Despite the iffy script, two of the film’s performances pack a punch.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil(ऐ दिल है मुश्किल)
India · 2016
Rated PG-13 · 2h 38m
Director Karan Johar
Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Fawad Khan, Anushka Sharma
Genre Bollywood, Drama, Romance
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Singer Ayan meets Alizeh at a frenzied party in the middle of love. He is enamored by her energy and pursues her as a romantic partner. Alizeh reveals that she’s getting over a breakup with her soulmate, DJ Ali. Ayan seeks out a relationship with Saba, a seductive poetess who guides him through love.
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Inconsistent tonality, uneven pacing, and far too many self-referential winks dilute this tale of unrequited love before it even has a chance to fully develop.
Everything leads to a third-act twist that is absurdly shameless, even by Bollywood standards. Unfortunately, Johar doesn’t appear to have intended it as another joke.
What’s odd is that the movie itself turns out not to be some incendiary provocation, but squarely Bollywood trad, a globetrotting weepie unlikely to offend anyone but the most entrenched.
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