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Starring: Parineeti Chopra, Sidharth Malhotra, Adah Sharma
Directed by Vinil Mathew
Rating: * * *
She is certifiably wacko, eats toothpaste, hobnobs with foreign powers, steals from her own father, talks Mandarin and bluntly asks her sister's fianc to marry her.
"I promise I won't run away. Life-time guarantee," Parineeti Chopra, as the zany fey and mad Meeta tells Sidharth Malhotra in a beautifully written and directed sequence in an empty bus.
Ab bus bhi karo! How many more commercial Indian films are going to be set in the Great Big Fat Indian Wedding??!! And really, after Kareena Kapoor in Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met, Kangna Ranaut in Aanand Rai's Tanu Weds Manu and Katrina Kaif in Mere Brother Ki Shaadi, there's nothing runaway brides can do to shock us anymore.
So wait, don't go away. The good news is, there is no runaway bride in Hasee Toh Phasee. But don't break into a Bhangra as yet. Because there is a runaway bridegroom. The last time we saw this species was when Sushant Singh Rajput and Imran Khan disappeared from their own weddings in Shuddh Desi Romance and Gori Tere Pyar Mein.
Arrey yaar, kitna band bajaoge! Stop it. But just before we send off the runaway bride/groom to the sasural for keeps and write off the never-ending spinoffs of Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding and Aditya Chopra's Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, spare a look at this tender, delicately-drawn look at a marriage of inconvenience between a rom-com and a film-noire. Yup, that's what debutant director Vinil Mathew's film Hasee Toh Phasee (HTP) is.
Set during a Gujarati wedding between two souls who are not meant to be together, the film at heart is not a comedy at all...unless you think a grown-up girl who is locked up for hours in a room peeing in her pants is funny...so I wonder why it was promoted as one!
Though the surface mood of the film is skittish and cheeky HTP is an unmistakably sombre study of dysfunctionality as seen during a time of tremendous festivity.
So here's the all-too-familiar scenario. Nikhil (Sidharth Malhotra) is about to marry Ms Money. Luckily for Nikhil and for the audience Karishma, as played by the sweetly believable Adah Sharma, is not a rich bitch like the hero's embarrassing fiance in this week's other release Babloo Happy Hai. She is rich.
But not a bitch. Got that?
The characters in this darkly humorous tale of misfits and other adventurers steadily remain within the realm of the believable even the situations handed over to them by the uneven but effective script wobble dangerously out of control.
Many sequences such as the one where Parineeti takes a brood of old wedding guests through a wild walk through the bustling lanes of Delhi, lose their warmth in translation. They must have sounded engaging on paper, though.
Nonetheless there is so much here that just warms up the inner-most spaces in our hearts.
The longish sequence where Nikhil takes Parineeti outside her home so she can get a glimpse of her estranged father, or that moment when Nikhil picks her up from a dingy guest house ...these are bravely written scenes.
The director is not afraid of silences. Several episodes are done without the prop of a background score. While there are too many songs popping up here there and every-wail, the Zehnaseeb track that shows up at the climax (again, very predictable airport-centric lovers' reunion) adds just the right flavour and fervor to the proceedings.
There are many sluggish moments in the storytelling. You wish the editing would have been tighter. You wish the film's setting and festive mood had been less clichd. And you wish there wasn't so much stress on catching the characters in a constant condition of quirkiness. It's like watching decent people on pot and on the potty all the time. Kabhi toh normal raho, yaar!
But then there is Parineeti Chopra, so wonderfully articulate even as she grapples to command the gibberish grammar of her character's screwed-up personality. It's definitely not easy to play a wacko with such steadfast empathy. Parineeti again proves herself one of the finest actresses of our times. With not one false note in her performance she is truly the Jaya Bhaduri of this millennium. Playing a character who is not just unpredictable and self-destructive and also just plain destructive Parineeti makes us miraculously sympathetic towards her character's whimsicality.
Sidharth Malhotra seems more taken up with putting his best profile forward on screen. He struggles to subjugate his innate vanity and look sincere in his space. But it's a losing battle. One doesn't see the actor identify with his character's wayward entrepreneurship and his sudden discovery of protective warmth towards the zany girl who jumps in to his life.
Mohan Joshi as the bride Adah Sharma and the bride's sister Parineeti Chopra's father gives a first-rate performance. To me this is more a father-daughter drama than a lover boy-wacko girl rom-com.
No matter how you look at it, HTP and every rich resplendent moment in it, belongs to Parineeti Chopra. She irons out all the rough spots in the storytelling, hides all the wrinkles in the jaded plot and makes her character seem far more empathetic than it would have been in a lesser actress' hands.
Yup, if HTP gets your undivided attention it's because Parineeti won't let us look away.
