Notebook

A breathtaking setting and some adorable children can't rescue the flavourless romance that is Notebook.

Militants and insurgency and the contentious presence of the armed forces are kept at a minimum, shown in only scant, sanitized glimpses.

Cinematographer Manoj Kumar Khatoi's camerawork captures lush, stunning Kashmiri vistas... but it cannot pull Notebook out of the senseless narrative swamp that it wades through.

The story might have even been a cutesy take on loneliness and virtual companionship if the writing had bothered to focus on the psychology of the protagonists.

Notebook has an unremarkable lead pair, an underwhelming dull love story...

It is a pity that Kakkar's heavy-handed approach weighs down what could have been a light, easy watch.

Both the debutantes have acted their hearts out.

The highlights of Notebook are the cinematography by Manoj Kumar Khatoi and the performances by Zaheer and Pranutan.

The chief attraction in this film is Kashmir. Music, which is the soul of any Bollywood romance is below par in this dull romance.