‘Haseen Dillruba’ movie review: A ‘Gone Girl’ gone wrong
The Hindu
This Vinil Mathew directorial has the aesthetics of a raunchy B movie, and has a crime-thriller premise at the centre, resulting in something that looks cluttered and inconsequential
What’s with Taapsee Pannu and her eternal pursuit in finding the right “husband material”? We saw her being indecisive and conflicted over whom to choose, ultimately settling for Robbie (Abishek Bahchan) and ending the chapter with her ex-boyfriend Vicky (Vicky Kaushal), in Manmarziyan. In Haseen Dillruba, Taapsee finds herself in a similar state of indecisiveness over two men; one she desires and the one she settles for. Of course, it is not a question directed towards Taapsee but Kanika Dhillon, the writer of these two films. For, Haseen Dillruba comes across as a Manmarziyan redux — only a lot less cooler and more messier. . The concept of ‘arranged’ marriage is a common string connecting these two. Unlike Rumi, Rani Kashyap (Taapsee Pannu, one of the two good things in Haseen Dillruba; the other one being Vikrant Massey) seems to be sorted. At least in her head. She wants a banda who’s six-foot tall, well-built, occasionally funny and an avid reader of Dinesh Pandit’s novels. Given the arranged marriage set-up, she only gets the five-foot eight-inch engineer banda Rishabh Saxena (Vikrant Massey). Rishu, as he is known, can fix anything. When he comes to see Rani for the first time, she asks him to fix the ceiling fan. And... he does. Later we know that the only thing he can’t fix is his marriage.More Related News