a decent assortment of good performances and superb musichttps://t.co/u2qAg18IMn pic.twitter.com/MQj37eQD12
— Bollywood Hungama (@Bollyhungama) February 4, 2016
#SanamTeriKasam if the movie takes two minutes more I definitely gonna scream from crying ?@MawraHocane @harsha_actor
— Bollywood (@plove668) February 8, 2016
5 reasons why #SanamTeriKasam failed to impress https://t.co/plsz701sql
— Bineeta D (@Ayesha_Ahmad1) February 8, 2016
I’d said that before that #MawraHocane #SanamTeriKasam will be a flop,here is the news from credible paper. pic.twitter.com/BU7tpB0YS2
— The Ghost Writer (@SalaarSulaman) February 8, 2016
The film clearly belongs to @harsha_actor who is brilliant to say. He has star written all over him #SanamTeriKasam pic.twitter.com/5jKtCFwbhU
— Harshvardhan Rane FC (@HarshaRaneFC) February 8, 2016
