Review of Hasee Toh Phasee

Yes it is another rom-com from Dharma production  but what makes it different from other romantic comedies is the fresh approach to tell the story and its solid lead pair.

The story is about a guy Nikhil (Siddharth Malhotra) and a girl Meeta (Parineeti Chopra), both of them are the misfits in their family from their childhood.
Nikhil and Meeta meet first time in a marriage ceremony where Nikhil helps Meeta to run away from her house without knowing that she is running from her house robbing a huge amount of money to peruse her dreams to become a scientist. After seven years Meeta comes back to India to meet her father when her elder sister Karishma (Adah Sharma) is about to marry Nikhil. Karishma do not want Meeta to meet her family members during the marriage so she gives the responsibility to Nikhil to take care of Meeta and hide her from her family members. During this period Nikhil and Meeta develops fondness for each other and finally it creates complications for Nikhil that whom he should choose as his life partner among the two sisters Karishma and Meeta.

The story is really cliche and we have seen such story in films like "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan" and "Sorry Bhai", but the factor which works in favor of this gheesa peeta story is its fresh approach to proceed with the story using some really refreshing moments and very innovative characters. All credit goes to the screenplay writer Harshavardhan Kulkarni. The story could have been easily turned into a typical love triangle happening in the backdrop of a big fat wedding but the screenplay writer has chosen to walk in a different path by giving more preference to the fresh humor than the typical sentimental emotions. There are some really engaging moments which will make you lough out loud such as the trip to Bhulaswer for saree shopping where a solid confusion is created for the twin grandmothers or the situation where a funny investigation takes place about a missing necklace making satirical references to popular TV show CID or the situation where Nikhil goes to meet his would be father in law to discuss his wedding plans in the middle of night. There is a solid emotional content too in the form of a father daughter relationship between Meeta and her father but thankfully the track never goes too much over dramatic. The emotional scene between Meeta and her father when they meet after seven years will surely bring tears to the audiences eyes. With all this good qualities there are some flaws too in the script top of that is the too much cliched climax involving a running away groom going to meet her girlfriend at the airport. Then there are some unnecessary songs forced in the second half like the "Punjabi Wedding Song" which serves no purpose to move the story forward , the other song "Ishq Bhulava" could also been avoided because after 20-30 minutes another song "Zahenaseeb" also does the same thing which is to show the growing closeness of Nikhil and Meeta. But this flaws can be overlooked comparison to fun it provides.

As a debutante director ad film maker Vinil Mathew has done a commendable job. He has handled all the complex characters very well in the movie. There is no doubt that he is a good story teller. 

In the acting department Parineeti Chopra has given a solid performance once again. It is really tough to believe that she is giving such brilliant performance only in her fourth movie. Her performance in the movie can be described very well with one of the songs of the film "Chhodi Badi Drama Queen Hai". Whether it is her emotional scenes or her dramabaazi as the side effect of her anti-depression pills (which is referred as her version 2.2 in the movie) she wins the heart of everybody. Just like her earlier movies , here too she is the hero.

The other hero of the film Siddharth Malhotra has also matured a lot from his first film "Student Of The Year". He looks good , acts well , dance well too in the "Shake It Like Shammi" track. Together Siddhart and Parineeti looks very well and refreshing as couple.

There is a lot more other interesting characters which are portrayed by very well cast talented actors. Here the credit goes to the casting director Mukesh Chhabra for selecting the actors. Sharat Saxena has done a good job as Nikhil's father. Manoj Joshi stands out with his solid performance as Meeta's father. His comedy as well as emotion both will touch the audiences. He seldom gets chance to act in emotional roles but after this he should get such chances more. Adah Sharma has very limited scope , she has nothing much to do apart from looking good in traditional wedding wears and she manages that quite well. Anil Mange who played Abhinandan , Nikhil's cousin who is a big Anu Malik fan and a wannabe Indian idol will surely caught everyone's attention for his good comic timing.

Among the technical team it can be said the dialogues written by Anurag Kashyap, Harshavardhan Kulkarni, Purva Naresh and Vinil Mathew are very funny and situational. The cinematography by Sanu Varughese is good. The editing by Shweta Venkat could have been tighter. Choreography by Remo D'souza is very good in the song "Shake It Like Shammi" , the rest of the songs choreography is just okay. 

The music is by Vishal-Shekhar and some of the songs are popular too like "Drama Queen", "Zahenaseeb", "Punjabi Wedding Song" but still the songs are not that much hit that it will have any impact on this film's business. Also considering it is a romantic film the songs could have been better. The only song which is really good is "Zahenaseeb" which has been sung very well by Chinmayee Sripada and Shekhar Ravjiani . It has some really nice lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

On a whole it is a very nice feel good movie which will give you total entertainment , so in this season of love go and watch it , you will surely loose your heart to the lovely leading pair.