Quirky-entertaining-passionate, these are the quick
associations that you will build with the newly launched trailer of Phillauri.
The first shot of the trailer with Suraj Sharma’s ROFL situation,
and the reactions that follow are priceless and set the comic tone of the trailer
and I guess the movie as well.. The modern man compelled to follow the mumbo-jumbo
tradition of marrying a tree because of his Manglik
dosh, makes for a very interesting story that most of us, so-called new age
kids, will associate with. Suraj is again playing a man stuck in a difficult situation
like Life of Pie, but instead of the tiger, here there is Anushka’s ghost leering
on the top. The opening scene between the two will definitely make the audience
go rolling on the floor with laughter. Against Suraj who is displaying range of
emotions, Mehreen Pirzada shown in contrast as the innocent girl, who does not
even realize what is happening around her, also captures the character very
well.
Comedy with the serious face has been Anushka’s forte from
her Band Baaja Baarat days and her funny ghost in this movie, with dialogues
like ‘Main paidayishi bhootni hoon’, spin the tale that follows between Sooraj
and her in a refreshingly hilarious laugh riot. The background score in the first half which
is a fusion of Disney magic, Punjabi beats and shaadi ka band brilliantly sets the plot of the intermingled
stories.
And just when you think it is a quirky ghost story, the
backdrop changes to the ghost’s background with the celestial voice of her
Phillauri – Diljit Dosanjh. The voice and the song ‘Sahebaa’ keeps resonating in your head even after the trailer is
over. Diljit Dosanjh’s entry just makes your forget that this is supposed to be
a ‘Once upon a time’ story and transforms you to the world of Sahiba-Mirza,
Heer-Ranjha tales, adding Shashi-Phillauri in the eternal-love-but-did-not-end-together
list. Diljit Sosanjh with his gorgeous Sardarji looks and smoky voice does
complete justice to the role of Phillauri.
This is Anshai Lal’s first movie, but the trailer portrays
the work of a very mature architect. Overall, the trailer looks is very entertaining
and the story looks fresh. It actually puts a face to eternal, old love tales
and answers what really happens when there is no “lives together happily ever
after”. The music is expected to be a mix bag of loud modern Punjabi beats and
rustic eternal love songs. The background score stimulates the moods and
emotions brilliantly. Along with the songs, the photography and color scheme demonstrates
the modern relationships in the face and the old time stories in a very dream
sequence, spinning the tales in the heads. Dialogues are well crafted and don’t
seem to have been overdone to keep the comic tone of the movie. The icing on the
cake is the last dialogue of the trailer.
All three of the lead actors – Sooraj, Anushka and Diljit are
brilliant actors, and appear stunning in their performances in this trailer as
well. This odd casting and the eccentric storyline will hopefully create a new wave
of cinema.
Basis the trailer, I can say that this Anushka Sharma
production will get a 3.5/5 rating.
