Cocktail...

Watched the movie - Cocktail. The songs were good. Deepika as Veronica has put up a decent show, to an extent the saving grace in the acting department. Saif tries to be rather too funny and looks pathetic at times. His character happens to be a software engineer and none of the office scenes make any sense. Diana as Meera is ok, her character is too meek and weakly built. Dimple Kapadia plays a loud character as Saif's mother convincingly and Boman Irani provides comic relief. But even their characters are not thoroughly conceived. The story doesn not move smoothly, its a bumpy ride and at times appears directionless. It is predictable. The aspect about trying to be selfish in love, i.e. the protogonist realises whom he/she truly loves- going in all for it irrespective of who all gets hurt in the process - seems to be the common thread of all Imtiaz Ali movies. Cocktail, whose story has been written by him is no differnt. There is a bit of Ali's older characters and plots from his older movies. Wonder if that is why it is called Cocktail! It could have been an interesting plot had it been more engaging. You do not get fully drawn into the movie at any point of time. I only felt engrossed when Deepika mouths some brilliantly fresh dialogues here and there. But then that would be a few seconds and the story would go back to being itself. Well if you want to watch it for the songs, and to figure what you saw in the promos, sure go ahead.