Article Updated 11 December, 2007 10:50:59 PM IST   Khoya Khoya Chand By Our Correspondent ©2007 Bollyvista.com   Director Sudhir Mishra's latest venture comes after a gap of four long years. Khoya Khoya Chand takes the audience to the golden era of Indian cinema in the 1950s. This is the story of the turbulent life and times of Nikhat (Soha Ali Khan), a fledgling actress. She becomes a huge star with the help of superstar Prem Kumar (Rajat Kapoor), unfortunately for favours returned. A young writer - director, Zafar (Shiney Ahuja), helps Nikhat to free herself from the grip of Prem Kumar. The film has its interesting moments, but that's about it. It seems to go on and on and fails to hold the attention of the audience. Also, it is replete with details and references to actual industry instances and people, which is unlikely that the common man might comprehend. Shiney Ahuja once again proves that he can act ... only in films made by Sudhir Mishra. For Soha Ali Khan, the role is tailor made and she lives up to the expectations. Rajat Kapoor shows tremendous growth as an actor. Soniya Jahan (earlier seen in Akbar Khan's Taj Mahal) is good. Vinay Pathak is excellent as usual. Saurabh Shukla and Dipannita Sharma, form rest of the supporting cast. The film has a very classy look and the cinematography by Sachin Krishn is top notch. Production design by Gautam Sen is meticulous and he has done a wonderful job. The costume design by Ashima Belapurkar and Niharika Khan is excellent and does its bit in adding to the vintage look. Music by Shantanu Moitra has the feel of that era, but only two tracks 'Yeh Nigahen' and 'Khoye Khoye Chand Ki' are hummable. Swanand Kirkire's lyrics are beautiful as always. All this does little to salvage the film. It is obvious that director Sudhir Mishra, has put a lot of hard work into this film and producer Prakash Jha also seems to have spared no effort in giving the film the mounting it deserves. Yet all this is to no avail. One thing Sudhir Mishra has wonderfully succeeded in doing is extracting wonderful performances from the actors. If only good performances and intentions could culminate in the making of a good film, this one would have been a classic. Watch this if only for the meticulous and sincere effort of all those involved. ** (Two Stars)   close   Print this Article http://bollyvista.com   http://www.bollyvista.com/article/a/29/8367