Hasee Toh Phasee began decently in most multiplex infested circuits especially the prime cities. The film opened to best occupancy in Delhi and adjoining big cities in the North. The multiplexes homogeneously recorded nearly 40% occupancy mostly whereas in single screen the film was mainly at an average of 30%.
Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra in a still from movie Hasee Toh Phasee'
Barring metros, the film dropped in most smaller cities and towns. In crucial circuits like U.P, C.I and many areas in the South the film remained dull. It is basically a multiplex film fashioned to suit the sensibilities of more urban audiences and hence might not ring a bell with single screens at all.
If the film maintains this occupancy consistently all day, it has a good chance of pulling off with a good number at the box office on its opening day.
Heartless on the other hand opened poorly at the box office recording a 5% occupancy on its first day. Relatively Hasee Toh Phasee will be a clear winner at the box office.
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/hasee-toh-phasee-opens-to-a-decent-occupancy-at-the-box-office/
When you list down the best rom-coms of movies made on the earth, you will observe that in fact a layer of emotional quotient is the hidden heart. Hasee Toh Phasee undoubtedly fits the bill in qualifying for one of the best rom-coms Bollywood has produced.
Again, it's not a rom-com in a conventional sense. It's not a battle of sexes either. It is a story that has its natural flow with its characters taking the movie forward.
Nikhil (Siddharth Malhotra) is the odd man out in his family having his own way of building his life. So is Meeta (Parineeti Chopra) with an aberrant behavior but with a mind of a genius. Nikhil attends a wedding and he meets Meeta, when she is running away from her abode. At the wedding, he falls in love with Karishma, who is also Meeta's sister. After 7 years, Nikhil and Karishma finally get engaged. Meeta returns but is kept away from the family by Karishma, and Nikhil befriends her. The rest of the story is how the equations change with the situations.
The story-line at the highest layer seems to be wafer-thin. However the writing takes us deeper into the complexity of the situations making a strong connect with the audience. Of course, there is some cinematic liberty taken, but the majority was a laudable dealing. The humor is very natural, and tickles you with its funny moments. Every scene between Siddharth and Parineetha were flawlessly written. A couple of scenes might even leave you moist-eyed. Such is the impact. Kudos to Harshavardhan Kulkarni for his writing and Vinil Mathws for the execution.
Parineethi Chopra is simply taking big leaps repeatedly with every movie she does! She is extra-ordinarily brilliant. There is a thin line between acting as a retard and playing a character that has an aberrant behavior and presentation. She understands that thin line so well. A slot is reserved for her in the Best Actor (Female) in all the award functions next year. Siddharth Malhotra is a revelation! A mature performance indeed. The entire ensemble greatly complemented the leads, namely Adah Sharma and Manoj Joshi .
Cinematography was good, and so were the melody tracks composed by Vishal-Shekar. A minor drawback of the movie is its length. A trimmed version without some unnecessary tracks would have helped.
Hasee Toh Phasee, not just has enough Hasee', but the emotions that are woven around it will surely touch your hearts for sure. This one cannot be missed!
http://www.chitramala.in/reviews/hasee-toh-phasee-review-163546.html
RNA Research & ArchivesCast: Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, Adah Sharma, Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena
Director: Vinil Mathew
Rating: ***
What's it about
Nikhil (Sidharth) accidentally bumps into Meeta (Parineeti) at her sisters wedding that she's running away from. Seven years later they again happen to meet each other. This time around Nikhil is marrying Meeta's other sister Karishma (Adah). However, Meeta isn't any ordinary girl, there's a history to her strange behavior where she eats toothpaste,speaks fluent chinese and has her own theories explaining events leading up to where she's come in life. Hasee Toh Phasee might sound like a simple love story between two strangers who meet under odd circumstances, but beneath the fluff there is a complex subtext of a father-daughter relationship as well. There are a dozen odd supporting characters from both the families and a Punjabi wedding serves as the backdrop for a musical climax.
What's hot
The lead pair of Sidharth and Parineeti make Hasee Toh Phasee enjoyable and believeable. This odd pairing works only because these two actors take an effort to play their characters with utmost sincerity. Be it Sid's constant attempt to impress Karishma and his father-in-law (Manoj Joshi) or Meeta's contagious chid like effervescence, these two perform beyond expecatations and hit the bulls-eye. Sidharth has improved as an actor and is easy on the eye, relaxed and super comfortable even in the difficult scenes. Parineeti sheds her inhibitions and takes to Meeta like someone starving for a well written role. She milks it and uses her body language and expressions to make subtle nuances about her character stand out. The writing is fresh and the one liners, especially the humorous bits are well scripted. The ACP Pradyuman and Daya scene will have everyone in splits. Music is in sync with the mood of the film and the ballads Zehnaseeb and Ishq Bulava are beautifully picturised.
