3 lacs
Love You to Death
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release date
February 03, 2012 (India)
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language
Hindi
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genre
Comedy
FilmOrbit reviews
What can you say about a good idea killed by poor execution? What can you say about a movie that has been treated as if it were a school one-act play? What can you say about actors who, in spite of their years in the theater, ham their way through the movie, playing their parts as though they had been told to act at the camera, no matter what their role, and made to speak as though the elocution t …
What can you say about a good idea killed by poor execution? What can you say about a movie that has been treated as if it were a school one-act play? What can you say about actors who, in spite of their years in the theater, ham their way through the movie, playing their parts as though they had been told to act at the camera, no matter what their role, and made to speak as though the elocution teacher was standing just off camera a cane in hand to be used in case they forgot to enunciate every syllable?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It is such an exercise in futility to regret the death of what could have been a fun short film.
One thing though, the lead actor Yuki could have done so much better with a seasoned director. She is rather presentable and wears her clothes well. But the pancake make-up and the awful angles do her no justice.
Suhasini Mulay and Chandan Roy Sanyal, what were you thinking? The less said about the others is kinder.
The script again needed to be tighter and sharper. Pity it was delivered as though the audience was dim-witted.
film cast
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Nicholas Brown
as John
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Chandan Roy Sanyal
as Atul
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Yuki Ellias
as Sonia
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Sheeba Chaddha
as Maya
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Sohrab Ardeshir
as Dr. Pesi Dinshaw
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Suhasini Mulay
as Sundari
film crew
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Rafeeq Ellias
Various
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Yuki Ellias
Various
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Ronit Chaterji
Music Director
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Chiman Salva
Producer
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Abhro Banerjee
Editor
photos
plot
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'Love You To Death' is a wild, whacky comic thriller in 'Hinglish' that has a laugh at the crazy times we live in. Triggered partially by newspaper stories of greed, it includes a bunch of bumbling murder attempts.Plus a doctor who is a 'sexpert' by day, a rockstar by night. A theatre director who also organises 'supari' deaths. A spectacular dog funeral with dogs of all castes and 'breeds' in attendance!There's Sonia who's rich, who loves her dog. Her dog has human problems including anorexia and insomnia. Both receive therapy in the form of crystals and herbal teas from an attractive, manipulative therapist. The therapist is having an affair with Sonia's father-in-law. Sonia's husband Atul and his mom are driven by greed and ambition. A Russian Israeli arms dealer (who's son is a 'peacenik') has a business proposal. Atul wants to set up an arms factory with him even as he personally suffers from 'missile failure'.A hilarious scene with the 'sexpert' ensues.Sonia meets a born-again Indian, an 'eco-warr...
'Love You To Death' is a wild, whacky comic thriller in 'Hinglish' that has a laugh at the crazy times we live in. Triggered partially by newspaper stories of greed, it includes a bunch of bumbling murder attempts.Plus a doctor who is a 'sexpert' by day, a rockstar by night. A theatre director who also organises 'supari' deaths. A spectacular dog funeral with dogs of all castes and 'breeds' in attendance!There's Sonia who's rich, who loves her dog. Her dog has human problems including anorexia and insomnia. Both receive therapy in the form of crystals and herbal teas from an attractive, manipulative therapist. The therapist is having an affair with Sonia's father-in-law. Sonia's husband Atul and his mom are driven by greed and ambition. A Russian Israeli arms dealer (who's son is a 'peacenik') has a business proposal. Atul wants to set up an arms factory with him even as he personally suffers from 'missile failure'.A hilarious scene with the 'sexpert' ensues.Sonia meets a born-again Indian, an 'eco-warrior' who's dream is to build low cost solar panels for every village in the country. Atul and his mother plot two murder attempts. The film culminates in an art gallery with loads of blank guns, a single loaded pistol and some unexpected results!
critic reviews
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Gaurav Malani
for Times Of India
Love you to Death is supposedly a comedy film. And it makes you laugh too. But most of the times for the wrong reasons.…
