Bhavya Sharma

(SPOILERS AHEAD) The director dabbles in multiple genres -- there's a romcom in here, some drama, and, wait for it, a weird exploration of Electra Complex that resolves with true love ('s kiss -- hence the Disney release?). The characters are not properly sketched out. There are multiple opportunities to delve deeper into Rinku's psychiatric disorder but it is left unexplored and the "love cures all" bumper sticker message is reminiscent of how mental illness is often portrayed in Bollywood and beyond (reminds me of Silver Linings Playbook). Dhanush is a joy to watch, no doubt, but his talent is wasted between Sara Ali Khan playing her usual loud and belligerent self and the plot falling flat after the audience discover that Sajjad is a fiction of Rinku's imagination. Oh, and her dad too. Just. No.

I could not watch it to the end because of the poor performance of the protagonist and the painfully slow-paced plot in which the director has to leave nothing to the imagination of the viewer. The writing is also sloppy with inane dialogues like "I had a miscarriage" when it's really quite clear that if there was a car accident and two years later, the actress is distressed because her life has turned upside down, she lost her child. Can we give a bit more credit to our viewers? The voiceover by Chopra does not match the pace or the tone of the film in certain parts. Can Indian directors adapt movies the way Othello was adapted to Omkara? This is a LAZY ADAPTATION!