Shuddh & Desi but stretched

Shuddh Desi romance
Starring: Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Vaani Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor
Rated: 5.5/10
It is definitely shuddh (novel) in the way it presents romance. It is baand baajaa kind ofdesi too. And yes, despite the confusion it melts into by the end of it all, despite the commitment phobia it propels, besides the kabhi yahan kabhi wahan kabhi kahin na kind of pyar, the film manages to score as a romance, a post-modern kinda love.
The latest from Aditya Chopra’s production house has its high points and its low points. The idea is great — to lay out a post-modernwallah love in a becoming manner. The girl is no coy bopper. She has flicked away relationships, she smokes incessantly and does her bed and boy-thing quite unapologetically. Parineeti is the perfect choice for this as she brings a dazzling brilliance to the character of a Guwahati girl living and loving in the rough and tumble of Jaipur’s touristy bylanes.
Then there is a shuddh desi confused, most probably virgin, boy played to perfection by an unkempt Sushant Rajput who comes across as genuinely small town (but with a streetsmart twist) as Dhaanush was in Raanjhanaa. The new entry in Vani Kapoor is no walkover either.
Though most part of the film is arresting in its aam romance touch, the problem arises from too many think bombs the director throws at you. His opinion against marriage is one example. He builds up the entire structure on commitment phobia and the fact that love should not necessary end in marriage. All that’s fine, but while flitting through two similar relationships, Sushant builds up quite a maze of questions around romance and takes it away from its essential ingredient — the loud and clear heartbeatmasala.
And just a word about Rishi Kapoor — the reinvented Chintu is more than just brilliant! 
Source: Sunday Pioneer, September 8, 2013

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