Ahista Ahista

Cast: Abhay Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Shayan Munshi
Director: Shivam Nair
Music: Himesh Reshammiya (one would have been surprised if it was somebody else) nothing great.
Action: None
Comedy: Painful attempt at giving comic relief now and then

Its been a while since ive seen a movie which made me repent spending money and time and effort on watching it...Ahista Ahista finally ends that trend. The sole point of my review is to provide a warning to all those contemplating watching this movie...STAY AWAY!! You are much better off whiling away your time watching the pointless news being flashed in the zillion desi news channels we have.

Abhay Deol, of Dharmendra’s nephew fame (though he would like to be known as “of Socha Na Tha’ Fame) stars in a most horridly slow paced pointless movie which has Soha Ali Khan as the romantic lead. The marketing team of the movie has got it right by carefully keeping Shayan Munshi (of “I know who killed Jessica Lal… but I don’t tell” fame) off the promos and airing shows talking about the great chemistry that Abhay and Soha share to try and orient the viewers towards a conclusion regarding the climax of the movie.

Unfortunately everything about the movie is woefully wrong and the climax just makes things even worse with its abrupt and poorly written plot. The movie lives upto one thing though…its name. The story moves on so slowly remindful of serials on Dorrdarshan. The performances of the actors also are nothing to write home about. Abhay Deol just can’t seem to deliver dialogues right and would do well to have someone with a different voice dub for him. Soha tries her hand at acting but her role is more so limited to weeping carefully so that the kajal in her eyes doesn’t spoil the make up and otherwise look pretty. Shayan Munshi (who???) does a good job of being himself…looking dead and pale and just running around displaying an extreme sense of urgency and desperation.

Trust Himesh Reshammiya to have an extremely high pitched number for the title song as well. The title Ahista Ahista (Slowly Slowy) is howled out in a song contrary to the pace of the movie. The most irritating role in the movie is that of Moti (an elderly lady who is Abhay’s friends mom) who figures in a set of totally rubbish so called comical scenes.

If one would still want to watch this movie even if it is aired on TV then God Save him!