Hasee Toh Phasee (2014)

Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance

Starring: Siddharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, Adah Sharma, Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena

Nikhil (Malhotra) is the typical next door guy who is trying to make it big amidst family pressure. His father is an IAS officer, his brother is an IPS officer and they both collectively look down upon him for not preserving the family name in doing something noteworthy. On a trip to Mumbai for a wedding from his home in Delhi, he meets and falls in love with Karishma and seven years later decides to tie the knot with her. At the Mumbai wedding he encounters Meeta (Chopra) who seems to be running away from her home and is pleasantly surprised with her knowledge, interest in cricket and sheer random behaviour but unfortunately never gets to see her again. As it turns out, Meeta is the estranged sister of Karishma who was running away from her house because her father was not supporting her any further in her education. After stealing some money to support her project, she runs away to China and the family decides to forget her existence altogether. Meeta returns once more for Karishma's wedding and to secretly steal some more money to further fund her project. Karishma puts Nikhil in charge of her and gives him strict instructions to not let her meet any member of the family whatsoever. Although by now you might have more or less deciphered what the rest of the movie would be like, the story comes across as a run of the mill romance. The only core reason why it does not fall flat on it's face is because of Parineeti Chopra's supreme performance. She fits perfectly for the role of a next door, bubbly, hyper-active, a bit retarded and a geeky girl and does complete justice to it too. Siddharth Malhotra does a good support function to Parineeti and together the two manage to keep you entertained for the two odd hours. Coming from the house of Dharma Productions, it is not the typical soppy romances that you are used to seeing them churn out and the movie aims at being different. A good urban comedy-romance to watch with friends, family or with your lover that will definitely entertain but don't expect anything exceptional from it either.

Thumbs up: Parineeti Chopra's fabulous acting

Thumbs down: Fundamental story is cliched

Rating: 6.5/10