Produced by :Aditya Chopra
Written by ; Jaideep Sahni
Starring :Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Vaani Kapoor,Rishi Kapoor
Music by:Sachin - Jigar
Release date: September 6, 2013
Genre: Romance,comedy
Content advisory : kissing, implied sex , smoking,drinking
Rating: **.5(2.5)
Review: Birjis Adeni Rashed
(The aim and intention of my reviews is to critique and recommend while not revealing the whole story to enjoy the movie when seen. But minor details have been divulged for a proper review!)
I don’t understand in what context they call this a ‘Shudd Desi Romance’ when ‘Shudd’ means ‘pure’ and the movie doesn’t reflect it! Neither does it show pure Desiness/Indianess in its south Asian belief structure of marriage and morals, nor does the romance reflect pure love, more of an attraction and sexual chemistry! The movie also got released with alternative title ‘Random Desi Romance’ and that seems more appropriate, reflecting the skewed up mindset of some youth in progressive India who prefer commitment-less philosophy to life, love and sex!
The story set in Jaipur, in the lower middle class strata, revolves around three lead actors, one male and two female. The male lead played by Sushant Singh Rajput is a sheepish, awkward hypocritical cold feet groom/ rental barati/ tourist guide who doesn’t know what he wants to do, nor know what he has to say at times. The main female lead played by Parineti Chopra is an independent, aggressive, feisty, free willed woman who lives life by her own rules, and likes to live it with all risks, smoking, drinking, abortions and all ; while the other female lead by Vani Kapoor is a confident, assertive character/affected bride of a walk away wedding, wanting revenge, yet getting emotions tangled.
The story involves frivolous wedding parties with rental barati’s, multiple commitment phobic wedding escapades, live in relationships, moving in and moving out of relationship, aimless conversations, characters going in circles, repetitive scenes and confused understanding of relationships. The flow of the story is pretty casual with slice of life scenes and funny at times, yet the scenes where characters talk into the camera to the audience doesn’t fit in the flow. The story also is slow paced and exhausted at times.
The director Maneesh Sharma, either has seen too many weddings growing up or he and producer Aditya Chopra want to use their wedding research extensively; this is another movie on weddings after ‘Band Baja Barat’, and ‘Rab ne Bana di Jodi’ between them, they better move on.
The actors interestingly did an excellent job in their roles. Parineti Chopra lives up the role of this chilled casual character very well and comes out as a natural; Shushant Rajput suits the role of an awkward communication impaired, commitment phobic youth; while the new actress Vani Kapoor handles her role confidently and shows promise; Rishi Kapoor of course is a veteran actor.
The songs in the movie have foot tapping music and good lyrics and its cinematography brings out the architectural and cultural beauty of the pink city Jaipur.
But will have to say it’s just another random movie.
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