Aashiqui 2 (2013)

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Aashiqui 2 starts of beautifully with a captivating song that you will find yourself humming as you walk out of the theater.Many things hold the movie strong. The leads did fair enough with their performance. However, their dialogue delivery wasn't as good as it would have been but on the brighter side the screenplay was well executed. Moreover, the music and the background score of the movie was brilliant. The story was stretched forcefully in the second half but the ending changed the whole mood of the movie. On the whole, Aashiqui 2 is a movie for lovers and it is a decent watch. Overall: Excellent..!!

Aashiqui 2 the love story of Rahul (Aaditya Roy Kapoor) and Aarohi (Shraddha Kapoor). Rahul is a singer whose popularity is on the decline because of his own negligent and self-destructive attitude. He has turned into an alcoholic and lost all his interest in singing as well as life. Suddenly he happens to come across Aarohi who is a talented singer and wants to make it big in life. And out of the blue, in her he gets a purpose for his life. He coaches Aarohi himself and ensures that she gets the right break in the world of music. He falls in love with her and develops one and only wish in him to see her on the top of the world.On the other hand, Aarohi also falls in love with Rahul but gradually she feels less out of gratitude and more out of her love for him that he needs her care. With the passage of time and observance of Rahul's alcoholism and self-destructive approach towards life, she loses her interest in her singing career and becomes more and more interested in taking care of Rahul. Rahul whose career has come to an end, feels that by diverting her attention to himself, Aarohi may lag in her career. His pessimism towards his life leads him to end his life which appears meaningless to him. Now it's up to Aarohi whether she wants to leave the world of music forever and get lost into oblivion or continue with her career the way Rahul wanted her to.Assessing the movie, let me admit that it's really a well made movie and the writer (Shagufta Rafique) and director (Mohit Suri) are able to convey what they purport to convey. The thing is whether what they think (and therefore present) is agreeable or not. All the aspects of the movie including music are good. Both Aaditya Roy Kapoor and Sharaddha Kapoor have done excellently. Shaad Randhawa as Vivek, the secretary cum friend of the singer hero, has also done admirably. The supporting cast did not have much to do in this movie.Now I am willing to ask the filmmaker a very significant question - what's understood by love ? Generally I feel that love means to care and to share. Plus love involves sacrifice for the sweetheart wherever required. The writer and the director of Aashiqui 2 seems to have misunderstood the meaning of sacrifice. Firstly, sacrifice should be meaningful and required. Secondly, it should be made by understanding the desire of the sweetheart from his / her viewpoint. Imposing own viewpoint and thought-process on the sweetheart and ignoring what he / she wants or likes can be anything but love. And that's where this movie has faltered.In this movie, the hero who has become a slave of his own alcoholism and is moving non-stop on the path of self-destruction, decides everything for the heroine from his side without giving even a single thought to her desires and liking. It is his desire to see the heroine on top of the world but it is by no means her desire. She finds her happiness in loving and caring for him. Once she realizes it, the progress in her singing career has lost its meaning for her. She would have got pleasure, had the hero improved himself and his approach towards life. He promises to her in the ending reels that he will join gym and lead a disciplined life and above all quit drinking. However it's his inner weakness that he finds himself as unable to fulfill that promise and runs away from life. The heroine very rightly terms him a coward in the end. But my point is - he's not just a coward but also a self-centred person who could not look at the things from the angle of his sweetheart.The hero not only gives a lot of pain to the heroine in his lifetime but even after his death when the heroine is ready to quit singing and move to some faraway place, the hero's friend (who was earlier against his paying this much attention to the heroine's career) convinces her to continue with her career and fulfill the deceased hero's desire to see her on the top of the world. Is it not utter selfishness ? Love means to understand your sweetheart and not to impose your thoughts and desires on him / her. The hero chooses the easy path of ending his life and avoids the difficult path to mend his ways. Is it love ? No ! In fact, it's the heroine who shows her sincere love towards the hero after his death by deciding to continue with her singing career against her own will.I underscore that seeking your own pleasure through the acts of the other one is by no means love for him / her. If you really love someone, try to understand wherein his / her pleasure lies and then act accordingly so that your sweetheart gets genuine happiness. A true lover always sees his / her happiness in the happiness of the sweetheart only. Aashiqui 2 shows just the contrary from the side of the hero. In my considered opinion, it's not at all love (or Aashiqui). It's sheer selfishness. And love can be anything but selfish.

