Harman Baweja says confidently in his debut movie Love Story 2050, “I donot need luck, I have love”. Let’s dispel the myth right here. Harman, you need neither love nore luck, you need only a blooming miracle! and  Love Story 2050 ain’st it! Aside from clich d dialogue, megabuck sets and an outlandish storyline, director Harry Baweja’s launchpad for son Harman has nothing to offer, besides may be a remedy for insomniacs.

Love Story 2050 has elicited tremendous response for varied reasons…

  • One, it is one of its kind sci-fi fare with a big chunk of footage toVFX.
  • Two, Love Story 2050 marks the debut of Harman Baweja, one actor who has been lapped up by industry bigwigs even before his debut vehicle has hit the big screens. It is a hi profile launch in London.
  • Three, the pre release hype, the frenzy in the media, the various tie ups & endorsements has kept Love Story 2050 constantly in the news.

The movie is long and boring. I mean slap yourself in the face, stick a pin in your thigh boring. From the looks of it “Love Story 2050″ demands a dekho, but there is a hitch.

Special effects, for that matter the trapping used to ambellish a film, work only if a film has a rock-solid base content. But unfortunately “Love Story 2050″ gives more preference to special effects, while the writing takes a complete back seat.

If you still dare to ask what’ wrong with “Love Story 2050″, let me tell you. The storyline is ridiculous and if you argue that the sci-fi genre can get away with it, I will say it is just a plain boring. You feel like it’s never going to end and predictability, is a major pitfall as well. You can tell what;s coming next with your eyes closed and believe me; they will start to close at some point. There is not denying that Harry Baweja’s intentions are genuine and noble, but seriously did the veteran get carried away by special effects?

No doubt the basic idea sounds interesting and the audience would love to be a participant in this tiem travel movie, but what comes across in amateurish. Given a title like “Love Story 2050″, the movie ought to evoke strong emotions, mainly towards the second hour, when the lead man has a tough time convincing his lady love.

But technicians wizardry and VFX dominate this hour, while the emotional moments fail to evoke any reactions. Actually, your heart does not pine for the lovers and that;s why this love story hardly creates any impact. The silver linning is - you have guessed it - Harman Baweja. You may compare him with Hrithik Roshan in terms of looks. You may find his dialogue delivery similar to that of Shahrukh Khan. But the debutante is a Lame Race Ka Ghoda. Now, Ranbir Kapoor has tough competition. It is Harman Baweja who is the new flavour of the season!

 The story revolves around an NRI Karan Malhotra, whose father is busy managing a business empire in Australi and never has the time for his only child. Karan (Harman Baweja), a young, spirited, sporty guy lives life off the rules, while Sana (Priyanka Chopra), a preety shy girl lives life by the rules. Opposites attract and love blossoms. Karan’s uncle, Dr. Yatinder Khanna’s (Boman Irani) much developed time machine works finally.

Sana expresses her wish to travel ahead in time to Mumbai, but there is an accident. Mumbai 2050. Flyings cars, 200 storey buildings, robots and sky rails have changed the face of Mumbai. Through a series of twists and turns, Karan finds himself separating from his lady love Sana. Meanwhile, Karan and Dr. Yatinder are under treat from Dr. Hoshi.

Well, everything is hunky dory until butterfly-cashing, kiss on the cheek giving good girl Sana dies unexpectedly. So what happens? No prizes for guessing. Time travel to the future happens, because Karan is sure that his chweety pie has been reborn in the future and looks exactly the same; and here’s where things really start to go downhill.

Uncle Ya and Karan land up in the year 2050. The robot is decidedly female and her name is QT, pronounced as Cutie. However, QT helps Karan to find Sana, who has recognized as Zeisha, a red-haired world famous pop star. It is not heartening to think that 42 years down the line people may still get such bad colouring jobs. She is rich, famous & rather spoiled and here’s where my narrative ends, because I should not give away the rest of the film. Altough I can not imagine why anyone would want to watch this clinker after having heard about it so far.

You are mesmerized by the intial scenes in “Love Story 2050″. It is not the script that hooks and magnetize you. Harman’s skills as an actor and also a gymnast makes you speechless. Not the cycle case or Harman wooing Priyanka on a roller coaster. The movie works in this hour due to the chemistry between the elad actors is piping hot as well.

But things go downhill in the post interval portions. What takes precedence are special effects, gizmos, the masked villian and robots. In this melee, the writing is put on the back burner.

Harry Baweja, the director, is letdown by the script. The idea is exciting but what comes across is off puting. Anu Malik’s music is trueful. “Milo Na Milo” and “sach Kehna” are simply out standing, also because Harman’s dance movements are expectional. Cinematogarphy by Vijay Arora is first rate. Sound quality by Dwarak Warrier is top class. Dialogues of Mayur Suri suit the mood of the movie.

Sets deserves special mention, they are really imaginative! Special efforts are topnotch, matching international standards. Costumes and styling are avant grade. Harman Baweja has the potential to be a major star, a front runner. No two oppinions on that! He is an exceptional dancer and looks handsome too. But most importantly, he knows the grammer of acting well.

On the whole, Love Story 2050 rests on a thin plots and that woudl curtail is reach to a major extent. Simply disappointing! Just for a advice to Harry sir. Next time around, do not try to concoct a love story in a sci-fi genre. So watch out Love Story 2050 like watching the popular balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet performed on the Starship.