Shuddh Desi Romance: Movie Review

Shuddh Desi Ghee , Shuddh Desi Achaar, Shuddh Desi Kudi ... sab suna tha ... But Shuddh Desi Romance ?

Well, only in movie teasers splattered on channels recently ... No Shuddh, No Desi, hmm...Thoda Romance ...

Plot/Story: A fake-barati cum clothes sales-man in Jaipur by name - Raghuram Sitaram (Shushant) meets another fake-barati cum ex-student - Gaitri (Parineeti) while going in a bus full of baratis for his own shaadi. They start up a conversation in the bus at night which ends up in an abrupt incomplete kiss. Next morning, Raghu runs away from his own marriage leaving the dulhan - Tara (debutante-Vani Kapoor) asking for a cold drink to bring her back to senses :-)
Next we see Raghu meeting up, flirting, courting and then mating with Gaitri as live-in partners.
They seem to be actually finally madly in love with each other .... Phew !! And They plan shaadi too.
But....This time the girl runs away !
Enter Tara.
Raghu falls for Tara.
Mind you, Tara is the same girl whom he had earlier abandoned right at marriage-hall-garland-stage. But subah ka bhoola, shaam ko ghar aa gaya hai ! Even they have kissed, made up, and made love.
Now audience (especially all wives and girlfriends holding their men by neck) starts feeling - Oh so finally the movie's coming to a happy ending !
Well No... ;-)
Re-Enter Gaitri. Raghu gets confused, falls for Gaitri again. Kisses Gaitri. Mistake, Kiss happened in front of Tara !
Next what ? Well ... It has just started ;-)


Go Watch the movie ... FYI-suspense is not worth it :-)

Weaknesses:
1. Theme: In purusit of being different and modern, this movie has proposed a kind of question mark on the very institution of shaadi. This is too bold a theme for Indian mindset. Tier-2 cities' audience won't be able to relate to the story or charachters. Bad for movie's commerce certainly.

Stregths:
1. All lead actors with special mention for debutante Vani. Confidence personified. And Not to forget our great entertainer - Rishi Kapoor (Without him, this movie couldn't go beyond even half-time)
2. Jaipur's picturization through camera
3. Some songs

As told earlier, this movie is a bold question mark on those who claim that a true-love is supposed to culminate in a shaadi. Whether this question is right or wrong one to ask, I can't comment. But certainly, this movie would be hated by many as it would irk their basic belief on Indian middle-class family values.
Should do extremely well with young student crowd (especially in Metros) as this movie entirely belongs to open-minded people who can discuss social issues within like-minded peers with maturity ...Marketing it on TV shows and all is waste as the best medium for promotion for these kind of movies is - word of mouth ...

My Ratings: 3*

Random thoughts of a cluttered mind :-)

The meandering paths ... went on to meet one day ... Twists and turns leading to few charachters ... Few friends ... from college may be ... second year ... yeah !! Where do they go ... ? Jungle ... Hmm ...No !! Someplace else ... A historical cave ... ? Hmm ... banal concept dude ! Ok ... think ... may be a cave in a jungle ... over smart ... ok ... leave it ... lets make some nice related and relevant point ... ok ... can they be onto a trip to a mountain ... hmm ... sounds interesting ... like "kilte hain gul yahan ..." ? .... Yeah ! .... Avalanche ... love ... trekking ... ghost ... yeti (may be) ... lost ... survivors ... murders (too filmy dude :-) ) ... let it be dude ! ... one by one ... psycho killer ... unknown ... old temple known to resurrect dead ... some weird god inside ... no priest ... just a shadow that lingers from daytime to evening due to sunlight ... guides the lost souls to a safe haven nearby in a cave ... you seem to be fixated by a cave dude !! ... Hmm ... so the cave can save till the next storm ... can't wait ... need to find food ... sleep ... cuddle up to your heart ... puppy love turns sensuous and then real hot session ... dreaming ... feeling a ghost in the cave ... asking to vacate it ... woke up ... the abominable guy ... really ??? Yeah ... no joke dude ... !! He he he he ... cook cook ... cook more ... so now what ? The guy looks like a long lost normal guy ... lost in his own byzantine life that he spent with civilization ... talks about world ... his family ... his friends ... and then something sparks up ... but a different sound diverts their attention ... snow ... through dark misty night comes a sound of a roaring river ... add visual touch ... they need to run ... but the guy asks them for something else ... a new place ... different from what they know till now ... treasure hunt angle ? Need research if that's a good angle ... but do connect him to survivors' past ... various directions from here ... you need to have a message ... look for a survey or data churning exercise for finding the best fit of events and flow ... it's withering away dude !! ... Yeah ... let's keep the focus ... You know very well how to make sense of this serpentine flow that you go through ... we all go through it dude ... few actually take up the task to make sense out of it ... that's why they are few ... :-) Challaa Taani !!