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Feb 9, 2014

Hasee Toh Phasee Hindi Movie Review by Chandra Mohan

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A traditional romantic comedy and at the same time tried to be different from the normal formulaic films of Bollywood in the same genre. Vinil Mathew's Hasee Tho Phasee is an engaging movie for the most part and the presentation looked fresh but the film looses a bit of steam towards the end. But what makes the difference is Parineeti Chopra's brilliant portrayal of Meeta, an eccentric girl.

The characters have been written very well that we don't feel alienated with the overall plot. What you expect from these kind of films is basically fun & enjoyment and Hasee tho Phasee has all that factors to make the viewers sit back, relax and enjoy the proceedings.
On the flip side, the intial or the first half excitement gradually fades towards the end with some familiar dramatic moments which we have come across quite often in rom-com movies.

The story focus on Nikhil who is getting engaged to Karishma. Meeta, a quirky and eccentric girl enters his life who happens to be his fiancee's sister. The script does the rest to make it a pretty decent watch till the end until some dramatic scenes spoils some of the enjoyment that were on offer till then.

On the acting front, its Parineeti Chopra who takes all the credit with a fine performance to lift the movie while Sidharth Malhotra looked handsome and at the same time acted out quite well as the positive Nikhil. Adah Sharma as Karishma was equally upto the task but her role was limited. All supporting actors did the supporting roles in a convincing way and among them Manoj Joshi (Father of Meeta and Karishma) and Sharath Saxena (Nikhil's father) are the two outstanding ones.

For a romantic comedy to bring out the best, music plays an all important part and Vishal Shekhar has composed music to make it colourful. Cinematography was fine along with well composed background score.

In summary, Hasee tho Phasee is a refreshing film for fun and good for a watch without much tension and stress. On a scale of five, I am giving three for the movie and an extra half for the performance of the lead actress. That makes it 3.5 / 5.
And to all my Malayalee friends out there, the movie has a Kerala flavour with the director and some of his backend team hailing from this part of the world.

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