Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Review

Genre: Dharma Production(KJo should get this genre patented)

Actors: Ranbir (Rockstar Janardan) Kapoor, Anushka (Soon to be Kohli) Sharma, Aishwarya (Back with a Bang)Rai Bachchan.

The word “Friendzone” is joked about a lot on the internet and some movies do touch this topic in a more polite and dry humoresque tone. Well, KJo takes this friend zone to a new level aka “Marte dum tak I Friend You, I Friend You too”.

Johar returned to writing and directing after judging people in reality and talent hunt shows but its weak story is what pushes the envelope way too far than the audience can tolerate.Yes, we do judge you too for we expect something good out of good directors who come out of hibernation after long breaks and still deliver sub-par stuff.

Coming back to the movie Ayan, Aalizeh(Jackie Shroff yaad aagaya maa kasam bey) and Saba are what the poster of the movie delivered. Ranbir’s Ayan is the blend of all the roles he played in Tamasha, YJHD, Wake Up Side and Bachna Aey Haseeno.(Not pointing to the pattern but Bombay Velvet ke baad Ranbir sirki puppy eyes ko exploit karna banta hai). Anushka, the queen of friend zone and the old red wine Aishwarya’s Saba being the weakest link in the story that completes the full circle of cliche ridden journey called Ae Dil hai Mushkil.

Not jumping into the story to dissect for it is very cruel to dissect a romantic movie but what works and what doesn’t can be easily pointed out.

The Yay’s:

1)The music(Pritam kahin se bhi uthao, par keep making this short term addictive music,. Its trippy and touches all the right chords of our heart)

2)SRK cameo(I would just release his sequence as a short movie on youtube and it would rake in all the money from advertisement! Such power,much wow that sequence was)

3)Thinking that the story might take a turn and Aishwarya might be Anushka’s mother..or maybe Ranbir’s. #FanFiction

The Nay’s:

1)Weaker supporting cast/cameos in the form of Fawad,Lisa Haydon and Alia.

2)Stretching the “Toote dilse hi sangeet nikalta hai theory”(Samosa me story wala aalu daal hi nahi gaya)

3)Ranbir narrating his story like Ted Mosby delivering the 9 year long monologue to his kids about how he met their mother (Okay come to think of it, KJo might have been watching the HIMYM finale while getting high on 500 days of Summer and thinking lets release this on Diwali and make people cringe at friendships.)