#REVIEW: 'Kehne Ko Humsafar Hai' Is The Story Of A Man's Dilemma To Be In Love Or Be Loyal

With its own roller coaster ride high on emotions, the web series is a worthy watch.

Published: Sunday,Mar 18, 2018 17:53 PM GMT-06:00

Sanchita Jhunjhunwala

Ekta Kapoor's web venture, ALT Balaji has brought about many fascinating and out of the box stories for the viewers to explore. And, marking the digital debut for the Kehne Ko Humsafar Hai trio Mona Singh - Ronit Roy - Gurdeep Kohli, there is another story of seeking love and heartbreak that we get to witness.

Dealing with a topic like extramarital affairs, there is both beauty and emotional wrecking drama in the series.

The story

It all begins with Rohit Mehra (Ronit Roy) falling in love with his employee Ananya Sharma (Mona Singh), despite being a married man with children of marriageable age themselves. Their extramarital affair continues for some time only until his wife Poonam (Gurdeep Kohli) comes to know about his affair. What follows is a series of emotional breakdown, complex drama, and a few, very few, but relatable situations.

The Good:

For starters, we have to give it out to the chemistry that the three of them have managed to put across together; be it the helpless wife that Gurdeep plays or the confused yet emotional Ronit Roy as Rohit, and of course, Mona as Ananya at some instances does come across as the wicked other girl in a married man's relationship, but at the end of it all, it is just love they are looking for.

While the actors have done complete justice to their roles, there also is the writing and direction that deserves applause. Putting up a show like that without any of it coming across as unsavoury is commendable.

For someone who is a fan of romcoms, and love stories, this could be a great series to binge on every week.

The not so Good:

Many might find certain aspects to be nothing but typical Bollywood cliches, everybody going against Rohit and speaking ill of men in general, stereotyping them like they are the negative ones all the time.

Poonam, the loyal wife is shown to be rather regressive. As much as it is important to save a marriage, but her ideology in the series makes us wonder to what extent will one go to for doing so?

Verdict:

With every episode into the show, we think you begin to connect with them at different levels, and that, is what makes Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain not just a good, but a great show to watch.

Ratings: *** stars (3/5 stars)