Three love stories set in three different eras; all of which go through the inevitable love-cycle of hook-up, heartbreak, separation and reunion.
Love is being revisited in three different acts, in true Shakespearean style. Like this prem kahaani that yawns all the way from Lahore to London. Struggling to bloom under the austere eyes of Brit-ruled India (1910); doing the 'twist' in Bollywood's golden era (1960), to digital love-chats in the 'like', 'poke' and 'share' (read: Facebook) generation (2012). But thankfully, this is not about janam-janam ka dangerous love, rebirth or reincarnation; it's actually three love stories, blossoming in three different time periods.
Narrated in story-book style, it opens with Ruksar's (Priyanka) - a Filmfare covergirl and superstar of the 60s' - perchance meeting with Govind (Shahid), a struggling musician. In Chaplinesque style. Against an obvious studio backdrop of old Mumbai - with its quaint charm, and not-so-bustling life (trams, BEST buses, Britannia Guest House, Maratha Mandir theater, hand-painted movie posters, tunes of Ai dil hai mushkil) they fall in love, even as a curious, comical journo (one-man-paparazzi) clicks them all the way. Time to fast-forward.
Love is being revisited in three different acts, in true Shakespearean style. Like this prem kahaani that yawns all the way from Lahore to London. Struggling to bloom under the austere eyes of Brit-ruled India (1910); doing the 'twist' in Bollywood's golden era (1960), to digital love-chats in the 'like', 'poke' and 'share' (read: Facebook) generation (2012). But thankfully, this is not about janam-janam ka dangerous love, rebirth or reincarnation; it's actually three love stories, blossoming in three different time periods.
Narrated in story-book style, it opens with Ruksar's (Priyanka) - a Filmfare covergirl and superstar of the 60s' - perchance meeting with Govind (Shahid), a struggling musician. In Chaplinesque style. Against an obvious studio backdrop of old Mumbai - with its quaint charm, and not-so-bustling life (trams, BEST buses, Britannia Guest House, Maratha Mandir theater, hand-painted movie posters, tunes of Ai dil hai mushkil) they fall in love, even as a curious, comical journo (one-man-paparazzi) clicks them all the way. Time to fast-forward.
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