Haal e dil
 Director:
Anil Devgan
Producer:
Kumar Mangat
Starring:
Amita Pathak,Nakuul Mehta,Adhyayan Suman
Lyrics:
Sameer
Cinematography:
Rajeev Ravi
There was a time when Surinder Kapoor who used to work
for Bollywood's
showman Raj Kapoor dreamt of making his children some
day bigger stars than his employer. He had a passion and
an understanding for cinema and with that knowledge and
dedication he made his elder son Boney a well known
filmmaker and his middle son Anil Kapoor rose to become
such a huge actor that at one point of time he was
considered to be next to Amitabh Bachchan.
But, what is important is the understanding of cinema.
An actor becomes a super star not always by luck; he has
some kind of instinct that differentiates him from
others. Kumar Mangat who has been looking after Ajay
Devgan's business has become a producer on the lines of
his mentor.
He has a very good business sense of cinema and is one
of the main advisors of a multinational company. He must
have dreamt of watching his daughter on big screen one
day and finally the day comes when he premieres his
latest flick 'Haal E Dil', with his daughter Amita
playing the pivotal role.
'Haal E Dil' is also a launch pad for two more new
comers - Adhyayan, son of Shekhar Suman, and a princely
boy Nakul Mehta. The trio has the energy to make them
shine on screen and have the spark that kindles in a
newcomer to get noticed among millions.
But, no matter how good an actor you are, no matter how
competent a person directs you and also no matter how
good music you are able to extract from your composers
for the film. What matters is the story; a movie without
a good story cannot stand on its own at box office.
 If
'Haal E Dil' falls flat on the very first day of
release, it is because of the absence of a good
script.Director Anil Devgan (Brother of Ajay Devgan) has
made films like 'Raju Chacha' and 'Blackmail' in the
past, but in his every attempt he works on the sheer
instinct of his actors.
This time also he repeats the same formulae, so his
efforts have failed from the very start. Writer Dhiraj
Ratan has given him such a weak screenplay that even a
veteran director will find himself in an odd position.
The story of two boys and a girl is not a new concept.
It is not the novelty of the story that works everytime
but it is its treatment. Our grannies keep on repeating
same stories when we are kids but it is their style of
narration that keeps our attention fixed.
'Haal E Dil' is the story of Sanjana (Amita Pathak) who
is wary of even the word love. She is living a life
where everything seems rosy and perfect for her. On the
other hand, there is a boy Shekhar (Nakuul Mehta), who
is a flirt by default.
For him the word Love means nothing more than flirting
with every possible girl. He is always in love but he is
far away from its emotional state. And, there is yet
another boy Rohit (Adhyayan Suman), who is a novice to
the entire material world. For him love is to die for.
He would give his heart for love and will not even think
of anything else; a kind of a Devdas for whom love is a
one way entry! Pitched between these two poles apart
theories of love is Sanjana. How does she handle the
concepts of love at first sight and love that is blind,
forms the crux (if any) of the film 'Haal E Dil'.
'Haal E Dil' takes inspiration from so many films, both
recent and the past ones. And, in doing so, director
Anil Devgan forgets to remember the basics of
filmmaking. He forgets that the fate of three new comers
rests in his hands.
He needs to realize that a story moves forward only when
there is adequate
number of incidents to keep the attention of a viewer
intact. Anil relies heavily on the gimmicks of glamour
but it doesn't work. He gets a good producer to back him
to any extent and allow him to shoot the film at the
best locales, but he fails to do it.
He makes his heroes look like emotional fools; he does
not establish the main characters properly. His entire
treatment of the story is so childish that even his flop
like 'Raju Chacha' looks better that this movie! Being
brother of an immense actor like Ajay Devgan (and now he
has turned director as well), Anil needs to learn the
tricks of film making by heart.
The film is at par with any other good film except for
its technical flaws. Cinematography by Rajeev Ravi is
world class. He does his best to salvage the film, but
all this gloss falls short for saving a film that has
music by as many as four composers.
Kumar Managat has put his heart for his daughter's debut
film. He has got some very good songs composed for the
film, and even these are choreographed very well, but to
link these songs, there is hardly any story. Among
actors, Namita Pathak will find it very difficult to
convince other filmmakers that she has all that an actor
needs.
 Besides,
both Nakuul and Adhyayan have spark and knowledge of
cinema and also know the art of looking good on screen
and emote. This is just the beginning of their career
and they leave their impressions to be noticed by the
film fraternity.
On the whole, we may sum up that 'Haal E Dil' doesn't
have any entertainment value either for masses or for
classes. The movie will find it very tough to sail
through Box office.
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