Songs from that era continue to be earworms and often outshine those that are thoughtlessly being belted out today. The actress, and her diligence to outshine every actor in her scenes, almost saves the film.Whether in the West or right here in India, nothing comes close to the kind of music that was made in the 90s. The real star of Betabiyan - and the superglue that holds the film together - is Niggy, played by Hiba Ali. One of these friends is actor Waqar Godhra (Chain Aye Na, Enaaya), whose almost dialogue-less hamming bit-part should have been cut out of the film. He is every bit as much an insufferable cardboard cutout as she is.Įven their college friends are every bit as unbearable. When her love-interest, Syed Arez as Zain, makes his entry, one realises that pairs are indeed made in heaven. The script gives his craft the wiggle room of an overweight man stuck in a jam-packed bus.īaloch’s character - a kind-hearted, clueless, over-privileged brat who flings money at every issue - is just as uninteresting. Then again, it’s not entirely Ali’s fault. Mostly directed to deliver as flat a performance as possible, the scene above is one of three moments we see Babar Ali trying out a different set of emotional reactions. This, however, is as deep and as emotive as the character gets. The very thought of his daughter, Nida (Saima Baloch), eating a plate sets his senses on fire. Take Hassan, the clueless father played by Babar Ali, as an example: even though he lives in Karachi and seems to be a man of the world, he apparently had never tasted mix chaat in his life. Woe is us, then, for entertaining the idea of being entertained by a film that has glib characters, an impulsively laid-out premise, and a screenplay that stretches one’s sense of believability. I’m not saying the film is good - far from it - but these are dire times when even ho-hum fodder with some saving grace appears applaudable. In spite of how Betabiyan looks, it is at times chirpy, stress-free entertainment with some fine music. This alternate universe of late ’90s storytelling clichés doesn’t sound too enticing … right? Woe is us having to find streaks of hope in a film that has glib characters, a trite premise and a screenplay that stretches one’s sense of believability And so begins the protracted drama of a ‘what if’ scenario - what if Kuch Kuch Hota Hai had its mushy Bollywood sentiments (and budget) taken away, and the hero’s daughter, now in college, falls in love with a douche who thinks he is the hero of the film? But then, just as suddenly, the exaggeration cuts off as Hassan’s life finds instant stability when his best buddy from college, Niggy, offers to become the newborn child’s adoptive mother.īeing the child’s over-protective father, Hassan doesn’t realise that Niggy has been in love with him since forever.
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