Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya
review by
ANIZ FILMVALA
*****
Director Shashank Khaitan makes a mockery out of legendary
SRK fairy tale romance DDLJ and best part is it’s under the banner of Karan
Johar. Bollywood gurus are short of ideas of new age romance thus fiddling with
the golden archives.
Smart part is the director is eager to improvise the
chemistry of lovers, father and daughter conflicts and to more a witty climax which
can be appalling to the yo generation.
All heard and seen a small town girl Kavya [Alia Bhatt] lands
in a city with a funny ambition to buy a designer lehenga worth five lacs as her
rich father Singh [Ashutosh Rana] cannot afford to buy one for her daughter’s
upcoming marriage with a rich NRI ?
Extremely extrovert Kavya bumps into Humpty Sharma aka Rakesh
[Varun Dhawan] &co Shonty [Gaurav Pandey] Poplu [Sahil Vaid] as they are doing
an extortion to get the mark sheets from a college professor who happens to be
Kavya’s Uncle, though this encounter is enough for Humpty to be head over heel
in love with Kavya.
As a mission starts to fulfill the lehenga dream, love
blossoms in air and the D day nears of Kavya’s marriage. Will
Humpty win over the hearts of Kavya’s family in a five day mission?
Ashutosh Rana reminisce the fond memory of unforgettable Amrish
Puri in his character of Kavya’s father by repeating the lines ‘ja jee le apni
zindagi’.
Varun Dhawan surely is defining the entertainment with his
very natural and adorable acting skills, Alia is at ease with a role which has
less range of intense lovers but does it with a chic approach. Siddharth
Shukla sets the standard right of a typical bollywood magnetism when he enters,
but is wasted with a abrupt climax.
Cast
Varun
Dhawan as Rakesh "Humpty" Sharma
Alia
Bhatt as Kavya Pratap Singh
Siddharth
Shukla as Angad Bedi
Ashutosh
Rana as Mr. Singh
Deepika
Amin as Mrs. Singh
Mahnaz
Damania as Swati
Gaurav
Pandey as Shonty
Sahil
Vaid as Poplu
Kenny
Desai as Mr. Sharma
Guncha
Narula as Gurpreet
