Girlfriend: Hype only

It is another matter that in their bid to create something different film-producers end up making it indifferent. This has precisely happened with ‘‘Girlfriend’’.

Director Karan Razdan has explored the sensitive issue of a lesbian relationship with considerable incompetance so the end product is all hype and no substance.

Tanya (Isha Koppikar) is a chidhood friend of Sapna (Amrita Arora). Tanya is a lesbian and extremely possessive of Sapna. So when Sapna falls in love with a guy, Rahul (Ashish Chaudhary), Tanya is unable to bear this and tries every possible way to wean her away from Rahul.

Isha Koppikar is the only vibrant and glamorous character in this flick. Her jealousy evokes appreciation.She is a kickboxer here and you enjoy while she beats up boys. Amrita is the common girlfriend of Tanya and Raj. The poor girl, caught between the two, is as dumb and dull as the first half of the flick.

Ashish Chaudhary is her lightweight lover who is swept aside by a kicking Isha Koppikar.

The threesome monopolise the over two-and-a-half hour-long footage and pester the audience. When they are not romancing, they are fighting or shouting at each other. Beyond this they have no other assignment.

And if this is not enough Razdan’s desperate dialogues add to you dilemma. All this ensure that you come out of the cinema hall with a headache. — TNS