Fitoor movie review

There is no better place to narrate a love story than Kashmir. Visual beauty and serenity of this place gives more depth and intensity to movies that have a romantic story to tell. Fitoor directed by Abhishek Kapoor is one such film that is trying to exploit the scenic beauty of Kashmir and at the same time narrating the love story of Noor and Firdaus.
Sadly the substance never gets a facelift and the film just end up as a visually appealing movie and thats it and nothing more. I haven't read Charles Dickens work 'Great Expectations'. Fitoor is a recreation of that novel with a Kashmiri background. Even without reading Great Expectations, I can say that the movie has not done justice to the novel.
Noor,the boy falls in love with Firdaus who is the daughter of Begum Hasrat. Later when they grew up, his love turns into a sort of obsession for Firdaus who decides to marry a Pakistani man. Circumstances bring them together after their early separation in Kashmir to Delhi and rest of the story unwind from here.
The backdrop and the canvas just like the artist in Noor has a poetic feel with the canvas and frames giving an eye candy experience with the visuals looking like classic painting. But that doesn't make a film a complete and impressive one unless the substance and its presentation gets a major significance which unfortunately do not happen for Fitoor.
Lagging for the most part and oozing boredom rather than energy and life, Fitoor ends up below par. Even the presence of a reliable and trustworthy actress in the form of Tabu couldn't do much to save Fitoor. The character she portrayed had lot of mystery surrounding it and it was not a great performance from a person who always comes up with something special each time.
Aditya Roy Kapur as Noor looked out of sorts and couldn't fit in to that role effectively. Katrina Kaif as Firdaus looked beautiful and charming with her coloured hair getting more attention than performance. It was an okay act from the actress who was not able to contribute or add anything more from her side and just sticked on with the screenplay.
Should say Cinematography played a major part in providing richness to the frames to make the film look like a painted canvas. Edits were not bad either. Background score was able to get inside of the various moods in the film.
In one word, I would say Fitoor is disappointing. A boring film with lacklustre performances, this is one film which I wouldn't recommend. Damn particular about watching Katrina or Tabu, then go for it at your own risk. I am going with two out of five for Fitoor and a thumbs down this time to the director of 'Kai Po Che and Rock On!
Rating - 2 / 5