Reviews & Ratings for
Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)

Thanks to the lively promos, the film will get an impressive opening & will thump "Zanjeer" at the box-office. I wont term it as ground breaking but it's definitely different & makes for an entertaining watch. So give it a try!!!

A tale of love,as the title suggests. But is it as pure and harmless as the title claims? Certainly modern,certainly cosmopolitan-but this take on modern love relationship is a tad confusing and implausible. Especially, trying to thrust this modern mentality in a small-town is bold,but it creates a cloud of suspicion as well.
Young men on women,battling with the sensible and the sensual,jump into conclusions and later try to escape from them like a coward. Raghu(Sushant) and Gayathri(Parineeti) unexpectedly fall in love,live-in,make out and decide to get married. But Gayathri chickens out on the day of the wedding,leaving Raghu distraught. Raghu had somewhat created a similar situation by leaving a young coy bride Tara(Vaani) at the alter,years back. Raghu unexpectedly meets Tara again and they start going out. They fall in love,make-out,make promises and suddenly Gayathri reappears in the scene.
The tumultous state of relationships,the fragile bonds,the confused minds and the sensitive souls wary of commitment make up the base of the story. Rishi Kapoor as decorator represents the rigid and cynical outlook of society who consider marriage a compulsion. The young generation challenges the radical view but in a messy way. Storytelling could have been neat and wittier. The performances are commendable but no character really touches us,and they are far from relatable. The charming visuals of Jaipur and feet-tapping music adds brownie points but cannot revive the messy plot.