Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar (MP3) is a teenage romance with a script that does not have anything new or different to offer. The screenplay is filled with clichés about high school love, juvenile teenage pranks, minor misunderstandings etc. The film however does try to revive a genre of films that has gone by, belonging to the sweet, innocent and cute era of films that were the staple diet in the 90’s. The film revolves around teenage romance and how a simple misunderstanding leads to the couple going their separate ways. The screenplay is endowed with sweet moments between the two protagonists and their performances too are fairly decent. Unfortunately it is the story line that falters, firstly teenage romance as the subject will perhaps segregate a large audience, secondly in today’s age, different being the mantra, the film will not be able to cut much ice. Nonetheless the film when viewed turns out to be fairly average fare.
The film belongs to the romance genre and has been directed by Robby Grewal and stars debutants Ruslaan and Hazel. The film’s script and screenplay have been done by Robby Grewal and Sameer Kohli. Rohan (Ruslaan) is a regular youthful energetic guy in high school. He is always up to pranks with his friends. One day he meets the new girl, Ayesha (Hazel) at his high school, but their first meeting is not a regular one. In fact it is a strange meeting where Rohan is bunking college and is detained by the school principal. In an attempt to avoid punishment, Rohan makes Ayesha a part of his alibi for not being in class. At the first meeting itself the two teenagers are drawn to each other and gradually they fall on love.
This is the couple’s first love and hence every little thing is a fresh and monumental occasion, like holding hands, smiling at each other, looking into the other’s eyes etc. Every thing is going great with the young couple’s love, unfortunately a simple misunderstanding leads to the couple splitting and going their separate ways. Ayesha is heartbroken and takes off for Paris. Meanwhile a despondent Rohan too misses Ayesha a lot and decides to follow his sweetheart to Paris. Rohan goes to Paris and tries to win Ayesha over once more. Will he succeed in getting his love back; will the couple get back together?
Robby Grewal manages to keep the script and screenplay simple and light. He manages to capture the innocence of one’s first love with his protagonist’s sweet innocent romance. The couple’s first meeting, holding hands, and looking into each other’s eyes all enhance the innocent element in the film. His has taken fresh young faces that manage to project his sweet and innocent characters well. The last part of the film though is sweet and emotional.
Unfortunately though the film lacks drama of any kind to sustain the viewers’ interest. The cute sweet proceedings don’t quite keep you hooked. Even the twist in the plot when a misunderstanding occurs between the couple seems juvenile and irrelevant. Also most of today’s teenagers may not be able to identify with this mushy romantic film as it seems far removed from today’s kids fast life.
The script does not have anything novel as the teenage romance in films has been done to death in the 90’s cinema but nonetheless it seems to be a refreshing change from the overcooked adulterous love triangles. The screenplay is average and Robbie Grewal’s execution is average, but uninspiring. The look of the film is fine. The music of the film though is totally lackluster, however the track used during the promotion of the film is fairly okay. The cinematography in the film too is average, especially towards the second half when one gets to see Paris. The dialogues are fine. The performances by the newcomers are not bad, Ruslaan looks good and does a fairly good job as the young prankster and Hazel too delivers a decent performance.
Overall even though the storyline is clichéd, the screenplay along with the execution of the film makes it an average viewing. However at the box-office the film will cater to only a minor segment and hence the film may find it difficult to make it to the average mark. Nonetheless it is an average time pass film.
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| Reviewed By: Rachel Fernandes |
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