Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan

Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan offers a visually rich experience with soulful music, but falters where it matters most - emotional depth and storytelling finesse. Despite Vikrant Massey's impressive performance and Shanaya Kapoor's promising debut, the film never quite comes together as the emotionally stirring experience it wants to be.

Unfortunately, the screenplay becomes its biggest weakness. While the first half remains decent and watchable, the second half feels confusing and needlessly stretched. The cinematography is undeniably beautiful. Dialogues are generally well-written, often poetic, and resonate in quiet, reflective scenes.

Vikrant Massey, as expected, delivers a compelling performance. He grounds the film emotionally, even when the writing doesn't give him much to work with. Shanaya Kapoor makes a fair debut and there's an innocence and sincerity in her presence that holds promise. While the role doesn't challenge her much, she manages to leave an impression. Zain Khan Durrani and Saanand Verma were decent.

Direction 2.5/5 Acting 3/5 Dialogues 3/5 Story 2/5 Screenplay 2/5.

This film showed the importance of falling in love with character and personality over appearance and status. Throughout, the music was a powerful element that expressed the true emotion and reflection of the characters. At about the half way point, the store became too complex and involved too many characters which created excessive tension. Ultimately, the film as a whole was genuine story that provided deep meaning. Although there could have been further character development in the middle of the film, the conclusion appropriately tied the story together in a heart felt manner that gave a true expression of the story the director was attempting to portray.