Its funny how every movie-maker feels his movie is "different"!!
Reality is...that "Hasee Toh Phasee" really has a fresh take on the oft-used "love triangle" story-line ....very common in Bollywood!
The movie is about Nikhil (Siddharth Malhotra) .....a businessman struggling to arrange finances for his new venture just before his engagement......and Meeta (Parineeti Chopra)....the black sheep of Nikhil's fiancee's family. Just before his wedding, Nikhil is entrusted the job of giving Meeta a place to stay and keeping her away from her own family.
The good thing about the movie was that it gave the viewers the feeling that they were onlookers at a distant relative's family. There are a series of interesting characters, be it the cranky cousin from Kanpur, who believes he should become the next "Indian Idol", and sings an off-tune Anu Malik song, or the uncle who keeps asking people "baaki sab?". Somehow.....the movie connects with the audience....makes us all remember some distant relative or the other of our own! :)
The lead characters are both excellent in their role.....but its a Parineeti movie. Its difficult to shake off her character even when you leave the movie theatre. There is this undercurrent of the father-daughter (Meeta & her dad) relationship throughout the movie, which is beautifully played out and is touching.
However, there is a lack of clarity on why she needs to make funny faces in the first half of the movie...as is the lack of clarity as to her "China" link. There are also some more things which don't make sense....still....its a good watch. The predictable ending doesn't seem boring at all. The pace of the movie stays right through the end and doesn't let down.
I would give this movie a 3 stars out of 5.
Reality is...that "Hasee Toh Phasee" really has a fresh take on the oft-used "love triangle" story-line ....very common in Bollywood!
The movie is about Nikhil (Siddharth Malhotra) .....a businessman struggling to arrange finances for his new venture just before his engagement......and Meeta (Parineeti Chopra)....the black sheep of Nikhil's fiancee's family. Just before his wedding, Nikhil is entrusted the job of giving Meeta a place to stay and keeping her away from her own family.
The good thing about the movie was that it gave the viewers the feeling that they were onlookers at a distant relative's family. There are a series of interesting characters, be it the cranky cousin from Kanpur, who believes he should become the next "Indian Idol", and sings an off-tune Anu Malik song, or the uncle who keeps asking people "baaki sab?". Somehow.....the movie connects with the audience....makes us all remember some distant relative or the other of our own! :)
The lead characters are both excellent in their role.....but its a Parineeti movie. Its difficult to shake off her character even when you leave the movie theatre. There is this undercurrent of the father-daughter (Meeta & her dad) relationship throughout the movie, which is beautifully played out and is touching.
However, there is a lack of clarity on why she needs to make funny faces in the first half of the movie...as is the lack of clarity as to her "China" link. There are also some more things which don't make sense....still....its a good watch. The predictable ending doesn't seem boring at all. The pace of the movie stays right through the end and doesn't let down.
I would give this movie a 3 stars out of 5.
