Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara .............

ZINDAGI NA Milegi Dobara is getting an awesome response from the Indian youth and it's gaining popularity among the audience as a "refreshing entertainer", which has a message delivered through  experiences of three friends who are on a bachelor's trip to spain.

   The movie has a simple enough narrative core that revolves around the three male protagonists seeking to break-free from the confines of their respective boxes. Their struggles yield many charming moments although one cannot avoid the sneaking suspicion that this cheerful ode to life, love and friendship is as much about telling a story as about a selling a country to prospective tourists


The screenplay, authored by Reema Kagti and director Zoya Akhtar, manages to stay on course all the way through to the end although narrative pace isn’t what it strives for. Even as the three friends indulge in constant banter – witty one-liners and poker-faced non-sequiturs are liberally tossed around – and play pranks on strangers and on each other, they have serious emotional issues to settle and many ingrained fears and doubts to overcome.

The “seize the day” philosophy that underlines the film is old as the hills. Yet Zoya Akhtar, by investing the tale with a delightful lightness of touch and dollops of gentle wit, brings a degree of freshness to bear upon the plot.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara does exude pronounced traces of the spirit of Dil Chahta Hai, but its essential rhythm is its own, stemming from the dynamics of a full-fledged road movie shot through with intelligence, emotion and, above all, humanism.

The adventures that the three men encounter – deep sea diving in Costa Brava, a tomato fight in Bunol, sky diving in Sevilla and, finally, the San Fermin Bull Run in Pamplona – are catalysts that bring out the best in them. As physical metaphors for liberation of the spirit, they are seamlessly integrated into the storyline for the most part.

The understated, youthful ambience of the film allows the actors to be their own selves and they all do it without a hitch. The high points: the infectious Senorita number and the single-scene special appearance by Naseeruddin Shah. As always, he sets the benchmark.The intermittent poetry (Javed Akhtar sahab) is good but too much of it disturbs. ZNMD is a movie about the youth and succeeds in relating to  them in many unfathomable ways. The music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio is not their best but sets the mood for the story to unfold. Zoya Akhtar has done a good job as the Director.