DIl Dhadkne Do

DIL Dhadakne Do- is a journey and quite an interesting one. Zoya Akhtar's narrative style takes us through the lengthy yet important characterization in the first part of the film- which seems a little too longish and you keep wondering- all is well, but where are we heading??? So there is lot of happy singing, beautiful landscape, too many people and mostly dysfunctional families...you can identify the hypocrisy- how we just pretend so much for the society and forget to see what we want, what makes our families happy and what is important in the here and now. The first part then feels like a total mess where you are able to follow how each character thinks and feels...but still dont know what follows next. Then comes the refreshing second half- with super cool dialogues, entry of Farhan which paves way for more change..the story telling gets crisp and everything falls in place, almost layer by layer. You laugh..clap and wake up to more surprises and interesting twists which finally gives you a sense of closure. The end is warm and ties the movie well- and the dialogues are killer! Absolutely natural and flows smoothly. Moving to the more technical bit- i hated most of the songs.. But one look at Ranveer and my heart melts. Well, he is the star ! Everyone else was great too- and such mature acting.. Kabir Mehra doesnt remind us of any other character Ranveer has ever played...and that is a plus.:) A perfect example of Dysfunctional families who say- if couples fight and have issues /are not compatible, the birth of their child will change everything! BULL SHIT! Or, when they say- post marriage, sasuraal is ur 'real home'... Force their children to stay put up in a marriage.. Or when' not compatible is misunderstood .Almost like - if there is no abuse, no infidelity- TOH PROBLEM KYA HAI? The counselor in me nodded and gave an imaginary Hi5 to whoever has written the script. Some of my favourite scenes is where - Rahul bose the authoritarian husband talks about liberation and equal right and Farhan makes a comment- there is pin drop silence and suddenly a little voice says, love you! O boy- awesome:) AND then, when a lady pretends to kill herself and ranveer offers help, shows how exactly the nerve needs to be cut.. Its super funny. Even the narration by Pluto mehra is cute. Perhaps it means that humans are the most complicated because they have emotions yet they dont communicate- whereas a dog's world is quite simple- uncluttered. May be.. DDD- is a little exaggerated but had a sensible end and is surely worth a watch. Please dont judge based on how real is it- enjoy it like a movie that is trying to say something to us, live in the here and now with people who matter... Do not Judge the cup, enjoy the coffee instead.. .going with a 4/5 for this one. ( biased because i am totally in love with ranveer) PS: Dog lovers may find Pluto more lovable than anything else on screen...