Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha

There's not much to say about Neeraj Pandey's "Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha" except that the movie itself is unsure of what it wants to be. It's at times a romantic drama, and at other times, an action movie or even sometimes a Rashomon-esque mystery thriller. But at everything it tries, the movie fails miserably. The worst of its crimes, moreso than the whole outdated soul-mate stuff, is how utterly predictable every bit of it was. And predictability wouldn't really matter in a movie like this, if only they didn't try to make it a movie that has a secret to be revealed. But for all its flaws, the movie is rather vanilla and inoffensive, and doesn't really give you a reason to go beyond 'dislike' into 'hate' territory. So yea, it's essentially a movie meant to be discarded and forgotten.

Some directors know how to only make low budget films well, you give them bigger budgets and the churn out garbage. This film is nothing but a prime example of how an overindulgent director has made an 80s concept film and stretched it for 2.5hrs+ After A Wednesday and special 26 which were high concept films, Neeraj Pandey has been completely exposed. His technical skills and ability to extract performance from stars are extremely poor. Earlier he got away because he had Naseer in Wednesday and Manoj Bajpai in Special 26 to save his mediocre skills. Auro mein... is not even a film, it is a joke this director has played on us.

Young Devgn (an impressive Maheshwari) and young Tabu reside in the same chawl, are very much in love and desire to start a life together. However, a regrettable event permanently alters their life. For a crime he did not commit, Devgn is imprisoned and Tabu marries Sheirgill. Many years later, old Tabu and old Devgn cross paths again only to part ways forever. There's not much of a story in #AuronMeinKahanDumTha. Nevertheless, unlike what the critics would have us believe, the movie is not terrible and features good performances. The main issue is "it is slow". The low box office statistics may be attributed to today's youth, who want instant gratification and lack the patience to sit through such a film. Many scenes are repetitive. Running time needs to be reduced by 20 minutes. Rating 2.5/5.

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