Really Surprised!

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

RGV is the man whose films are noticed for camera angles but some of his films have been ruined by the same. This film has a good plot based on a real murder case of Neeraj Grover Though it's waferthin yet the handling is good. RGV starts the film superbly, though slowly yet the twist in the tales are well handled, the murder scene is superb, however RGV seems to force in erotica when not required and the worst part is the use of hand held camera and weird angles, which give a headache and look out of place.Direction is good Editing is good, the film has a short length of 1 hr 45 mins The director uses the song of his hit Rangeela as a ringtone throughout.Deepak Dobriyal is fab in his role, Mahie Gill is fantastic too, Zakir Hussain is good as the cop, Ajay Gehl is good as Ashish, Neil Bhoopalam is okay, Late Rasika Joshi who died a year before it's release is okay in a small role, rest are okay

Just for the record, Ram Gopal Varma should have credited the song 'Rangeela' and the posters of Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit, they were as much of characters as the rest of the cast. Mahie Gill continues to impress with her amazing acting range and facial expressions. She is definitely entering the league of Konkona Sen Sharma and Chitrangada Singh. I didn't care much for the story, the guy who played the psycho boyfriend overdid all of his scenes but Gill was awesome in her role as the unfortunate starlet.The moral of the story the film tells is simple, don't string another person along when you have a psycho boyfriend who is obsessed with you. It won't end well. Also, a word of caution for the faint hearted, the film is pretty gory and gruesome after the thirty minute mark and there are some scares as well as nauseating camera angles.

Ram Gopal Varma has directed some decent films, Shiva being the one I like the most. Rangeela, Satya and Kaun are also very good films to have for your collection.This film should be classified strictly as an adult only film, because there a scenes in this film which show full mouth to mouth kissing which I feel is very vulgar to see in the cinema by a family audience.I also think that Varma would have showed us some nude scenes also, had he not been heavily restricted by the censorship board. Despite this, the versatile Varma still manages to sneak in the mouth-on-mouth scenes.In this modern age of internet, majority of the audiences have already seen Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, Psycho and also The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Dismemberment is nothing new to horror buffs like myself.This film capitalizes on the dismemberment theme to scare its viewers. But overall the film is so poorly scripted and with no established big name actors this film is sure to fop at the box-office. Varma tries too much to sign newcomers just to save money. This is DAMN WRONG. Established and big-name actors are what make the film a success, even if the script is bad. The lead actress is very ugly even by Bollywood standards. The hero is also mediocre but overall he is a better choice than the lead actress. Overall one of the most horrendous casting of imbeciles I have ever seen. I can't believe that at one time this guy directed a blockbuster film called Shiva.Plot of film: Inspired by the gruesome murder of Neeraj Grover in 2008 that led to the arrest of Emile Jerome and Maria Susairaj, this film stars Mahie Gill, Deepak Dobriyal and Ajay Gehi. Anusha Chawla, bids adieu to her boyfriend, Robin Fernandes, and re-locates to Mumbai, in order to act in movies. Weeks later she manages to meet a film-maker, Sam, who assures her of a lead role on the condition that she become intimate with him but she walks away. She meets with more disappointment when a movie with Richa gets shelved. Disappointed, she nevertheless continues to audition - encouraged by her new friends, Anju and Prashant - while Robin urges her to return home. She then meets with Ashish Bhatnagar, who puts her on a short-list, eventually gets approval, and signs her in a lead role. Both celebrate in a pub, get intoxicated and end up in bed in her Malad flat. The next day, a delighted Robin, happy with her success, attends at her residence to congratulate and surprise her, is enraged at Ashish and kills him. He subsequently cuts the latter's body in small pieces and the duo borrow Prashant's car...Verdict: Varma doesn't know how to direct films based on true-crime incidences. I think Madhur Bhandarkar would have been a better first choice director for this film. Even Shekhar Kapoor would have done splendidly. After seeing this one, I wish NEVER to see a film directed by Verma, even if someone gave me a free ticket or paid me to see it!!!

