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The storyline was good and so was the ending. However, the actors' voices were often inaudible, and sounded like incoherent mumbles. Turning up the volume control only made the listening worse. The background piano music was occasionally so overpowering that the voices were drowned out. We resorted to watching the movie with closed captions turned on to make any sense of the dialogue. Pity! The sound did not do justice to an otherwise great story with a good moral. Furthermore, the casting and portrayal of the grandparents seemed to be unrealistic. Overall, it seemed to be a low budget film with makeshift locations.

An enjoyable movie which deals with the Hindu caste system and the risk of honour killings when inter-caste marriages inadvertently take place in Indian society. The film also addresses the corrupt political system and the shenanigans employed by politicians to gain power. The two protagonists acted by young and new upcoming stars, Jahnvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khattar, seemed well suited to their roles. The on-location filming in Mumbai, Udaipur, Jaipur and Kolkata was rather interesting. The music to the closing credits was poignant and fitted the ending. No, I have not seen "Sairat", but "Dhadak", in my opinion is a well-made film which pulls at the heartstrings.

Seen better Hallmark movies than this one. The princess was miscast and seemed naive, undignified and unconvincing. Furthermore, royal etiquette would be not to speak with mouth full or while munching food.

The plot was very predictable and the ending though not unexpected was somewhat unbelievable. In reality, wouldn't the queen object to the princess marrying an employee, I wonder?