Lekar Hum Deewana Dil

There are some films which looks bad in their advertisements, which lack big stars but you still think that this might turn out to be a good movie after all. ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’ is not one of those.

You'll be riding away faster than these two
after watching this movie

We have dumb Dino (Armaan Jain) and crazy Karishma (Diksha Sheth) who are college-mates and might be in love. Ofcourse they don’t know this but their whole ‘college’ does. A clarification: ‘College’ in these movies means a bunch of side actors who roam around the main couple. So when Karishma is being set up by her father to get married to a boy of his choice, she decides that she will have a drink with one of the most wreckless guy (Dino) in her life and make plans for her life. And in this sojourn she realizes she loves Dino. And a song later even Dino realizes same thing and they elope. And that all happens in first 15 minutes. After that it’s a boring sequence of what not to do when you elope.

After a frustrating hour into movie, reality settles in, they realize that they are not made for each other and therefore part ways and file for divorce. I don’t even need to write how they fall back in love and land us in the most obvious climax of Hindi films.

This is not a dumb movie; it’s a movie for dumb people.

This is what happens when brainless kids with money try to make it on their own. There weren’t many funny scenes. And it was borderline insanity displayed by these two actors. There was no chemistry between actors.

Armaan Jain got this movie due to his Kapoor family links, there is no denying. But atleast he could have tried to do something of this endangered art called ‘Acting’. He has one of the most villainous smile for a hero. And even the actress says so in one of the scenes.

A word on Diksha Sheth: irritating. In fact, she is so irritating that you realize why Ritesh Deshmukh had to wield screw driver in Ek Villain, a week after that movie!

Ritesh Deshmukh after watching Diksha Sheth's antics.

I see a problem arising in movie industry which is easily giving first chance to girls who are soothing to eyes but not much to script. It not only destroys their career in one go but also diminishes their chances of alternate career. But more on that later.

In fact, the best part (relatively) in terms of acting was the parents and brother of Dino. I would have liked to see more of Dino’s brother than his own failed on-off no-chemistry love story.

The only good thing about movie is A R Rahman's music, but then also, not all songs. Evidently, greatness surrounded by mediocrity can drown it.

Next Ranbir Kapoor- in words of Karishma Kapoor

The plot takes this movie to places, but not the ones it needed to go. What’s with naxalite angle in all of this? The director sets out to become Imtiaz Ali by making something like Socha Na Tha (most underrated Imtiaz Ali movie), but he neither has the finesse, nor the screenplay.

Although it had a tribute in the end for eloped lovers, the movie itself is a proof on why it is not a good idea. The movie manages to contradict itself, in just 2 hours!

This movie was advertised as Rom-Com but neither the romance works nor the comedy exists, except for a few forced chuckles. It has loads of foolishness and tons of stupidity.

So when in one scene the actor says they have been in 4 years of college together and currently are in 3^rd year BA, I am not surprised.

2/10- 1 for A R Rahman's two good songs and 1 for supporting actors who were honest in their limited presence.