The film tracks the story of Ram (Ranveer Singh) and Leela(Deepika Padukone) who belong to two feuding families, surrounded by the constant animosity of the long drawn enemity, in the prevailing aura of violence and bloodshed. On the day of holi, Ram sneaks into Leela’s house. The two meet and fall in love. They two escape away soon to get married but are soon dragged back home creating further odds in their love story.

So do Ram and leela finish their love story and live happily ever after?

Set on the backdrop of Gujarat, the film is Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s imaginative take on Shakespeare’s most popular play Romeo and Juliet. I must say the movie is a good adaption of the novel but it really lacks screenplay. The movie has a very weak screenplay especially in the post interval portion the movie lacks the love part of it. The dialogues are great but not of Bhansali standard. The movie reminds you of Devdas as the titles start but the dialogues are nowhere close to Devdas.

Ranveer Singh is perfect as Ram. Born into a violent family with warring opponents, he gives Ram a lingering charm. I have never been a fan of his acting but the gusto and the energy with which he plays every scene, every frame is so effervescent that he is nothing short of superlative.

Deepika Padukone matches Ranveer’s brilliance with her own fiesty and enthusiastic performance. It is becoming a norm that every time you see Deepika on screen, you feel she has become better than her last stint. She looks breathtaking in most scenes to her credit and more than her fiery nature and robust character, she gives Leela elegance and strength in equal measures.

Their chemistry demands much to the script but it clicks only in the first half of the film. The post interval portion contains no chemistry in it. 

Music of the movie is Outstanding. It is the only factor which  makes you happy at the end. All the goodness of the first half gets to zero once movie progresses in the second half. I must say the movie could have done better but it is really worst. The direction and cinematography is good. But the weaker screenplay makes it go in vain. 

I say it as a cinematography and music win but RAMLEELA is defnately not amonst the OUTSTANDING ones. For me it is a one time watch affair. 

I would rate it 3 on 5.