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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 38m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
28K
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Anushka Sharma in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)
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DramaMusicalRomance

A passionate singer falls deeply in love with Alizeh, who only sees him as a friend. When she marries another man, he finds solace with Saba, but his heart remains torn between both women.A passionate singer falls deeply in love with Alizeh, who only sees him as a friend. When she marries another man, he finds solace with Saba, but his heart remains torn between both women.A passionate singer falls deeply in love with Alizeh, who only sees him as a friend. When she marries another man, he finds solace with Saba, but his heart remains torn between both women.

  • Director
    • Karan Johar
  • Writers
    • Karan Johar
    • Niranjan Iyengar
  • Stars
    • Ranbir Kapoor
    • Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
    • Anushka Sharma
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    28K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Karan Johar
    • Writers
      • Karan Johar
      • Niranjan Iyengar
    • Stars
      • Ranbir Kapoor
      • Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
      • Anushka Sharma
    • 254User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 40Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 25 wins & 41 nominations total

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    Ranbir Kapoor
    Ranbir Kapoor
    • Ayan Sanger
    Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
    Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
    • Saba
    Anushka Sharma
    Anushka Sharma
    • Alizeh
    Fawad Khan
    Fawad Khan
    • Ali
    Lisa Haydon
    Lisa Haydon
    • Lisa D'Souza
    Imran Abbas
    Imran Abbas
    • Dr. Faisal
    Pooja Mehta
    • Bollywood Dance Class Teacher
    Cru Fox
    • Ayan's Main Bandmembers - Lead Guitarist
    Jamil Ahmed
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    Phyl Cashman
    • Bass Guitarist
    Timea Gazdag
    • Keyboards
    Yohan Contractor
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    Byron
    • Ayan's Additional Bandmembers - Violinists
    Yolita
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      • Karan Johar
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      • Karan Johar
      • Niranjan Iyengar
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    User reviews254

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    jahangirhussain74

    Karan Johar has cheated us!

    I found Ae Dil Hai Mushkil thoroughly disappointing. Nothing about this movie connected to me. In my opinion, Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna was the worst. However, ADHM manages to top even that!

    Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma spend the first half imitating characters from Johar's previous movies and movies from the 80s while the second half looks like a retelling of Ranbir's own Rockstar (what with Ranbir eventually becoming a singer and the terminal illness track of Anushka)! Just disappointing! I think anyone could have played the role of Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan's Saba. There was nothing spectacular about her performance. However, I think she lets her eyes do most of the talking which is why Johar picked her for the role. She has this incredible talent of emoting with her eyes without saying a word which most actresses of today fail to do. Even her shayaris had no depth whatsoever. Not to mention she struggles with the Urdu portions. I don't think her role was even necessary as she appears in a 15 minuteish role. Ditto for Fawad Khan whose presence in this movie created such a furor prior to its release! Fawad is wasted in a role with which he could have done wonders with. Fawad lets himself to be overshadowed by Ranbir in some of the scenes that they share.

    Performance-wise, it's Ranbir and Anushka's film. They own every scene that they have. However, it's the script that lets them down that they find themselves imitating characters from various old Hindi films! It's Ranbir Kapoor who rises over an inane script, leaving his own stamp in each scene which could have fallen flat in a lesser actor's hands. But then he has experience from his own movie, Rockstar where he also played a similar role, playing a lovelorn boy to the hilt. Anushka Sharma is good but finds herself trapped in a role that was done-to-death before a billion times in Bollywood!

    On a final note, ADHM is just a one-time watch for Karan Johar and Ranbir Kapoor's fans. I felt like Johar cheated us by creating suspense about the plot of the film before its release. There's nothing novel about the plot of ADHM!
    6amandeepverma-53748

    Weak script ruins everything!

    The theme of unrequited love is interesting and from someone like Karan johar, it was expected much more!

    The movie has moments, typical of a Karan johar movie and it delights you, coupled with great music and Ranbir Kapoor's strong performance but those moments are very few and they get diluted in an otherwise collection of scenes that felt like was written to please the younger generation.

    The major problem is the story, the Anushka and Ranbir's conflict is stretched too much and the final resolution is very underwhelming and a cliche. Also, the characters are one tone throughout the movie and by the end, you don't care about them in any way

    The final nail on the coffin is Anushka's cancer, like seriously, its the most cliche plot point of Bollywood and has been used more than anything else, expected something better than this in 2016.

