Whiplash
Film: Ek Paheeli Leela
Cast: Sunny Leone, Jay
Bhanushali, Mohit Ahlawat
Directed by: Bobby Khan
Duration: 2 hrs 25 mins
Rating: *
If you have seen the trailers,
posters or have heard anything about the film then you would expect that the
film is either A. a titillating adventure-thriller or B. It is the
so-bad-that-it-is-good category. Sadly, it disappoints on both counts. Directed
by Bobby Khan, this is just a dull snooze fest – there are no corny dialogues
either, which is usually the hallmark of such films.
There is precious little that
happens at the beginning of the film – Meera (Sunny Leone) is a London based model who
can bring the house down with her presence. She is tricked into flying to India for a
photo shoot in Rajasthan. Meanwhile a music composer (Jay Bhanushali) gets
these nightmares that he is being whipped by someone and that happened in his
previous birth. As the hapless audience, you have endure all that nonsense in
this birth though.
In no time, Meera gets married to
the local palace owner (Mohit Ahlawat) and gives up her dresses for a salwar
kameez. It also turns out that in her previous birth, some 300 years ago, she
was Leela and it was her lover who was whipped.
The screenplay in all likelihood
was written on a piece of paper smaller than Sunny Leone’s costume. There is
only one memorable line which goes “Glamor industry mein success ka short cut -
short skirt”
Sunny Leone tries to be earnest
but her performance is cringe worthy – they should hand over the Razzie and a
Golden Kela to her right away.
Leela the mystery is a
disappointment, on every count.
Published in The Navhind Times on 12th April 2015
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