Ishq-e-nadaan

Ishq e nadaan is a romantic drama film directed by avishek ghosh.

Its a sweet, feel good film. The writing never complicates the screenplay to let you feel overpowered by the events. What it complicates is the relationship timelines. Two timelines on a father and daughter are shown, so there should be a era gap between the two. But the cinematography and writing makes us feel that both are set in the contemporary world, and they might be stranger and not father and daughter. The cinematography never gets the chance to blossom because the film refyses to go beyond the four walls of the house. It never treats mumbai as a living persona but only as an abstract idea only.

Shriya pilgaonkar and suhail nayyar get the believable arc. They gel together nicely, and give us a good arc. There are problems with some ideologies with the strong female shown in the arc, but its negligible. Mohit raina and lara dutta too act their heart out in their segment. Lara is still very exuberant with her performance. She is still a very capable actress. Same with mohit raina, very believable and understated. Neena gupta and kanwaljit singh, though adept in their work, don't share the infectious chemistry to pull off the segment. Also, the writing lags with their story.

The dialogues are beautiful. There are lines on love, life, relationship dynamics. The poetry through mohit's voice too adds a dimension to the scenes. The songs and background music is praiseworthy.

A sweet, feel good film, could have done better with the timeline and screenplay.