Ishaqzaade- Habib's burden of the past catches on
Ishaqzaade (IQZ) indeed is coming off age movie for Yash Raj Films (YRF). Probably not for Indian Cinema. YRF's biography of films, mostly feel good cinema and carrying the morality aspect with so much of noise and brouhaha is indeed a lot of responsibility. In that sense IQZ seems different and the creative license awarded to Habib Faisal the director is truly noticeable. Though one would tend to like Habib's earlier work the wonderful, Do Dooni Chaar, but of course he had Rishi and Neetu as strong casts along with Archit and Aditi as strong characters, that made the film stand apart. IQZ's reason for standing out is the strong screenplay and never does at any point in time goes out of the plot. The sudden tweak at the interval and then the rising hostility between the two families is one long battle that goes on. To me however, the winner is the film location and the strong cinematography. The fictitious town of Almore and it's simmering rift, the political agenda...