Cocktail (2012) (Hindi Movie / Bollywood Film / Indian Cinema DVD)

Meera (Diana Penty) is a shy and simple traditional girl who leaves her family in India to live in London with her husband Kunal (Randeep Hooda). While at the London airport, she meets the shameless flirt Gautam (Saif Ali Khan), who hits on her and asks her out. Meera politely tells him that she is married and then leaves. Meera searches for her husband and finally finds him, but he is angry to see her and explains that he only married Meera for her money, telling her to stay away from him. This leaves Meera heartbroken and stranded in London with no place to stay. While in the bathroom at a department store, Meera meets party girl Veronica (Deepika Padukone) who sees Meera weeping and decides to help her. Veronica takes Meera to her apartment and explains that her estranged father sends her a large amount through cheque every month, which helps Veronica enjoy the life of a rich socialite. One night, Veronica takes Meera to a nightclub, where they run into Gautam. At the club, Gautam and Veronica dances intimately and make out. The next morning, after an interview, Meera comes home to find Gautam on the couch. She learns that Gautam and Veronica slept together the previous night. Soon, Gautam moves in with Veronica and Meera, continuing his "no strings attached" relationship with Veronica. Although Meera initially dislikes him, she eventually accepts him, and the three become best friends. Things get complicated when Gautam's mother (Dimple Kapadia) shows up, wanting to know if Gautam has found the girl he wants to marry. He lies to his mother and says that he is in a relationship with Meera because she is the "Ideal Indian girl" who would meet his mother's approval. During this charade, Gautam and Meera end up falling in love. However, Meera is hesitant to admit it, because she does not want to hurt Veronica, who has fallen in love with Gautam and is trying to win the approval of his mother by becoming a proper Indian girl. Gautam sits the two girls down and explains to Veronica that even though she loves him, he is in love with Meera. Meera apologizes to Veronica, but Veronica assures her that it is okay and insists that they all go to the club to celebrate. However, at the club, a drunken Veronica breaks down, telling Gautam that she will do whatever he wants, and she tells Meera that no one has ever used her the way she did. The next morning, the three part ways. One night, Veronica is injured after being hit by a car. Gautam rushes her to hospital. Meera comes there with Kunal to make it look like she has gotten over Gautam. Gautam moves back in with Veronica to care for her. Veronica realizes that Gautam is no longer the flirtatious, fun-loving man with whom she fell in love and that he is that man only when he is with Meera. She sacrifices her love for Gautam realizing she is not perfect for him, and she helps him locate Meera. They seek out Kunal, who tells them that Meera left him because she loved Gautam too much and that she has gone back to India. Gautam and Veronica travel to Delhi. Gautam proposes to Meera, and she accepts. Veronica and Meera become best friends again.

I love the movie. Bollywood could teach Hollywood something about good acting and good stories. My only complaint is that Amazon does not have it on instant streaming. I would love to see more Bollywood films on Amazon Instant streaming. It definitely would make it easier to watch these great movies!

This is one of the best romantic comedies in the last 10 years not just for bollywood but all films. The movie has tremendous acting and deals with real world topics very well. All 3 actors had good chemistry with each other. I think most people can relate to one of the characters in the film so it has a lot of universal appeal.

I love Saif Ali Kahn's acting, when he is cast in the right role. However, Bollywood has a bad habit of casting men of Saif's age (42) in roles as much younger men. Saif's character is supposed to be a carefree 32, but even though he is a great looking guy, he doesn't look to be in his early thirties. The problem is that there really aren't a whole slew of actresses in Bollywood who are Saif's age. The ones with whom he worked and with whom he had great chemistry haven't been seen in awhile- Preety Zinta, etc. It seems that once they get into their thirties, they drop off the radar and younger, newer, pretties fill their spaces. The only one who is still active, that I know of is Divya Balan. As for the actors, they stick around into their sixties. It's a shame really because Preety Zinta, Rani Mukerjee, and Ajay Devgan's wife (her name escapes me now) were a joy to watch. With no one in their age group, these guys must play younger dudes. What is supposed to be carefree and charming just doesn't play the same as when he actually was in his thirties. Saif Ali Kahn is a great actor and I think this part should have been played by someone else. Having said all that, the acting was good in this movie. That is never an issue when Saif and Deepika are in a movie. I'm not familiar with Diana Penty but I enjoyed her performance. The plot was not one that is new to Bollywood so I knew the ending at the beginning. The songs were OK. Nothing really stuck out for me. Oh, for the days of Salaam Namaste, Hum Tum, or Parineeta. Anyway, it wasn't a waste of time and I feel many will enjoy it.

