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Shaadi Ke Side Effects review: Farhan is charming, Vidya Balan a nag by Deepanjana Pal Feb 28, 2014 #Farhan Akhtar #Marriage #Movie review #MovieReview #Shaadi Ke Side Effects #Sid #Trisha #Vidya Balan inShare 8 CommentsEmailPrint As a film production house goes , Balaji Telefilms is schizophrenic by nature. On one hand, it produces films like Love Sex Aur Dhokha and Lootera. On the other, it has the Kya Kool Hai Hum series on its roster. So where does Saket Chaudhary's Shaadi Ke Side Effects fit? With Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan as the lead pair, one would expect a clever, mature comedy about marriage. If you've seen Chaudhary's first film, Pyaar Ke Side Effects, and the trailer to Shaadi..., which shows a cool husband and his nagging wife, then the expectations would be different. It turns out that Shaadi... falls smack in the middle. It has some genuinely quirky moments, but it's also half-baked, juvenile and completely lacking in insight. Movie poster from Shaadi..: Courtesy Facebook Sid(dharth) Roy (Akhtar) and Trisha Mallik (Balan) are a happily-married couple whose life is struck by the baby boomerang. Once Trisha becomes a mother, she puts her marriage on the back burner. This leaves Sid feeling frustrated, neglected and insecure. Sid's brother in-law (Ram Kapoor) advises him to tell white lies and carve some time and space for himself. So the poor baby, sorry... husband, starts living a double life " half the time, he's a family man and the rest of the time, he pretends to be single dude. Then, after some unnecessary melodrama involving accidents, confessions and a strategically timed sunrise, Sid and Trisha must decide whether they can actually do this thing called marriage or if they'll be victims of its "side effects". Chaudhary's script is juvenile and heavily biased in favour of Sid. Not only is the entire film literally narrated by Sid, thus providing only his perspective, the events in the film allow Trisha few instances in which she can redeem herself. Sid is entirely insensitive to the challenges Trisha faces " from being a "hormonal nutcase" because of her pregnancy, to putting on weight and feeling unattractive, and raising a child almost single-handedly. But the way Chaudhary has written Trisha's character, she's insufferable for most of the film so no matter how much you may want to, you just can't side with her. As far as Chaudhary is concerned, Sid is the victim. Even when Sid admits he's in the wrong, it's an exercise in reverse psychology. How can you not love a man who will admit he's in the wrong? So what if he's not actually taking responsibility for his actions because hey, his wife drove him to make the mistakes he did? The fact is, if Sid wasn't being played by Akhtar, we probably wouldn't care for him. Not only is Akhtar cute as a button, he's got excellent comic timing and even when the script teeters into melodrama, his performance doesn't. He only looks uncomfortable in a few of the sequences where he's made to do filmi choreography. Otherwise, Akhtar makes Shaadi... watchable and it's his acting rather than the writing that draws the laughs. Aside from Akhtar, there's little to praise in Shaadi... . Balan is strapped in a role and wardrobe that do her no favours. The supporting cast includes Ram Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Ila Arun, Vir Das and Purab Kohli and they're competent but unremarkable. The only person saddled with a more uni-dimensional character than Trisha is Das, who plays a tattooed wannabe actor who can't say a sentence without the word "bro" in it. (That's presumably to clue us into the fact that he is a hipster.) The comedy evaporates from Shaadi... post-interval. In fact, the blooper real that accompanies the end credits is more enjoyable than most of the attempted comedy in the second half. Chaudhary tries to hold the audience's attention by introducing ridiculous twists. However, this doesn't change the fact that the film barely has a story. This isn't surprising. Marriages are rarely eventful. To make them interesting and engaging, a story must reveal the nuances and emotional layer cake that is a 'normal' marriage. Presumably, Chaudhary thought he was being cheeky when he included not-so-subtle nods to his lead pair's real life in Shaadi... . So Balan's character is married to one Siddharth Roy while Balan is actually married to UTV's Siddharth Roy Kapoor. The film begins with Sid and Trisha meeting in a night club, which is perhaps a nod to how Akhtar met his wife, hairstylist and entrepreneur Adhuna. Trisha struggles with being voluptuous, which, as we've learnt thanks to Koffee With Karan, is a battle that Balan has fought with herself. In Shaadi..., Sid is initially an aspiring singer who is largely dependent upon Trisha who has a well-paying job that she loves. That's reminiscent of how at the start of the Akhtars' relationship, Adhuna was the successful one while Farhan was unemployed and non-descript. Howver, these are just flickering references and Chaudhary's script doesn't have any of the maturity that real life demands of a married couple. Despite having two actors who are happily married in real life, what Shaadi... gives us is a portrait of a resoundingly unhappy marriage between two people who have just one flash of passionate chemistry right at the start of the film. After that, it's just unhappily ever after.

