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If you've watched the promos of De Taali, you'd expect a film with tremendous youth power. You'd expect gags, gimmicks, laughter-n-sunshine and lots and lots of fun. But De Taali is anything but this! On the contrary, it's a slow-paced love story, which depicts one of the actors as a modern-day Devdas who hits the bottle when his girlfriend walks out on him. There's a kahani mein twist as well - the kidnapping episode - but you don't feel giving a taali to that too.
Paglu [Riteish], Amu [Ayesha] and Abhi [Aftab] are buddies, an integral part of each other’s lives. Amu is a girl amongst the two guys, though Paglu and Abhi don't treat her like one. Paglu is the one who makes her realize her feelings for Abhi. Life, however, takes a serious turn when Abhi falls in love with Kartika aka Anjali [Rimi Sen].
De Taali starts off quite well and the bonding between the three friends is well established in the initial portions. Things perk up the moment Rimi Sen enters the scene and shows her true colors. Everything's fine till she's kidnapped - the interval point.
But things only go downhill in the second hour. The entire kidnap drama, the Saurabh Shukla track [it can't get weirder than this], the dejected lovers reaching the wedding venue and the family surfacing from oblivion, everything looks ludicrous. By the time you reach the finale, you are already bored and have lost all interest in the enterprise.
E. Niwas doesn't get it right this time. He knows the job well, but if you've noticed his last few outings as well as De Taali, you'd agree that he needs to concentrate on the script more than making the frames look alluring. Riteish is lovable and his range is finally being tapped by film-makers. Aftab lends his part the required class. Ayesha Takia is getting better and better with every film. Rimi Sen spices up the otherwise bland scenario with her performance as a gold digger. Anupam Kher is wasted. Ditto for Pawan Malhotra and Mukul Dev. On the whole, De Taali is a poor show.