This Bollywood film is about Badrinath Bansal, a guy with an animated personality and an overconfident attitude with a big heart, who falls in love with a girl named Vaidehi Trivedi. Both are polar opposites. Badri keeps getting rejected by Vaidehi, but he can’t take no for an answer. Throughout the film Badri tries to win her over, while Vaidehi focuses on following her dream.
This film was great, but technically did not have much variety. It included all of the lighting techniques, and had numerous settings. The film did a great job with jump cut transitioning that did not make it obvious at all. There was not a set color scheme, but that was expected because of how truly “Bollywood,” this movie ended up being. A scene that stood out to me the most was when Badri brings Vaidehi back to her room when she is uber drunk. Before this scene, when they weren’t as drunk, they were telling each other how they really feel about each other, and this conversation verified Badri, how she feels about him and how he should reciprocate these feelings. That scene set the mood for this scene because as he tucks her in, there is silence, and a long, close up shot of the two just staring into each other’s eyes, and there is a quite a lot of emotional tension. The audience can tell that in this moment, Vaidehi is falling for Badri, but cannot read what Badri is feeling, although he tucks her in and walks away without making a move, despite the fact Vaidehi holds his hand and all. It takes an emotional toll on the audience and almost stuns them once they find out what happens next. When it comes to technicality, there was one thing that this film did perfectly, and that is wide shots of stunning views. For example, when transitioning to a different setting, such as Singapore, the shot chosen was a beautiful sunrise of the city life, and was introduced with an upward wipe. This film was done very well and had little to no variety when it comes to making this an impressive technically. I loved this film. It was fantastic. This film gives me hope that Bollywood still exists, and that it can have a modern message behind it as well. The message behind it was about gender equality/feminism, the dowry issue that still goes on even though it is illegal, as well as putting forth one’s dream of having a career and being independent, rather than forcing yourself into marriage at a time you are not ready. This film captured all these qualities without turning its head from Bollywood and turning into a more westernized film like most of the films. I think this movie has validated my love for its director, Karan Johar, and I can safely say he is my favorite director in Bollywood. Another aspect that I adored was the whole guy-doesn’t-get-girl thing, but the ending may surprise you. The choreography of the dancing, the music, and even the chemistry between the two characters was so admirable, I absolutely loved it. This film did not disappoint. (Also, I have fallen head over heels for Varun Dhawan thanks to this movie)
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