Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
U/A: Comedy, drama
Dir: Hitesh Kewalya
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao
Rating:

It's hard to put your finger on exactly what's not working with a film that, on the face of it, seems rather well-meaning, with performances on cue with dialogues that are top-notch — to say the least. That's until you figure a near complete absence of filmmaking chops that render this movie so completely cluttered, close-spaced, almost claustrophobic, meandering all over the frickin' place.

Sure the heart's in the right place. The conflict is rather straight (or not; pardon the pun) — the fact there are two boys in love. And the desi family is aghast, unwilling to accept their son's (Jitendra Kumar's) same-sex romance. Maybe the issue is also that the picture gets to this point way too soon — first few scenes itself. There's no adequate build-up, hardly an exposition. This leaves the plot with such little elbow room to manoeuvre.