The locales of Kedarnath are never seen before on screen in any film and that adds to the charm. Tushar Kanti Ray's cinematography is breath-taking. Allwin Rego and Sanjay Maurya's sound design however adds to the thrill quotient especially in the flood scenes. Hitesh Sonik's background score is nothing special. 'Qaafirana' and 'Jaan Nisaar' are just okay while 'Sweetheart' is well choreographed. 'Namo Namo' is the only song that leaves a mark. Others are fine.Īmit Trivedi’s music is soulful but not well utilised in the film. Sonali Sachdev (Lata Mukku's mother) and Alka Amin (Mansoor's mother) are okay. Again, his performance suffers a bit since the makers never cared to explain properly why his character was so revered by one and all. Nishant Dahiya plays the villainous part well. Nitish Bharadwaj is decent and restrained. The way her character suddenly falls crazily for Mansoor is difficult to digest. Her performance is exemplary and she’s sure to stay here and shine! Sadly her characterization is unconvincing. Sara Ali Khan makes a very confident debut and is the only one to benefit from the film. Shockingly, some of his dialogues are difficult to decipher in the first half an hour.
But in terms of performance, there’s a lot left to be desired. There’s no doubt that he has worked hard physically in playing the porter. The climax also could have been heart wrenching but the desired impact is missing.
But since the film fails on a script level, these sequences don’t move the audiences. There’s no doubt that the flood sequences are attesting. But both these developments happen too late in the day. You know their love story is going to cause a problem and you know that floods would rock the town. A few scenes of the romance between Mansoor and Mukku also has its moments, especially their sequence in the cave. The day to day life of the temple town and the services of the porters are well established. KEDARNATH's first ten minutes are beautiful. Also, at a crucial point in the second half, he turns the film into an unintentional funny fare by adding a scene of a sadhu baba who refuses to leave during the floods and gets washed away. It catches viewers unaware since hardly anything has happened plot wise in the film until then. In this 120 minute long film, the intermission point arrives in just 50 minutes and that too at an unexciting point. Also he takes too long to arrive at the point. The film keeps switching among these genres, thereby diluting the impact. For starters, he’s confused as to whether the film is a love story or a social drama or does it belong to the disaster genre. Kanika Dhillon’s dialogues however are impactful.Ībhishek Kapoor’s direction is poor and it seems he hasn’t learnt his lessons after the big debacle of his previous film, FITOOR. A few scenes are decent but overall, it lacks any novelty and excitement. Kanika Dhillon’s screenplay is inconsistent. The Hindu-Muslim love story has been done to death and it seems forced here just for the heck of it. What happens next forms the rest of the film.Ībhishek Kapoor and Kanika Dhillon’s story is extremely weak. When he finds out that both Mukku and Mansoor are having an affair, it leads to madness. Kullu anyways hates Mansoor due to his Muslim identity. Mukku meanwhile bumps into Mansoor and love happens. Also, Kullu initially was to marry her sister Brinda (Pooja Gor) but then he decided to opt for Mukku instead. Mukku is against this marriage as she doesn’t love Kullu. He has fixed her marriage with Kullu (Nishant Dahiya), a big name in the temple town. Her father Briraaj (Nitish Bharadwaj) is a priest and he owns a lodge and a shop on the way to the temple. Another resident of Kedarnath is Mandakini aka Mukku (Sara Ali Khan). His Muslim identity doesn’t come in the way of fulfilling his duty and believing in the faith in Kedarnath. Mansoor (Sushant Singh Rajput) is a 'pitthoo' aka porter who carries pilgrims to the holy Hindu town of Kedarnath from the base. KEDARNATH is a love story that takes place right before a natural catastrophe. So does Abhishek Kapoor do justice to the premise in hand? Or does he fail in this endeavour? Let’s analyse. These three elements can make for an exciting film if handled well. Moreover, it is loosely based on the devastating floods that rocked this region in 2013. The film promises to be more than a love story as it’s based in the holy town of Kedarnath in Uttarakhand.
Now, Abhishek Kapoor attempts to tell one such story in his latest offing, KEDARNATH. Since a long time, several filmmakers have made some memorable films on this topic like BOBBY, JULIE, BOMBAY, GADAR - EK PREM KATHA, VEER-ZAARA, ISHAQZAADE, RAANJHANAA etc. The charm of inter-faith love stories can never fade away.
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