What's not
HTP has to two parallel tracks going on in its 141 minutes screen time. One is the romance between Nikhil and Meeta and the other is the story about her estranged relationship with her father. Trying to make these two reach a common ground and culminate in one final climax seemed bit of an effort. There should have been more meat to Meeta's background story explaining her erratic behavior or throwing some light on her genious polymer invention. The track about her stay in China seemed abrupt and half baked. The story takes a bit of a beating before reaching its climax, especially in Meeta's final meeting with her father which could have done away with the expected waterworks and dramatics.
What to do
Watch it if you want to see a different take on modern day romance. Hasee Toh Phasee is worth a watch for a solid act put together by its lead pair.
http://www.dnaindia.com/film-review/report-movie-review-hasee-toh-phasee-is-a-different-take-on-modern-day-romance-1959978
Love blooming between two individuals with diagonally opposite personalities is perhaps the most exploited plot in the movie business - more so in Bollywood. But there's no denying the fact that no other emotion makes you more empathetic, compassionate and above all, engaged, than love. If a romantic story is well told and if a narrative brings in a breath of fresh air with a hatke directorial approach, even a simple plot can stir those mushy feelings in you instantly. Adman Vinil Mathew's directorial debut Hasee Toh Phasee does just that!
The first-time director portrays this easy-on-the-eye, sweet and otherwise predictable romantic plot with finesse. The Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra starrer banks heavily on the innocence and the freshness of the new age romance that Mathew has crafted carefully, without indulging in scenarios of lingering longing, hysteria or melodrama. In broad strokes, HTP is Abbas Tyrewal's Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, with all its charm and frothy freshness.
Plot:
Nikhil (Sidharth Malhotara) is living a highly reckless and unstable life, unable to discover what he wants to do with himself. The dude meets Meeta ( Parineeti Chopra) - a chance encounter - and sparks fly. But there is no room for love to blossom between these two complete strangers, as they part ways quickly... only to meet after seven years when Nikhil's fianc Karishma (Adah Sharma), who is Meeta's sister, asks him to hide the disgrace of her family. Meeta is reintroduced to Nikhil as a drug addict, a total disgrace to Karishma's family, a young woman who has been missing for seven long years. Meeta had stolen a huge sum of money from her own house to pursue her dreams and that resulted in her father having a massive heart attack.
A chemical engineer by profession, Meeta is fidgety and idiosyncratic, a girl who quells various sensations and uncontrolled movements in her body by popping anti-depressants. She is a complete misfit in her rich Gujarati family and therefore always on the run. Nikhil must hide Meeta before he marries Karishma.
This unusual situation creates space for Meeta and Nikhil to discover each other and they bond. While Nikhil realises that Meeta is a genius who deals with every challenging situation with practicality and a go-getter approach, Meeta finds out that Nikhil is a sweetheart who loves to help people. The man is confused and is running away from his own dreams. The two try to comfort each other and in their attempts to do so, they fall in love - and that sets this roller coaster ride going, with shaadi, baarat and cuking fraziness thrown in to the big mess!
The filmmaker clearly shows the complexities and trivialities of a coming of age love tale, where uncertainties and frivolities loom large as hurdles in making a relationship work. And yet love finds its way in, blooming between two most unlikely individuals as they discover each other's deep emotions and insecurities. Mathew shows how love in an urban setting has no threat from outside elements or opposing forces. In fact, how inner turmoil, ambivalence and the need to know one's own self influences that basic emotion is well portrayed.
Performances:
Parineeti Chopra, as expected, has done a brilliant job. The young star is growing from strength to strength with every film. Chopra uses her body language and expressive eyes with ease and switches emotions without making her character look dramatically different, even while she displays her acting bandwidth with conviction.
Sidharth Malhotra complements the unsteadiness of Pari's character with his solid and dishy screen presence. His good looks and honey-eyes make him ideal boyfriend material and yet he manages to convey the impishness and eccentricities of his clumsy character without going overboard.
Neena Kulkarni as Sidharth's mother and Manoj Joshi as Parineeti's father have done a good job. Adah Sharma plays her part with sincerity and oodles of charm, becoming the demanding girlfriend with restraint. Vinil Mathew's direction is fine and Vishal-Shekhar's music will leave you humming and drumming your fingers at the same time. Shake it like Shammi, Punjabi wedding song andZehnaseeb will play on loop in your head for a while after you leave the theatre.
Our verdict:
It is clear from the word go' that Nikhil and Meeta are made for each. From the chance encounter on, it's a given that the two will end up together. The director propels this predictable story forward by tapping into his lead pair's chemistry, and his experimental narration and fine direction cleverly to deliver a story that works. The plot and screenplay have their share of flaws, but the clever one-liners and subtle humour make up for disjointed sequences.
On the whole, Hasee Toh Phasee is not a perfect love story with a perfect lead pair. Vinil Mathew instead shows the quirks, flaws and goof-ups of an endearing couple in this beautifully mounted movie. Watch it if you like love stories with an awww inspiring climax.
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