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To watch or not to watch: A good watch over a slow weekend
Starring: Ayushmann Khurana, Parineeti Chopra
Abhimanyu Roy aka Bubla (Ayushmann Khurana) is the best selling author of pulp horror-sex genre. He is trying to pen a romantic novel and is caught in a writer’s block for 3 years. This effort is leading him to his past and the time he met the love of his life, Bindu Shankarnarayanan (Parineeti Chopra) when he was maybe 10 years’ old. Bindu had moved in the house next to Abhi’s in Kolkata. They strike a friendship which lasts for most of their adulthood. As they grow up, they go their separate ways and drift apart. They do bump into each other’s lives periodically, and one time Abhi confesses his love to Bindu. Their relationship is good as long as it lasts, but eventually, they do part ways. All the things he has learned about Bindu and life, becomes the protagonist of Abhi’s latest book.
The movie is a potpourri of different romantic movies, a patchwork of sorts – each piece in itself will seem ordinary but together it fits beautifully. the front runner emotion in the movie is nostagia, with Abhi thinking about Bindu and his relationship, compared to the dull existence in his current life. Parineeti Chopra’s role as Bindu is a stereotyped Yash Raj girl, full of life and a rebel. Both the actors’ chemistry on screen seems natural and believable. Their history is out of When Harry Met Sally, where they keep running into each other at different stages of their lives. Towards the end, it takes on a 500 Days of Summer vibe. Because of constant back and forth between now and then, the movie is a bit choppy in parts.
Though it is not a perfect movie, it makes the audience emotional and eager to know how the lives of the characters turned out. The dialogues do not have anything worth remembering or quoting, they are downright pedantic at times. The growth of the characters from kids to middle-aged is mature and kind of validates the mistakes people make in their lives and sends a messge that lives do go on despite that. Watch the movie for the performances and the portrayal of a different mature relationship. It goes well with a glass of wine and popcorn.
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