Bachna Ae Haseeno- - Modern Indian Romances in Exotic International Locales!

Director: Siddharth Anand
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Lead Actors: Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasa Basu, Deepika Padukone, Minissha Lamba
Dialogues, Lyrics: Anvita Dutt Guptan
Story:Aditya Chopra
Screenplay: Devika Bhagat
Music Director: Vishal and Shekar
Genre: Modern Romance, Comedy, Parental Guidance Suggested

Official Website: http://www.yashrajfilms.com/microsites/bah/bah.html
Rating: ***
Review: Birjis Adeni Rashed
It’s about love, romance and betrayal….effects of love/betrayal – both positive and negative…. repentance of jilt… And closure of each relationship! All this in a romantic comedy with the Casanova Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) , the smitten Mahi ( Minissha), the sexy Radhika (Bipasha), and chic and spirited Gayatri ( Deepika), in the breathtaking international locales of Switzerland, Italy, Australia and India.


The movie set with modern and urban values of life and love, depicts the love life of young and handsome Casanova who starts of with a vacation romance in Europe with a very smitten Mahi who is in love with the idea of love, and jilting her later to break her belief in love and romance.

His next affair is with the sexy model Radhika, who is comfortable with a live-in relationship but would give up her personal ambitions and career for marriage. But our lady –killer as he calls himself, not ready for commitment, takes flight on their wedding. The self centeredness and insensitivity of man, drives Radhika to succeed with vengeance and make it big for herself, but unfortunately her inability to trust anybody also makes her lonely.

The third episode is when the love game is not in his hand and he falls head over heals in love with the spirited, smart and sassy business school student, part time cab driver Gayatri. This time around, the girl is not ready to give up her career and independence to a commitment of marriage!

But the rejection in love makes him reflect and ruminate about his past, and matures him enough to want to redeem his actions, to move on in love and life.

Hence starts more periodic episodes of fixing the effects of his betrayals. The first one is taken care of in DDLJ style with a bhangra finale. The second one gets him slave driven in Devil Wears Prada style with a final forgiveness to move on. But the end comes in a hurry and seems tame.


The positives of the movie are a good peek at extraordinarily beautiful locations, a great cast, Ranbir Kapoor is charming, Bipasha still looks sexy irrespective of age, Minissha is cute, and Deepika is the hot and happening actress who looks amazing while being a natural performer. The movie also has strong characterization, decent humor, good acting and peppy musical numbers. The negative aspects like poor dialogues, weak second half and rushy climax pull the movie down. It’s a good movie, worth watching, but it could have been better!