Hasee Toh Phasee is not without flaws – the dry title being one of them – but it’s unusual and fun overall. But, then again, maybe that is what love does to you.
It is a little disappointing to see her too, make her life about her man. It is refreshing to see the lead female protagonist get something real to do - maybe the technicalities are all over the place but at least she isn't one of the two extremes tomboy/chirpy-bubbly or demure/shyness incarnate. It is refreshing to watch something different being attempted in as rundown a genre as rom-com. That is the director and writer's victory. But, the point to note here is that the film is set in the middle of a wedding and it is a Karan Johar production and yet things stay more-or-less non- masala. There are a few cliché situations that it finds itself in. All but Manoj Joshi overact and make the act borderline slapsticky.Īnd therein lie the traps that Hasee Toh Phasee falls prey to. It is the side characters that leave you unconvinced. From the indifference to the neutral to the confused to the smitten - they convince you through the steps of falling in love. Parineeti and Siddharth play it well together too. That and the glimpse of craziness that is stifled by the "system". In fact, it is his simple-mindedness that charms you. You don't see such characters in films who are your regular John Doe and yet can keep you interested in how his life goes about.
Nikhil ( Siddharth Malhotra) too is interesting because he is so plain. She just does her thing and convinces us to be with Meeta, for Meeta. It's not that Parineeti Chopra outdoes herself or has given a marvelous performance. She is overtly quirky and yet given Parineeti's skills she makes you overlook her craziness as "possible". Meeta ( Parineeti Chopra) is a zany character that is immediately likable. Hasee Toh Phasee succeeds on both counts, to a large extent. The situations have to present themselves in a novel way without seeming totally out of the box.
The characters have to make themselves interesting with their gray shades and humanness and at the same time make us root for them. Given that this genre is done to death, it is the characters and the moments chosen to drive the story forward that have to do all the hard work. Milliblog - "Vishal-Shekhar open their 2014 account on a promising note!" I hope the title will be the only quibble I have against the film. She doesn't remotely look like a person who can't look through a guy's intentions. On the other hand, given Parineeti Chopra's character, I don't quite get what the title of the film is all about. Hope it has the same slight hand in the writing too. Hasee Toh Phasee does have a very similar texture. There is hope at the hands of vinil Matthew, because I've loved some of the ads that he has directed.
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The movie will just be sewing those moments together. But, my worry is the same that I have for all films which have hilarious dialogue in the promos - that is all there is. Parineeti Chopra seems perfect for the completely zany character she is playing. As most other romcoms appear in their trailers, this one too looks fresh and out there with its craziness. Starting with One by Two, to be followed by next week's release Hasee Toh Phasee. We have another round of romcoms on our cards in the coming few weeks.
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