Both Nikhil and Meeta are shown to be pariahs of sorts which is fun to watch when the story sheds its envelopes with time. But the scriptwriters have etched out very similar yet varying lead characters. It is no Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu which had epitomized the hope of changing the climax of a regular rom-com film. The protagonists meet by chance, fall in love involuntary and make the inevitable, eventual and the predictable choice of running back into each other’s arms. It is kept simple minus too many nuances. The persistent question is does Hasee Toh Phasee succeed? Well the answer is both yes and no! It is unexpected that in times when the industry is infested with clone-ish designs, there is a film that sticks strictly to the most commonplace genre and tries creatively something new with it. Though you can find inklings of the formulaic ideas typical to the genre, the story is unusual. Thankfully the movie wasn’t much of a knock off contrary to what you’ll expect from usual romantic comedies. Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra in a still from movie ‘Hasee Toh Phasee Hasee Toh Phasee Review: Script Analysis Meeta and Nikhil share a close bonding over 7 days when simultaneously the primary things in their lives change which eventually lead them to fall in love with each other.īut can Nikhil walk out on his ideology of love and walk off with Meeta after 7 years of commitment with her sister Karishma? Watch Hasee Toh Phasee and know how the fairy tale happens for two extremely eerie people. Nikhil (Sidharth Malhotra) is the son of an IPS officer who is about to marry Karishma (Adah Sharma) when luck has him cross paths with Meeta who is exactly like him. Meeta (Parineeti Chopra) belongs to a typical conservative Gujarati family which cannot digest her free spirited nature. Obviously the film traces how they fall in love. The film begins with two outcast kids who are similar to each other as miscreants and yet excitingly different. Though Parineeti walks away with the thunder for her stellar performance, the film works primarily and mostly because it is so refreshingly lovable. It was passionate and compelling, almost to make me wish that they were a real life couple and that alone becomes the winning shot.

Though Vinil Mathew’s direction might not be perfect due to his lack of experience, Hasee Toh Phasee will definitely win your heart for the symbiotically arranged, pitch perfect chemistry of Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra. Watch or Not?: The film is both pleasantly surprising and utterly baffling in equal amounts. Loo break: Some but entirely avoidable if you hold on patiently. What’s Bad: An overdrawn climax, the unbelievable China connect and the flimsy backstory that trails along with Meeta.

What’s Good: It is a zappy rom-com which flaunts the perfectly casted Parineeti and Sidharth’s lively, heartfelt chemistry with confidence. Star cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, Adah Sharma

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