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Movie Review Shaadi Ke Side Effects

Category: ReviewsPublished on Thursday, 27 February 2014 10:47Written by Kiran Arora

Do marriages really have side effects? A lot of people are of the opinion that there are no side effects, as long as you keep love and trust in the relationship intact.

After attempting the charming and likeable PYAAR KE SIDE/EFFECTS [2006], which redefined love and romance between a young couple, director Saket Chaudhary attempts to focus on the relationship between a married couple in his new outing SHAADI KE SIDE/EFFECTS. Borrowing vignettes from real-life situations, SHAADI KE SIDE/EFFECTS -- much like his earlier attempt -- has an amusing and a spankingly new vibe to it. Add to it the sparkling on-screen chemistry between Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan and presto! A delectable outing is ready to be served.

Firstly, the premise. Sid [Farhan Akhtar] and Trisha [Vidya Balan] come to life in the sequel, now as husband and wife. Everything is fine till Trisha and Sid become proud parents. Trisha decides to give up her job, concentrating on the new-born, while Sid tries hard to balance his personal and professional life. When he realizes he can't cope up as an ideal husband, he decides to take tips from Trisha's brother-in-law [Ram Kapoor]...

SHAADI KE SIDE/EFFECTS is more about rediscovering your partner, post marriage. Given the nature of the subject, there looms the risk of the film veering into a serious zone, but Saket makes sure he peppers the plot with humor and amusing episodes, so much so that you never stop smiling even when the on-screen couple have their share of problems or get into a spat over trivial issues. The fact that Saket borrows from real-life instances makes it relatable and identifiable. The connect is tremendous, with the spectator often drawing parallels with his/her life.

Saket's script is no slave to any reference material and you absorb the goings-on like a sponge, without complaining. In fact, the flick offers ample 'tricks' to keep a relationship going in the present times, when ambition and stress can drive a wedge between partners. The first half is simply fantastic, loaded with humorous situations and witty, tongue-in-cheek dialogue, but the post-interval portions get dramatic, while a few episodes do seem a bit elongated. Case in point is the Vir Das track, which, though funny, could've been condensed for a better impact. Ditto for the penultimate portions, which seem stretched.

A rom-com essentially, Saket handles the light moments as well as the dramatic ones with dexterity. The soundtrack [Pritam] is melodious, with the composer belting out a few hummable tracks, especially 'Atyachaari' and the track that appears during the end credits.

The casting is distinguished and together, Farhan and Vidya get their characters spot-on. After delivering a bravura performance in BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG, Farhan reinvents himself yet again, impressing you with an absolutely natural act. The complex part -- a confused husband/new dad -- could've boomeranged had the actor not handled it with subtlety, but Farhan makes sure he doesn't go overboard at all. Post ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA, BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG and now SHAADI KE SIDE/EFFECTS, Farhan has evolved into one of the finest actors of his generation. Vidya impresses a great deal, having us in splits with her over-protective mom act. Having a natural flair for comedy, which was evident in her last release GHANCHAKKAR, Vidya glides into her part beautifully. At the same time, there are moments that make you realize her potential as an actress as she handles the dramatic sequences with gusto.

The supporting cast is most appropriate. Ram Kapoor is in top form. Watch out for the sequence towards the closing stages of the film. Vir Das is wonderful and makes the proceedings enjoyable towards the second half. Ila Arun is first-rate. Purab Kohli, Gautami Kapoor and Rati Agnihotri are perfect in their respective characters.

On the whole, SHAADI KE SIDE/EFFECTS is a delicious take on contemporary relationships. This one's relatable, heart-warming, amusing and thoroughly enjoyable!

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Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan, Vir Das, Ram Kapoor, Purab Kohli
Direction: Saket Chaudhary

Story: Sid & Trisha have moved beyond dating days. They've survived multiple lovers' tiffs and overcome PMS (read: pre-marriage syndrome). Bravo! Now they are a happily married couple. Wait! Only until a 'pregnant' pause changes it all.

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He says it. She disagrees. He reacts. She overacts. He makes mistakes, he says sorry. She makes mistakes, 'he' says sorry. So there! Even geniuses like Socrates and Einstein couldn't crack a fool-proof plan to a 'happy marriage'. Even novel cosmic concepts like Men are from Mars and Women are from all over the place (lol!) can't explain this 'heavenly' intervention. So then? Let's take a look at Saket Chaudhary's insightful story of shaadi and its shocking effects.

Sid's (Farhan) married life seems to be rocking with his adventurous wife Trisha (Vidya), until a chance 'unprotected' moment of pleasure lands them with a 'bundle' of unwanted problems. He puts his musical ambitions to rest, from composing jingles to singing lullabies for his little girl (even breaking into 'Sweet Child of Mine' - Wake up, Guns 'n' Roses! Hilarious!).

