Lakhon Hain Yahan Dilwale Hindi Movie

While the story in itself is dated, it could still have been passable had it been written and directed well. Sep 4, 2015 By hishir Gautam

Long back a father made a couple of films. His son grew up went abroad, work all his life, dreaming that some day he could make a film like his father did. A dream of seeing his name of celluloid. Director Munnawar Shamim Bhagat is the son of yesteryears filmmaker Shamim Bhagat, who had produced the Kishore Kumar starrer Shreeman Funtoosh (1965). And unlike many others who fail to realize their dream, Munnawar actually made his film Lakhon Hai Yahan Diwali. Bravo!

But then, as an audience I only wished he had also worked on his skills as a filmmaker before getting to the sets. Ah the mess!

Lakhon Hai Yahan Dilwale's highpoint are the 11 borrowed superhit songs from the 60s. All filmed on the lead actors of the film who play musicians. Arsh (Vije Bhatia) plays an aspiring singer who arrives in Mumbai following his dream. Just to pass time and entertain people he starts singing at a street. Swara (Krutika Gaikwad) also starts listening to him and soon they start singing together. Love follows and so does complications. Swara is already married, to a goon Vithal dada (Aditya Pancholi) and has a child. He gets back from jail and makes life difficult for the singers.

While the story in itself is dated, it could still have been passable had it been written and directed well. Instead what we have is an absolute shabby attempt at filmmaking, where the director does not even bother to get the extras changed in each scene. In his attempt to save on expense they shoot five parties in the same setup, using a new corner of the same hall - which unfortunately is awkwardly evident. The tech-team seems to have worked without any passion.

Badly shot, badly edited... what could be worse? The actors of course! Aditya Pancholi is loud and yet is not as bad as Vije Bhatia, who fails to put in any basic level of work into his character as a singer. When a lead actor, on whose shoulder the entire film lies, does not find it necessary to do basic research on his character he deserve brickbats. The only passable actor in the entire cast is Krutika Gaikwad, who does a decent job. Even the usually charismatic Anju Mahendru lacks the polish.

The only saving grace of the film are those 11 beautiful songs. But then what's stopping you from going to Youtube to see the old videos? They don't even cost you a penny! And if at all you wished to a film crafted around old songs I suppose Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar still works!