An indian english movie,which tries to delve into the intricacies of mother daughter relationships.What could have been a poignant and an insightful take on the subject, turns out to be a half baked mashed up mess of emotions.Not to be too harsh on the story teller-the movie atleast lives up to it's name 'love songs' because the movie does have a few good music pieces.To be fair, the story begins promisingly with Jaya Bachchan [a grand mom] who is awaiting the return of her lawyer grandson.There are promises of a passionate love story between a bengali and a muslim[ played by jaya and om puri] ,there are promise sof stirring the soul...witha lyrical meeting of tagore and Ghalibin the calcutta coffee house...but all these are just empty promises..
ok i am bored trying to liven up the movie..
so lets see what went wrong..
1 casting..the grandson was pathetic,.period, he could not act even if his life depended on it. his mom equally wierd but then that was because of poor character building by director..soo
2 poor characterization and poorly defined roles.
3 link less story..the whys and hows and where ofs of the story are just left hanging in mid air..
4 slow pace..but we were any ways going in circles..
need i go on...
forget it ..it is a waste of precious time..