I watched this movie twice in one month and honestly I have been pondering for a while what to write. I am actually obsessed with this movie hence why I watched it twice. I watched it the day it was relasied in cinema and then a few weeks later.
Where do I even start? Karan Johar has made such a great comeback of Bollywood films with this movie. It has masala, it has passion, it has over the top dances and outfits. It has everything of a 90's/00's Bollywood movie with a balance of new age themes. I feel like as someone who has grown up watching and obsessing over Bollywood films that this film literally was exactly what was needed!
Karan Johar had selected such a great cast, with Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh as the main characters who have the greatest love story. Ranveer Singh Aka Rocky Randhawa is honestly the best character I have seen onscreen for a long time. He is so comical but such an emotional character. It was great to see a reversal in this movie where the male character wants to move forward in gteh relationship however the female character doesn't. The leaning and accepting of different cultures, faiths and traditions.
The Punjabi boy getting with the Bengali girl shows the contrast of how different two faiths are in one country. That they can be so different yet there can be some similarities. That language barriers can be broke down if you really want to be with that person. The contrast of a wealthy boy and a young girl whose family are comfortable. How she isn't use to the way he does things in his house and he isn't use to the way things are done in her house.
It touches and highlights issues that women face daily with the way men talk to them, disrespect them, sexualise them. Men just get to be these dominant people who just control women and use them as puppeteers. It shows generational changes and how we can change the way we think, the way we behave. There is no age limit for these types of changes it is just down to the person and if they are willing to make these changes.
I don't want to ruin it for anyone if you haven't seen it yet. And if you haven't seen it then you need to get yourself to the cinema and watch it. You will laugh so much that your stomach will hurt, you will cry of sadness but joy. You will anger but also feel liberated! To be honest you will feel so much and it will be the best feeling!
This movie for is a 10/10 and honestly I wish they would start making more movies like this moving forward!
