Gehraiyaan

The movie Gehraiyaan has no depth in the writing. Shakun Batra's failed to deliver a compelling movie like Kapoor & Sons (2016), here his direction is just mediocre. The first half is a half-baked romantic drama and when in the second half the film takes a different turn, it falls flat. Deepika Padukone delivers a good performance and Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday & Dhairya Karwa were average in their roles.

Direction 2/5 Acting 2.5/5 Dialogues 2/5 Story 2/5 Screenplay 1.5/5.

Well everybody acted very good ... Excellent.. director did amazing job with mediocre crime petrol story ....

All these years we as audience wanted Bollywood sud make Hollywood level movies so what our dharma producers thought... In Hollywood married super hit actress does all these adult scenes... Let's do that ... That's Sharma's Bollywood reply to Hollywood ... All acted well but why they needed Deepika for that ... I mean Deepika sud do movies which assures produces a great return ... Like high budget experimental movies with action etc ... Any way we will never make good scale movies not atleast by dharma as they are too mediocre in their talent.

The weakest part of Gehraiyaan, I thought, was its abrupt transition into a crime thriller. This was always destined to be an emotional drama, and the unexpected jump in pace startled me, and not in a very reassuring way. That aside, the drama bits are fantastically done. The contemporary struggles and feelings of two lived-in couples are splendidly captured. The leads, to my surprise, have incredible chemistry. What also helps is the character texturing. It's a family affair (pun intended!) alright, and leaving some dots deliberately disconnected for that end reveal made that climactic exchange between the characters of Deepika Padukone and Naseeruddin Shah a lot more impactful. Padukone also depicts breakdowns and anxiety attacks as they are, in a remarkable performance. Also liked how they ended it with effective throwbacks to phrases like "small world" and "the past always catches up." While the songs, visuals, and some of the dialogue carry the feel of regular Bolly fare, I'm glad they don't weigh the film's engagement factor down.

Adultery, thrill, crime, drama, love (meh?).....nothing seems enough to carry this modern day version of 'kbhi alvida na kehna' None of the scenes seem to capture the essence of emotions; the viewers find it difficult to connect/empathize with any of the characters. Definitely a strech in terms of the length. It's time Bollywood brought us better versions of urban modern love stories.

Deepika and Naseeruddin shine through. Surprisingly, Ananya has also done a good job. Couldn't see the chemistry between Deepika and Siddhant. They could have done a better job at clarifying things in the end. Obviously, it isn't the first time "falling for your sister's/best friend's fiance" is being done, but overall, a nice attempt. Deepika looks pretty in yoga outfits and her emotional scenes are very convincing.