Chance Pe Dance?
Posted on January 18, 2010
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Cast- Shahid Kapoor, Genelia D’souza and Mohnish Behl.
Story line-Sameer Behl (Shahid Kapoor) has come down from Delhi to Bollywood town,the dream city Mumbai to fulfill his childhood dream of making it big as a Bollywood star. But getting a break in Bollywood is not that easy after all. Sameer is very positive and brimming with tons of energy, Sameer juggles various jobs to keep him afloat while pursuing his one dream to get a break on the big screen. This quest makes Sameer encounter a lot of ups and down, hopes and disappointments. But he is not the one to be disillusioned and armed with a ‘Never-Say-Die’ attitude. Sameer fights every hurdle that comes his way because he firmly believes that achieving your biggest dream is never easy. In this challenging journey, he is helped by a spirited choreographer Tina (Genelia D’Souza). Just when Sameer is promised his big break, he is left without a house as he cannot pay his rent. Not one to lose heart Sam starts living in his rickety old car and starts teaching dance in a school to young kids who have never won any dance competition. He hates kids and the kids hate dancing. The struggle in life continues as the director (Mohnish Behl) who was to launch Sameer now decides to choose his hero through a talent hunt. Sam is shattered but he diverts his focus towards the kids. Getting over his initial dislike of children, Sam not only emotionally bonds with them, but also helps them win a prestigious inter-school dance competition and gets their confidence back – aided by the spirited and beautiful Tina. Tina urges Sameer to enter the reality hunt, with the love and support from Tina and the kids, Sameer emerges a winner and eventually becomes what he was destined to be, a superstar.
The story had enough scope to be humourous but the treatment is lame and laughable. Sameer’s training and team-building sessions with the school kids is rushed through a transition song and does not contribute to the central plot in any way. Though Shahid and Genelia make a cute couple on screen, their chemistry is concocted at the same dull and dreary speed with which Genelia rides her two-wheeler in those two hilarious scenes of the film. Sadly by the time she picks up pace in the climax, it’s a bit too late.
For a dance-driven film like this, the music should have been catchy beyond comparison. Though Adnan Sami and Pritam’s tunes don’t disappoint, it isn’t mind-blowing material. Choreography is a clearly the highlight of the film. Dance directors Ahmed Khan and international artist Marty Kudelka give challenging steps to Shahid Kapoor that he performs with effortless grace, panache and attitude. But too much of song-n-dance is detrimental to the film’s flow. Sadly, scripts are written for reality shows today but there is no real good scripting involved in feature films. So in times when dance talent-hunt shows on television promise more drama and entertainment, you find no good reason why to give this dance a chance.
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