Well, Its been 15 months since I saw the movie for the first time. Just watched the whole movie again on television and I again cried on some of the scenes. Firstly, before it's release, I didn't have much expectations from the story or the actors, though I loved the Music. But I was surprised to see how well Aditya and Shraddha acted. Aditya played the role of an alcoholic lover quite brilliantly. Shraddha has been pretty good considering that was her first movie. Kudos to Mohit Suri for his amazing Direction. I still consider him pretty underrated as a story teller and director. The Music is already considered a Super Hit and no matter how many times I Listen to "TUM HI HO", it stills looks refreshing and beautiful.A must watch for those who haven't watched it yet. Don't expect it to be like Ashiqui (1991). If you are a romantic movie lover, you will surely love this. Its a totally refreshing experience.

Wow, if this movie was a mere soundtrack without the whole plot line and the story. Then it would've been sublime! I fell in love with Tum Hi Ho that I just had to watch this movie to understand the story. On the contrary the movie was a disaster. RJ is a raging alcoholic that is not only affecting his personal life, but also his career. After showing up drunk and late at his own concert a commission happens between him and an envious group who wanted to perform instead, thus making him leave his concert behind and wander off driving under the intoxication of alcohol. He meets Aaroohi by coincidence finds out she has a good voice and persuade her to leave her bar singing jobs behind in the promise of making her a star. Well, eventually Aaroohi does climb the ladder of success thanks to RJ while he loses everything but she still is thankful and grateful for his help. Rj's alcoholism flourishes as his career goes down the drain and not even Aaroohi can save him. In the end of the road he finds that no one can save him from the demons inside and he takes the ultimate and painful choice. The movie lacks a lot of explaining. The plot line might've been something great but unfortunately there's a huge lack of depth to supplement it. The love story between Rj a famous rock star who could have any girl he wants and Aaroohi is ridiculous to the point of being contrived. I personally think the movie would've been much better without the love story and here's why: Rahul's love for Aaroohi is so selfless and unconditional that it comes across as a mother's love to her chid rather than a romantic love between a man and a woman. If he was so good at expressing his emotions and feelings why does he feel the need to run to the bottle every time he feels sad or happy? At Aaroohi's ceremony he was drinking, after overhearing those other business executives stating that he would be the down fall of her career because of his alcoholism he still continues drinking even more so. Furthermore, the reason behind his alcoholism never seems to be interpreted or explained in the entire course of the movie other than an emotional dependency . It's almost like you don't have to have a reason to be an alcoholic. No one ever seems to care about Rauhl's reasons for addiction, no one ever thought about finding out why he drinks or trying to help him get over it. On the contrary, while people do taunt him for his alcoholism and scold him it seems to be for all the wrong reasons. No one ever suggests he stops drinking for his own good, everyone else just seems to think of how bad his drinking habits will affect his career as an artist. Like Fame and fortune are the most important things that can be ruined in a person's life by alcohol. The psychological aspect of addiction was completely ignored by the producers, writers and creators of this movie. Thus making it hard to relate to the characters or understand them or even have sympathy for them. Aaroohi on the other hand is two dimensional at best. Her character is underdeveloped and comes across as passive and naive most of the time. She has no standing power no strength of character. Rauhl loves her yes and is willing to help her out and she's dedicated to him but she doesn't even seem capable of helping him out. She's too mellow for my taste. I didn't like her one bit, I also don't find her voice better than Rahul's. Her looks may be suitable for her role but other than that there's not much to offer. I may seem to criticise the love story more than anything but that's only because it is the centre of this film. There's just no passion, no spark or fire. The only spark that could exist is when there is music involved. Which is why I think this movie should've been a musical instead. Other than that Rauhl's struggles with alcoholism and depression could've been very much real if and only if the writers decided to look at it introspectively instead of presenting it as a subplot. The ending would've made more sense if they did, the story would've made more sense and wouldn't have come across as a melodramatic mess. PROS: -Amazing Soundtrack! I'm in love with the music this movie has to offer. Wither you know Hindi or not the tune is intriguing but knowing the meaning of the lyrics sure makes it more wonderful. -Beautiful Photography. -Good to Average acting. Well, some actors were surely better than others but I don't think it was the actor's fault in particular the dialogue wasn't that challenging to start with and I believe it led to some boundaries and limitations. CONS: -Ridiculous Love at first sight story that made little to no sense and was badly executed. -Contrary to the song lyrics the dialogues were awful. -Character development was non existence. -The world of music industry was conspiring against Rauhl after his downfall. That was cheesy and annoying to watch. How can a super star loved by million of fans is being hated all of a sudden after just a couple of months? -Aaroohi seems like a parasite instead of a love interest. Think about it, she reaches success by the help of Rauhl and she replaces him in the music scene then she kills him off.