Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania has a quirky name, even though the story line is distinctly predictable.The movie is a twist on the popular DDLJ which released before the current generation of college goers were born.
The director takes a fresh take on the original storyline and instead of falling in love in Europe, the couple hits it off in saddi Dilli. The boy Humpty Sharma is from Delhi. The jugaad king and a constant failure in studies works at his dad's stationery shop and they are not the typical wealthy family we often see in Karan Johar movies.
Neither is the girl's family, though they are better off. Living in Ambala, Alia is getting married to an NRI munda in the coming month and her hunt for a designer lehenga gets her to Delhi.
They meet, and Varun falls for Alia pretty quickly. He tries to woo her by following her all around and helping her with whatever possible.
He even sorts out a major issue threatening her friend's marriage and manages to get her money for the designer lehenga she is looking for.
They get close to each other and the dialogues between the two make for an interesting watch. Not only is the chemistry of our leads great in the movie, but also the hero's best friends Gaurav Pande and Sahil Vaid make us smile laugh for large parts of the movie.The dialect and style of speaking is fun itself but some of the dialogues and sequences are quite funny too. Sahil vaid in particular is brilliant.
In fact it is the humour that keeps the movie afloat in what could otherwise have become a mundane and cliched love story.
The first half is no doubt better than the second, cause post interval we get into the ddlj phase.
The hero tries to ask the girl's hand from her father who refuses and gets Varun and his friends trashed as well.Upon his repeated persual and Alia's requests he agrees to give Varun a chance and gives him a task to find out 1 flaw in the boy he has chosen for his daughter.
Ashutosh Rana is a great actor no doubt and playing the bride's father comes easy to this multifaceted talent.
Siddharth Shukla plays the groom to be and he is a man with few flaws, which really annoys the hell out of Varun.
What happens post that? Well i'll leave that for you to discover when you watch the movie.
Cliched in many ways, but given a fresh treatment, it is a light entertainer and can be categorized as a 'RomCom'. The actors deliver well in their respective roles and the movie cuts short before it gets dragged. A run time of less than 2hrs 15 mins is not bad at all. The music could have been better but its not a bad watch.
Rating - 3.5/5
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