The Zoya Factor
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Romantic Comedy
Cast: Sonam K Ahuja, Dulquer Salman, Sikandar Kher, Sanjay Kapoor, Angad Bedi
Director: Abhishek Sharma
Story: Zoya Solanki becomes the lucky charm of The Indian Cricket team and even starts a budding romance with skipper , Nikhil Khoda. Trouble ensues when Zoya gets more than what she bargained for.
Review: Sonam K Ahuja has already established herself as bollywood’s go- to actress for playing goofy characters. After The Zoya Factor she will now also be known for bringing ‘exotic’ actors (Fawad Khan and now Dulquer Salman) to the Hindi film industry. In our country, there is only one thing that unites all religions, genders and “castes” and that is superstitions. The Zoya Factor, based on a book written by Anuja Chauhan by the same name , takes a dig on the superstitious nature of us Indians. The film never does anything more or less than that. It is not made with the aim to send out some sort of a social message on the evils of superstitions.The Zoya Factor Just tries to be a fun film that will hopefully put a smile on the faces of the viewers, and that it does manage to do to some extent. Now, the premise of the film is very interesting, how a bunch of cricketers and then the whole country considers the presence of one girl to be the reason for Team India’s victory. However, the execution of the film does not match up to it's interesting premise. Some scenes in The Zoya Factor are unnecessarily dramatised with jarring background music. Most of the Second half is fuelled by silly misunderstandings between the leads and the occasional corny dialogues. There is even a compulsory negative character in the form of Angad Bedi to add to the drama.
Sonam Kapoor is decent as Zoya Solanki, the lucky Charm of team India. However, the real scene stealer here is Dulquer Salman. He exudes charm into his character of Nikhil Khoda, the captain of the Indian cricket team. He plays his role with the necessary confidence and charisma. Angad Bedi is in good form as the “villain type guy” and Sikandar Kher and Sanjay Kapoor follow their brief for the film, which must have been ‘ be at your annoying best.’
The Zoya Factor is a silly but sweet, illogical but innocent romantic comedy. The film may not have the “X factor” but it’s “Zoya Factor” is not unappealing either.
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