a random child and in process regaining life in his paralyzed arm in the most formulaic fashion its relevance to the romance drama and requirement in the overall affair is highly debatable undoubtedly mausam is marred by its unrelenting length and could have been much crisper considering what it actually serves in its threehour runtime is too shallow in comparison other than that it boasts of a decent soundtrack courtesy pritam and striking cinematography by binod pradhan on the performance front sonam kapoor is merely passable and lacks the range to handle a character which spans a decade and demands diverse emotions so its left up to shahid kapoor to save the ship which he ably does he shows immense dexterity in pulling off the wide range of varying conduct mannerisms and maturity that his character demands he is charming as the village boy suave as the pilot and intense as the bereft lover aditi sharma is remarkable in her short role having negative shades supriya pathak and manoj pahwa are decent anupam kher is hardly there mausam starts off with the pleasant freshness of any new season but stretches so long that you yearn for the onset of the next season