Trisha turns into an idiosyncratic, full-time mommy and Sid is left missing their lovely 'twosome' life. Pillow talk turns to potty talk and spousal spasms crawl into their shaadi, leading Sid to seek advice from bro-in-law (Ram Kapoor, lending good support). Does the quick-fix save-the-shaadi solution create more cracks, or stoke the chemistry? The best part is that Sid and Trisha don't 'fake' it. Ever! They are believable characters living real life situations. Yet, their quirkiness leaves you with delightful guffaws. Saket's story (sequel to 'Pyaar Ke Side Effects') pulls everything together skillfully, with conversations that turn into epigrams and chemistry that exudes wit and lovability. There's nothing schmaltzy or superficial about it.

The director strikes a fine balance between humour and emotion in this slice-of-marriage story. The first half takes a while to catch up, but the dialogues (Arshad Sayed) provide ample laughs, while giving wisdom for wedded bliss. Vir Das in his funky avatar is a riot. Vidya is brilliant and hits a high note in the emotional scenes. The film belongs to Farhan who stuns you with his straight-faced witticisms and plethora of expressions that amuse and move dramatically.

Single or married, this film will have more of a 'special effect' than 'side effect' on you.

Movie Review: Shaadi Ke Side Effects' - looking into a marriage, with a smile

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Shaadi Ke Side Effects movie review; Cast: Vidya Balan, Farhan Akhtar, Vir Das and Purab Kohli; Director: Saket Chaudhary; Rating: ****

"When I do something wrong, I say sorry to my wife. When my wife does something wrong... I say sorry to my wife."

One of the gems that flows out of Farhan Akhtar's mouth while addressing the oldest question on the gender equation: what does a woman really want in a marriage? Could it be the same things as a man? Maybe the route taken by the two individuals is different?

Director Saket Chaudhary raises some pertinent questions on the fake road-signs that could lead to an aborted marriage. Not all of the winking homilies work. But Shaadi Ke Side Effects holds together primarily because of the intelligent writing and the sharp and crisp way the two main actors interpret the parts of the two individuals in a marriage that has a lot going for it. That includes a baby girl who arrives just in time to get this seven-year delayed sequel trotting on the right road.

A lot of pre-production fine-tuning must have gone into making Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan look compatible together. The two actors give delectably nuanced performances without looking over-rehearsed. Seldom in recent times have I seen two actors looking so married on screen. Farhan's Sid and Vidya's Trisha come together as a couple that desperately wishes to make the marriage work.

Watch: Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan discover love in song Tumse Pyar Ho Gaya'

The script is written entirely from the male point of view. And if there are any doubts on the film's mildly misogynist tone, then there is Farhan's voiceover to remind which side of marriage the script is on.

The film opens with a sequence where the pair plays a tantalizing game in a crowded pub to kindle some additional romance into their togetherness. It's a smoothly done sequence redolent with images of similar sequences we might have seen in other films on impending domestic discord. Yet there is a freshness in the way Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan approach this sequence and their roles. There's a kind of lived-in familiarity with the world of the married couple, and yet played at a detached dispassionate pitch.

The second-half deliberately forfeits the blithe spirit in pursuit of a more penetrating perspective on marital woes. Even when the film loses a lightness of touch, it nonetheless remains even-pitched preferring understatement to hysteria. Again, a lot of the credit for the narrative's correct pitch must go to the two principal actors. Vidya looks better than ever before. Radiant and expectant as a pregnant woman in the initial scenes, she glides into the zone of paranoid motherhood with plenty of panache.

In the later scenes, when she tries to deck herself up to rejuvenate her husband's attention, Vidya reminded me of Sharmila Tagore in Basu Bhattacharya's marital drama "Grihapravesh".

Sprinting as far away as possible from the world of Milkha Singh as possible, Farhan is every inch the harried husband here, partly man party boy, he's looking for a boys' night out without feeling guilty about leaving the wife home with the baby.

Watch: Farhan Akhtar as a party boy in Harry Is Not Bhramchari'

If Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen, Basu Chatterjee and Basu Bhattacharya were to come together to mull on that thing called marriage, the resultant celluloid exposition would probably be "Shaadi Ke Side Effects". Not that this cute nugget of a film can proximate the excellence of any of the above filmmakers, but it tries to be wispy and witty without getting unnecessarily polemical on the subject of urban marriages.

A warm, funny, thought-provoking take on the man-woman equation, director Saket Chaudhary gets it bang on. The chemistry between Farhan and Vidya crackles and hisses with tantalizing tension. Brittle and yet supple, the lead pair's chemistry irons out the film's uneven edges. I wish the peripheral characters were written and played better.

Purab Kohli as the nosy neighbour (he reminded me of the role he plays in that coffee ad with Karan Johar and Deepika Padukone) and Vir Das as the boorish manifestation of Farhan's character's bachelor fantasies, offer interesting possibilities but stop short of being a support system in this drama marital discontent.

Nope. You can't take your eyes off Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan. They look evenly matched and entirely yummy in their yin and yang yearnings.

You do wonder why the script takes them to Australia. But then marriage does make people do strange things, right?

Trailer: Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan face 'Shaadi Ke Side Effects'