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Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amrita Singh,Ronit Roy,Revathy,Shivkumar Subramaniam
Director: Abhishek Varman            
Genre: Drama, Romance

Keeping the essence of the plot and in sync with the novel, this is a well executed flick. If you like Bollywood, you shouldnt miss this :)



You may look forward to:

• Alia Bhatt, whichever film she touches, turns into gold :) Very good picks. She looks the most beautiful till date. She has an Indian touch to her.Yes, you cannot take your eyes off her. Beautiful expressions and nice portrayal. She manages her role as a Tamil lad
• Much beyond my expectations, Arjun Kapoor did a great job as well. He wasnt trying to be macho here, with an accepted average looks, he definitely manages to win your heart as an actor
• Amrita Singh, after a long time, some significant role. She is a perfect fit in into the caricature of a punjabi mother, though not all punjabi mothers are dominated by their husbands :P She is one such lady who gives you ample opportunities to win her over :)
• Ronit Roy, i dont have words for this man. He clearly takes over the scene wherever he is present. Arjun Kapoor looks nothing in front of him. He is really adorable
• Revathy and Shivkumar Subramaniam were their simplistic best as Alia's parents
• The movie is a bit different here and there and is not a ditto copy.However, you can very well relate to the book(for those who have read). What makes it a good movie is that they retained the essence of the story, which is further enriched with some beautiful meaningful dialogues to bridge the gap from the book to the film
• The story is very simple and regular inter caste pre marital hastes. But entire audience can identify itself with it. Here they touch the practical non violent side of the issues which is unlike the traditional Bolly romantic conflicts. The subtlety of the movie is the USP of the flick
• The one aspect i noticed and really appreciate the director Abhishek Varman for, is that he never shows any domestic violence quite literally on the large screen. Be it the instance where Ronit Roy slaps Amrita Singh or Arjun Kapoor slaps Ronit Roy, all of them indicative, is never pictured. Respects to that!
• And last, not the least! I am so happy to see a wedding optimist movie :) Even though the happy ending was a lot filmy, but one positive movie in the end...Sigh!!

What you can sleep over:

Music is just passe. In fact does even irritate at times



The dampeners you should be aware of:

• The entire angle of psychiatrist, was beyond my understanding. They never show who he is speaking to,although there is a lady at the backdrop always, but they end it in such absurd note. The entire reason to why he was complaining till the end of the story or was he just narrating, @$E%&%^.......absurd absurd!!
• A lot other instances which were tweaked and not as per the novel, sucked :) Like the one at Duke-Minty's wedding. We thoroughly get it, how 'Krish' won his in-law's hearts over, but Ananya's melodrama was pathetic, and makes no sense. Why did they have to tweak this scene from the book!!
• There were a lot more instances which the director clearly didnt pay attention to. They emphasized this so much that Ananya is the damsel of the college and every other guy is head over heels on her. But i dont see that clearly depicted. While the book clearly writes the reason why! Less number of good looking species of female in colleges like IIM's explains it. But you do see so many other pretty looking faces in the film :) There Ananya is no damsel :)

My rating: 3.5/5