    The movie was just badly written and could have been made a lot better if the story was a bit more thought out.

    Watch it only for some good emotional scenes, awesome music, and Ranbir Kapoor's performance but despite all of these, its really tough to like this film.
    7shobanchittuprolu

    Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is overly clichéd typical movie with brilliant performances from Anushka and Ranbir and best soundtracks of the year.

    Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016): This movie is one if the most hyped movies of 2016.Karan Johar,the master who invented clichéd Bollywood moments(except My Name is Khan) directed this movie after 4 years.His previous venture Student of the Year is overly clichéd dud.But Ae Dil Hai Mushkil created good buzz because of its brilliant trailer and music.Even the chemistry between Ranbir Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai is largely discussed.SO how is this Ae Dil Hai Mushkil??

    Plot: A story about unrequited love - the shapes it takes, the ways it changes us and the exhilarating and often heartbreaking ride it takes us on. It is the journey of three characters, Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor), Alizeh (Anushka Sharma) and Saba (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), as their lives intertwine and they navigate life, love and heartbreak.

    Plus Points:

    1)Performances: Everyone has acted so well especially Anushka Sharma. She stole the show with her brilliant acting skills. The chemistry between Ranbir and Anushka was what I loved the most.Ranbir Kapoor is super at being charming, but has developed a specialization in cluelessness, and both sides shine through in this winning, woeful performance.Aishwarya is stunningly gorgeous and gave decent performance.Fawad Khan is good.Lisa Hayden is irritating.

    2)Music: Music is the major plus point of the movie.All the songs are brilliant and well placed. "Channa Mereya" "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" "The Breakup Song" are my favorite tracks in the list.BGM also played a good part in few scenes.

    3)First half: Though nothing much happens in first half except some crazy antics by Ranbir and Anushka,it is lot of fun because of their mind blowing chemistry.It has lot of hilarious and feel good moments.

    Minus Points:

    1)Second half Second half is overly clichéd and dragged a lot.The scenes between Aishwarya and Ranbir are stretched too long.

    2)Climax: Here comes the most clichéd moment in the movie.They tried to give a tragic end but we are not at all surprised or moved by that cause.Even the bald head make up looked so fake.

    So,Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is overly clichéd typical movie with brilliant performances from Anushka and Ranbir and best soundtracks of the year.

    My rating 6.5/10
    sidiqi

    Ae Film Dekna Hai Mushkal

    I would like to say Amitabh Bachchan style "Ya Kia Ho Raha Hai" And to finish my comments after watching this movie, I would like to change the name of the movie to "Ae Film Dekna Hai Mushkal" It's totally disappointing. It's just waste of time. The casts are very good but the movie is totally opposite of what audience were expecting. The expectations from such a casts were too high but even that movie couldn't reach the minimum level of audience choice and expectations. The movie casts are really wasted in all aspects and casts should also reconcile themselves for that movie disasters by signing in and being part that movie.
    5gautam-moharil

    Disappointing

    Karan Johar has lost it. This guy at least knew how to make crowd pleasing commercial dramas but this film has no chemistry between the actors, bad acting, bad dialogues and one single theme of one sided love inadequately explored. A great disappointment.

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    • Trivia
      Anushka and Aishwarya's characters were Muslims and were originally supposed to be Pakistani. However, Karan Johar decided to change the character origins to Indian to avoid further trouble after the film ran into controversy over the casting of a Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
    • Goofs
      The Urdu poetry book Saba (Aishwarya Rai) gives Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor) opens like an English book with the spine of the book on the left of closed book. However, since Urdu is written from right to left, it is opposite the spine is on the right.
    • Quotes

      Ayan Sanger: It's a strange story of Love and Friendship. Love, the hero... and Friendship, the heroine.

    • Connections
      Featured in C.I.D.: Happy New Year (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
      Lyrics by: Amitabh Bhattacharya

      Music by: Pritam Chakraborty

      Performed by: Arijit Singh

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    • Release date
      • October 28, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official Dharma Production
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • O Heart, It Is Difficult
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK(location)
    • Production companies
      • ADHM Films
      • Dharma Productions
      • Fox STAR Studios
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,264,983
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,190,042
      • Oct 30, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $31,668,920
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 38m(158 min)
    • Color
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