Always Kabhi Kabhi Movie Review
Ratings:2.5/5 Reviewer:Nikhat Kazmi Site:TimesOfIndia
Story: The film looks at the life of a bunch of students during the last year of their school life. The parental and peer group pressure, the neglect, the misunderstandings, the first stirrings of love, heartbreak and the whole burden to succeed: it's an attempt to capture the angst of growing up before you actually come of age.
Movie Review: Not so long ago Roshan Abbas, then an active theatre person, had directed this film as a musical called Graffiti. The play was a hit and had several successful shows as it mirrored the life of teenagers who were still confused about the choices in life. Today, he has converted the same script into a film, but ironically, it lacks the panache that the play boasted of.
The problems are easy to count. First, and most importantly, the film is a youth-oriented story but completely lacks the fun and games that are associated with this generation. There is a general lack of zeal in the proceedings and the pranks that the boys and girls play in the classroom border on the juvenile. The final year classroom of Always Kabhi Kabhi in no way reflects a modern classroom of today. All that they do for fun is go for some antiseptic pool parties or chill in a local club called Hellfire.
Secondly, the parental problems are all so very predictable. The pretty girl (Giselle Monteiro) is being forced to miss school and forget her boyfriend in order to concentrate on a modelling and acting career by an ambitious mother. The school topper is given just one option by domineering dad: MIT or nothing. The rebellious teen, hungry for her parents attention, keeps slipping off to Goa with her boyfriend. And the mortified son, caught in a drug rap, is unable to come clean before his parents and seek their help.
It's all foregone and predictable apart from being inordinately long. School is agony; school is ecstasy. Always Kabhi Kabhi captures neither and treads the staid middle ground.
Ratings:1.5/5 Reviewer:Rajeev Masand Site:IBNLive
The real problem is that the Always Kabhi Kabhi neither feels accurately representative of this generation and its lifestyle, nor does it have an aspirational quality to it like those campus portions of 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' did all those years ago. As a result it feels very boringI'm going with one-and-a-half out of five for director Roshan Abbas' 'Always Kabhi Kabhi'. Watching this film is like attending a concert put up by ten-year-olds. It's amateurish, and tedious to sit through, and the only thing you can appreciate in the end is the earnestness behind the effort.
Ratings:1.5/5 Reviewer:Taran Adarsh Site:BollywoodHungama
ALWAYS KABHI KABHI is based on Roshan Abbas' 1999 play 'Graffiti'. Though Roshan may claim that he has developed and modified the play to suit the moviegoers' tastes, the fact is that the subject material is thoroughly unexciting and comes across as a hollow attempt to drive home a message. Actually, the screenplay tries to pack too much stuff, but the manner in which everything is spread out on the table makes you squirm in your seat. Seriously, one wonders after a point, what were the director and his team of writers trying to say? The writing is not merely humdrum and dreary, but also amateurish and ridiculous at the same time. On the whole, ALWAYS KABHI KABHI disappoints! Ratings:1.5/5 Reviewer:Raja Sen Site:Rediff
Nobody else in Roshan Abbas' Always Kabhi Kabhi is EVER quiet. Yes, I used caps. Just like the film does as it screams at the eardrums , with a moronic background score that never stops overselling the moment. The first half is dull as can be, merely loud, and while the emotionally-laden second half begins to mildly resemble something sweet, it explodes into a flashy climax that ruins everything.And then the producer's husband comes and ruins it all over again.
Ratings:1/5 Reviewer:Komal Nahata Site:Koimoi
What’s Good: Two songs; some light moments; some performances.What’s Bad: The routine subject; lack of heartwarming moments; lack of comedy; disjointed screenplay.Verdict: Always Kabhi Kabhi will not get the audience’s love.On the whole, Always Kabhi Kabhi neither has the warmth and emotions of a teenage love story nor the entertainment value and music of a romantic drama. It will not be able to make much of a mark at the box-office.
Ratings:2/5 Reviewer:Pankaj Sabnani Site:Glamsham
Roshan's ALWAYS KABHI KABHI truly stands out for its engaging performances and characterization.The storyline is recycled and predictable. The dramatic incidents and the twists and turns in each of the characters' life are tasteless and don't leave any impact. However, the dialogues and one-liners have a youth flavour and do impress at some points. The 'high school escapade' theme gets a stylish makeover, but doesn't make us yearn for our school days. Ratings:2/5 Reviewer:Vaibhavi Risood Site:Dainik Bhaskar
SRK’s fans who can endure anything to watch him in a video can risk buying a ticket. If you want to re-visit teen days without any decent expectations ‘Always Kabhi Kabhi’ will turn out to be an ok experience. We suggest always think before kabhi kabhi pushing yourself towards theatre as it has little to offer.
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