Current week’s release – Ekk Deewana Tha.

It’s Gautam Vasudev Menon’s second hindi outing after Rehna hain tere dil mein, and is a remake of his own earlier versions - Ye Maaya Chesave (Telgu) &  Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (Tamil) – both with different endings and are considered classics in the respective original version.

I’ve seen the Telgu version twice (yes twice, with English subtitles), and was bowled over by it when I first saw it….am gonna watch the hindi version too (please don’t make faces, I told you movies are my meditation).

Movie is a love story with an uncomplicated story line and an old world charm to it. Telgu version worked pretty well for me, despite the fact that I’m not a big fan of romantic genre. The highlight of the movie was its innocence and the sparkling chemistry between the lead pair of Naga Chaitanya & Samantha.

Let’s see how well have they remade it in hindi.

The songs by AR Rahman have been playing on the satellite channels for some time, but like other AR Rahman music take time in picking up though the Hossana number has become reasonably popular.

I recently saw the talkie trailers of the movie which look good, but in my opinion should have been started airing little earlier.

Overall, considering the level of promotion and the box-office standing of Prateik, movie will depend on its content and word of mouth.

I hope makers have retained the feel, simplicity and innocence of the original…..am eager to watch it at the earliest.

 Gagan

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