With his current masterwork, Ram Gopal Verma makes a new statement, different from all his previous films, which is exactly what was expected from the maestro from a long time. For many viewers and reviewers, this may not be entertaining stuff from the MASTER and they might like to rate it quite low, taking it only as an average interpretation of a real-life incident from RGV's own point of view. But for me this is RGV's new avatar as a Cinematic Philosopher where he superbly goes on to explain the significance of that one tiny moment in the life of a person in love, where he loses control and commits a horrendous crime, without any hidden and prior intentions of doing it at all. Apart from the master at work here, the three other aces in the film are its superb performances by the entire starcast (Mahie Gill, Deepak Dobriyal & Zakir Hussain), its fast paced slick editing and a well worked upon Background score which enhances the overall impact of the movie significantly. In fact I strongly feel that the film can be easily used to explain the importance and role of these two post production elements of film-making to the students of cinema.The best part of NALS is that RGV never takes any sides of either of the killers in his second half. And then he ends the film with a well written open climax, showcasing a highly intense loving moment involving the lovers standing right in the middle of their family members, police officials and lawyers. And this last passionate scene of the film defines the feeling of LOVE within the couple, like never before in Indian CINEMA ever.Moreover, what differentiates NALS from a normal film project is the way RGV brilliantly explains the value of those few moments full of anger, which become responsible for a serious crime committed without any prior motive. Particularly, in the court room sequences of the second half, the moment it is revealed that what actually happened in those few seconds, you feel like taken onto a dreadful trip within the sick & mean human mind which can go to any extreme to save his own self from a mistake already made. For instance after watching the film, just try to think for a moment that how ardently, the boy must have loved the girl whom he was visiting after a long gap and in return what the girl did, while opening the door crying like a baby. Again, just think how the girl must have made up all those words she said, in only a few seconds she had, which resulted in a dead body lying in her own house after a few minutes.Hence, as I see it NOT A LOVE STORY is a must watch journey into the human mind capable of doing anything in those strong avoidable moments of ANGER & LUST. For the die-hard fans of RGV, the maestro is back in form with a blast and for students of the medium, here is another classy piece of art from the director, capable of teaching you many vital aspects of film-making in its two hours.Interestingly, the basic storyline of the film is inspired from a real- life incident of Mumbai and very daringly RGV has also shot the whole movie in the same building in which the original crime was committed. Now the reason I rate it as an essential watch for every avid movie lover since RGV undergoes a notable change with this movie revealing a lot more about our present society and its questionable norms. It made me feel like watching an intense Hitchcock film after a long time. In few words, I thoroughly enjoyed and loved watching NALS because :With NOT A LOVE STORY, RGV uncovers the rotten, open and ugly face of our society where SEX clearly remains the biggest currency which can be used to get anything in the world under the sky.With NOT A LOVE STORY, RGV once again clearly exposes the awful side of a LAWYER's profession and shows how disgustingly they try to mould the things to win their respective cases, stepping over the souls and emotions of their own clients.With NOT A LOVE STORY, RGV bewares the viewers from the cunning desire and ambition of BEING SOMETHING above the others, for which a human mind can simply go to any extremes.With NOT A LOVE STORY, RGV redefines the emotion of LOVE on Indian screen, especially in the concluding moments of the film which declare the pure love still existing between the two loving souls despite of all those dreadful happenings between them.And With NOT A LOVE STORY, RGV reminds me, one of my own earlier statements written few months back that, "CRIME is an illegitimate and unwanted child of ANGER and therefore we should always take extra care before it gets conceived."So as a conclusion do watch NOT A LOVE STORY for its hidden lesson, for Mahie Gill who is a true performer to look out for and for its highly realistic treatment given by the director, accompanied by an outstanding background score by Sandeep Chowta. Further just remember to watch out the sequence in which RGV uses his own song from "RANGEELA" to explain the inner conflicts of the girl, while she is being arrested.Highly recommended for all lovers of intense cinema.