‘Kill Dil’ falls flat despite early promise

IT seems as if filmmaker Shadi Ali has lost the plot — in more ways than one.

After a beautiful debut as director of the emotionally charged drama Saathiya, he went on to make the con flick Bunty Aur Babli, which was great fun with outstanding music. He then delivered Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, which, although a different and fun outing, failed at the box office.

Seven years later, Ali returns for his fourth venture, again produced by Yash Raj Films.

But what should have been natural progression for a promising filmmaker has fizzled out to shocking regression.

Kill Dil traces the friendship between two young orphans, Dev (Ranveer Singh) and Tutu (Ali Zafar), who are mentored by Bhaiyaji (Govinda) to work as ruthless hit men.

Their once-perfect relationship is rocked when Dev falls in love with Disha (Parineeti Chopra) and suddenly all the equations of friendship, romance and loyalty are challenged. With a striking resemblance to Gunday, which was released early this year, Kill Dil pales in comparison and suffers from a terrible script and half-baked characters.

There a few scenes that stand out, but the overall product lacks drama and an engaging script, despite the early promise.

The movie is a Singh show, but there is nothing much to rave about in terms of the rest of the cast.

Zafar is totally miscast and this has to be Chopra’s weakest movie to date.

Govinda’s talent is completely wasted in a poorly written role.

The songs are as disastrous as the script, with Sajde being the solo highlight that shows magnificent chemistry between Singh and Chopra.

There’s a scene in which Govinda suddenly slaps Singh. It’s at that moment that I wished that producer Aditya Chopra did the same to Ali.