Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 15 Jul 2011
• Country: India
• Adwords: 33 wins & 30 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1562872/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zindagi_na_milegi_dobara
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Hindi, English, Spanish
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
• Runtime: 155 min
• Writer: Farhan Akhtar, Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar
• Director: Zoya Akhtar
• Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol
• Keywords: friendship, vacation, road movie, travel, painter,

	8.1/10
	93% – Critics
	86% – Audience

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Storyline

Three friends decide to turn their fantasy vacation into reality after one of their friends gets engaged.

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Life is only once

Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, through the lives of three friends, presents the world of contemporary Indian youth, who are successful, affluent yuppies. They just enjoy life because financially they have the means to do it. In mood and execution the film is very modern, light, yet it entails complex relationships in family and between friends. Essentially, in this regard, it has an uncanny resemblance to Dil Chahta Hai, though it’s an altogether different film. The movie is non-sentimental and realistic, but it is emotional, and surprisingly enough, quite poetic. The dialogue by Farhan Akhtar is for the most part excellent.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is captivating, interesting and entertaining, and it captures the beauty of Spain with great mastery. At times this presentation is too perfect, but then it’s a movie so that’s what audiences want to see. It is beautifully shot, with an excellent cinematography working in its favour. The background score is very good, and the songs are very fun and catchy. All these aspects create a lyrical tone that is very uplifting to watch. Some scenes are just amazingly captured. The one when the guys get out of the water after diving, is pure magic. So is the one which shows them skydiving.

The film is definitely not flawless, at least from my point of view. The main moral of the story, that life is only once and one should live it to the fullest, is successfully conveyed, generally speaking, but then at times it becomes over-repetitive and saccharine. Towards the second half, it looks like it tries hard to be inspiring and feels too larger-than-life, which it out of place in a film trying to portray realism. The ending is one such instance. Similarly, the friendship between the three leads, which is generally done well, often lacks the natural, understated camaraderie it requires (not because they fight, but in spite of it).

Hrithik Roshan finally works as part of an ensemble cast where he doesn’t have to carry a film all alone. He plays an imperfect man who grows as a character, and he does it ably. Farhan Akhtar is for the first time convincing and he’s natural and enjoyable in a meaty role. Abhay Deol, as the flamboyant, playful guy who’s unsure of whether he does or does not want to marry yet, is likable but still a bit of a disappointment. Deol is according to me the best actor of the three, based on what I’ve seen before, but in this film his character often lets him down–a sad case of weak writing–as it lacks true complexity.

I never thought I’d say that, but Katrina Kaif is surprisingly effective and natural, and her part is actually very well written. Laila is lovely, kind, radial and, probably more importantly, is of mixed ethnicity, which makes her line delivery and accent justifiable and credible in this film. This may be the benefit, as it eases the work for Kaif, who, instead of focusing on her accent and Hindi line delivery (which was anyway poor), can for one concentrate on the character. She is never great, but she is good. Kalki is better in a smaller part. Speaking of small parts, Naseeruddin Shah and Deepti Naval, in just two brief scenes each, shine.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara does partially bring forth another step in Hindi cinema’s growth and departure from popular convention. It is thoroughly enjoyable, it has both style and substance, and though in my opinion it is nowhere an extraordinary film and is far from being really great, it is still a worthy and appreciable effort about living life to the fullest and cherishing every moment of it. Worth watching.

Excellent film. Watch it.

I have seen the film this morning and all the efforts put in are worth the movie. As expected, this is a good movie about grown up men and their emotional problems, which is naturally expected from the team that gave us Dil Chahta Hai and Rock On.

A group of three friends (Hrithik, Abhay Deol and Farhan Akhtar) embark on a road trip in Spain as a part of a bachelor party for Abhay Deol, who is getting married to Kalki, and confused. Hritik and Farhan have their own personal issues too.

The movie is a joy ride with subtle comedy. Farhan Akhtar’s comic timing is impeccable. The comedy that was written just out of a ladies hand bag is too good.

