‘Ek Paheli Leela’ review: All the movie wants to do is exploit Sunny Leone
Ek Paheli Leela review: All the film wants to do is to exploit Sunny Leone
Written by Shubhra Gupta | New Delhi | Updated: April 11, 2015 9:28 am
Star Cast: Sunny Leone, Jay Bhanushali, Mohit Ahlawat, Rahul Dev, Rajneesh Duggal, Jas Arora, Shivani Tanksale
Director: Bobby Khan
Director: Bobby Khan
The film’s title is a misnomer. It should have been Many Pahelis Leela, because allthrough this terrible drag, I kept trying to solve several puzzles with no success, coming up with a big zero in the end.
What is it about? Is it about Meera (Sunny Leone), a London-based model with a fear of flying, who finds herself in Rajasthan in the silliest possible manner? Or is it about Leela (Sunny Leone, again) who lived three 100 years ago, but whose make-up and artfully cut ‘cholis’ dipping to her shapely navel, which sways dizzyingly on the dunes, suggest that she’s just finished slipping into her costume and come on set? Or is it about getting Ms Leone in as many money shots—torso, waist, back, legs, bare, barer, barest—as possible, Meera, Leela, who cares?
Who is Karan? Or for that matter Bhairon, or Shravan, or Ranveer, or Bikram? (Jay Bhanushali, Dev, Duggal, Ahlawat, Arora respectively) All they seem to do is hover around Meera/Leela, whether it is in the present or the past, listening to her squeal girlishly in her modern-day avatar, or go the cringe-inducing ‘tharo-mharo-khamaghani’ squeaky-dub route, back in the day. Were they all chosen on the basis of how buff they are?
How long does Bollywood expect us to sit through the most moth-eaten ‘punar-janam’ stories? How long will Rajasthan exotica continue to act as a hook for palaces, princes, ‘leheriya safas’, and hilariously menacing villains who go about whipping nubile young things and their lovers into submission?
Why, in fact, pretend towards a plot, when all this film wants to do is to exploit its leading lady’s awe-inspiring stack? From as many angles as possible, the closer the better? Who gave India’s Babydoll reason to believe that she could go beyond ‘sone di and pittal di’ with this bilge?
Wh.. Ah, hang it. One last, and I’m done playing twenty questions. All I really want to know is, who will give me my three precious hours back?
Zero star
Ek Paheli Leela is a 2015 Bollywood musical-soft porn film, written and directed by Bobby Khan and produced by Bhushan Kumarand Krishan Kumar. It stars Sunny Leone in the titular lead role with Jay Bhanushali, Rajneesh Duggal, Jas Arora, Mohit Ahlawatand Rahul Dev in pivotal roles. Choreography is done by Saroj Khan and Ahmed Khan. Music for the film is composed by Amaal Mallik. T-Series has acquired the music rights of the film. Principal photography of the film began in Jodhpur, India.[2] Trailer of the film was unveiled on 6 February 2015 with the release of film Shamitabh. The trailer of the film went viral on YouTube and also topped the list of YouTube’s most viewed Bollywood movie trailers in the first quarter of 2015.[3] The reviews criticised the script and the acting and noted that the film focused on exposing Leonne's body.
Production
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Bobby Khan, brother of Ahmed Khan will be making his directorial debut with this film. Shooting for the film started from 12 July 2014 following the first schedule in Jodhpur. Last schedule was completed in London and rest of shooting was completed in Mumbai by Feb, 5. Sunny Leone will be seen in double roles. The cast of the film had to shoot in the hot climate of Rajasthan.
Soundtrack[edit]
| Ek Paheli Leela | ||
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| Released | 10 March 2015 | |
| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | |
| Length | 40:02 | |
| Label | T-Series | |
| Singles from Ek Paheli Leela | ||
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The soundtrack comprises 9 songs.[4] Ensemble singers like Tulsi Kumar, Arijit Singh, Kanika Kapoor, Monali Thakur, Meet Bros Anjjan, Mohit Chauhan, Krishna Beura, Alam Khan, Aishwarya Majmudar, Neha Kakkar and a Pakistani singer Uzair Jaswal have lent their voices for the film.[5] The song "Dholi Taro" from the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was remixed for a dance scene featuring Leonne.[6] The full audio album was released on 10 March 2015
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