This movie based on a novel of same
name by John Green about two teenagers suffering from cancer was a surprise
success, made on a budget of 12 million dollars the movie went on to collect
more than 300 million dollars worldwide.
Movie although based on a grim
premise, is not a grief ridden drama; else it is a love story with ample doses
of humor. Hazel Grace is a teenage girl suffering from thyroid cancer; on persuasion
of her parents she attends a support group of cancer patients, where she meets
Augustus Waters, a teenage boy who has already lost a leg due to his disease.
Augustus is a boy with high spirits and he immediately starts taking interest
in Hazel. Although the girl is initially reluctant but with time both become
friends and romance blossoms afterwards.
Although the protagonists are aware
of their fate they seldom take pity of themselves, they try to live their lives
without becoming corny or philosophical and it is preciously where the movie
scores big time. The viewers expects them to behave in a certain way, which of course
they don’t, breaking the stereotype is what this movie does.
There is another character in the movie,
an author who has written a book with an abrupt climax, the heroin is so much fascinated
with the book that she wants to know what actually happened in the book, things
that the author chose not to tell the reader.
As you may be aware that the movie
is about to be remade in Hindi, however, whether Dipika Padukone and Varun
Dhawan would be able to pull off a teenage act remains to be seen, but whatever
happens to the remake one thing is for sure that the original is a beautiful
movie worth watching with some superb dialogues and amazing performances.
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