The wafer thin story line is beautifully put on screen with a superb screenplay. The performances are nothing less than your expectations with Hritik in the ensemble. Deepti Naval and Naseeruddin Shah add up to the list of artists.

The movie portrays very heavy topics like marriage, love and Work. Yet, due to the sublime comedy you are never bored. I guess that is a mark of excellent script.

Here is one line I want to pick up from this movie. Kalki says this line to Abhay Deol, her fiancé. “You enjoy your bachelor trip. Aakhir shaadi ke baad you wouldn’t feel like going around with your friends any more.” And you should see the expressions on the faces of the three guys…

And yes, La Tomatina festival, Spainish beaches, and Katrina Kaif were a treat to watch.

Perfect summer movie about the journey of Life

“Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara” (ZNMD) is a complex, honest, and thoroughly refreshing story about friendship, about love, about choices, about … well … the journey of Life (lit. ‘zindagi’). Writer-Director Zoya Akhtar takes three characters we might think we’ve seen before … but deftly makes them original, fresh, and unexpectedly engaging. Her intelligent script perfectly balances the very real, even painful, personal transformation of each character with moments of joy, wit, charm, and humour.

No one’s Life Journey is ever quite what one plans!

Our protagonists? Three best friends since childhood: Arjun (Hrithik Roshan), now an investment broker in London; Imraan (Farhan Akhtar), an advertising copywriter in Delhi; and Kabir (Abhay Deol), a construction architect in Mumbai. Ten years after college Kabir’s imminent wedding impels ‘The Three Musketeers — all for one, and one for all!’ — to finally embark on the many-times-deferred adventure challenge they’d always planned.

ZNMD explores whether three grown men can survive a 3-week road trip together *and* still remain friends *and* still be the same people.

Think you’ve heard similar, before? Guess again! Ms Akhtar elevates the basic ‘road movie’ premise into something rare and sublime: brilliant character-driven comedy never cheap but often laugh-out-loud funny, and so true to life and people each of us actually know that it genuinely moves the heart as well as the mind and funny-bone. As each ZNMD character in turn challenges his own fear, whatever personal demon that has been holding back his life, it becomes our victory, too.

See ZNMD and discover: *your* life may change, too!

Such strong story and plot would be lost, without great acting.

Farhan Akhtar just gets better and better, as an actor, every time out of the gate. Already one of India’s best young directors, his deceptively brash but sensitive and layered acting in ZNMD is quiet excellence … and deliciously funny.

Abhay Deol is not exciting, but I like his potential. A good foil for the other two.

However the real revelation in ZNMD is, most surprisingly, he whom we might have *thought* most familiar. Hrithik Roshan we see so often in heavy dramatic and/or demanding multi-part roles — because, let’s face it, he’s that rare actor who CAN do them, and do them brilliantly well — that it’s easy to forget just how plain damn funny and versatile he can be. Casting one of the world’s more notorious compulsive workaholics as, well, a compulsive workaholic? Absolute genius!

On the distaff side … Katrina Kaif. Wow! Where did this performance come from? She’s always been beautiful, of course, but in ZNMD for the first time she shows subtlety and depth as an actress. Easily, her very best work to date.

Cannot finish without special mention of the fantastic music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy, long my favourite Hindi film composers. Their ZNMD soundtrack perfectly backdrops the film’s emotional journey. Irresistibly hummable music spans the full range of moods and emotions, much like our three main characters: everything from amusingly lighthearted (‘Senorita’, sung by Mssrs Roshan, Akhtar, & Deol) to cool and modern (‘Ik Junoon — Paint It Red’) to reflective (‘Der Lagi Lakin’) and even unabashedly romantic (‘Khaabon Ke Parinday’).

But the rocking ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ seems to capture the very Joy of Living … and that is the ultimate spirit of Zoya Akhtar’s ZNMD.

Perfect summer movie! 10/10

Best film I’ve seen yet from anywhere in the world, thus far in 2011.