Good Movie to watch

I love this movie. I saw it after I discovered Deepika Padukone in "Ram-Leela" and let me tell you I was not disappointed. She adds a wonderful spirit to her character...excellent performance! The music is also really good. 2 thumbs up!

I sincerely enjoyed this movie. It was extremely entertaining, engaging, and heartfelt. Another positive about this purchase is that the item arrived in its original packaging and it was in excellent condition.

terrible movie - don't waste your time

Die Story hat mich etwas überrascht, sich dann aber sehr positiv weiter entwickelt. Die beiden Hauptdarstellerinnen bestreiten, meiner Meinung nach, den Film. Saif Ali Khan hat eher eine Rolle, die von einem x-beliebigen Schauspieler gespielt werden hätte können. Trotzdem macht er seine Sache gut. Vor allem die Einstellung zu der westlichen Lebensweise wird in diesem Bollywoodfilm nicht als grundsätzlich schlecht abgestempelt. Auch wenn es keine Lobeshymne ist und das traditionelle indische Frauenbild natürlich erstrebenswerter dargestellt wird. Wenn ich mal wieder einen Film mit Höhen und Tiefen und einer Dreiecksbeziehung brauche, werde ich mir diesen Film nur allzu gerne aus meiner Sammlung raus suchen.

Principales vedettes : Deepika Padukone, Diana Penty, Saïf Ali Khan. Début : Une indienne simple et sincère, croyant faire une bonne surprise à son mari, prend l’initiative de le rejoindre à Londres. Il la rejette méchamment en lui disant qu’il ne l’a épousée que pour l’argent de la dot. Elle est recueillie par une autre indienne qui est dans le pays depuis longtemps, qui est généreuse et qui mène une existence dissolue. Un séducteur arrive dans leurs vies… . Parental guidance : Aucune PG officielle. Comme PG je dirais : « Age minimum 12 ans : certaines scènes ne conviendront éventuellement pas pour de jeunes enfants. ». Images : C’est bien filmé mais il n’y a rien d’exceptionnel. Sous-titres : Sous-titres français incompréhensibles. Sous-titres anglais OK (avec de nombreuses fautes par exemple des espaces au milieu de certains mots... . Il y a aussi un problème récurrent qui tourne autours des f, ff, etc. !). Les paroles des chansons sont traduites aussi. Musiques : Elles sont modernes, entraînantes et 100% occidentales sauf “Jugni” et la musique de générique de fin (coupée par des scènes ratées -bêtisier-) qui ont une sonorité un peu indienne. Chorégraphies : Aucune : Des jeunes qui dansent en boîtes de nuits. Suppléments : Aucun. Petite remarque amusante : Bien que le nom des vedettes et leur nom de scènes pour ce film soient respectés, le résumé en anglais qui figure au dos du boîtier du DVD n’a rien à voir avec ce scénario ! Pour conclure : Certains passages sont assez drôles. L’ambiance générale du film est optimiste et sympa. Il y a deux scènes qui ne sont pas pour des âmes sensibles : Véronica se fait fauchée par une voiture à un moment où on ne s’y attend pas (comme dans la vraie vie…) c’est un peu impressionnant car filmé de manière assez réaliste. Il y a aussi une brève scène de bagarre entre deux hommes. Il n’y a pas de scène explicitement impudique. Ce n’est pas un film dans le style de Bollywood car les musiques sont occidentales et il ne contient aucune chorégraphie. J’ai payé ce DVD d’occasion 11,58€ port compris. Il est arrivé en parfait état dans les délais annoncés.

This is a film I've been meaning to see and hearing so much about it I purchased a DVD. The good thing about it was I didn't have to purchase his from overseas! Not only was film and its quality great but the special features disc was superb especially if your'e into behind the scenes action.

Cocktail Note: Above Rating is for Packing and Content Quality, not for Movie. My Rating for Movie : 3.0/5 (Just Good) Good Songs and Well Cast as well as good time pass movie. ================================================================================================== Disc Packing info: Comes with Blu-Ray and DVD disc with Special Features like deleted scenes, making of songs, Photo Album etc... Disc Title: COCKTAIL Disc Size: 40,663,867,958 bytes (37.8 GB) Length: 2:24:41.416 Audio: Hindi / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Audio: Hindi / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps Subtitle: English / 0.000 kbps Subtitle: Arabic / 0.000 kbps Region Free Regards, AVBuff™ (Audio/Video Fan)

Kurzweiliger Bollywoodfilm mit nettem Cast und hipper Musik. Halt ein Sommer-Movie ohne viel Tiefgang und mit vorhersehbarem Ende. Unterhält aber trotzdem. Für Saif- und Deepika-Fans ein Muss!