Gehraiyaan

Honestly expected so much as the film had Deepika padukone in the lead & is directed by Shakun batra who made Kapoor and sons. Gehraiyan begins on a decent note but loses the plot almost immediately.

There is no build up to things and events start happening for effect(can't reveal more as that would give spoilers). Story does not go anywhere and the affair scenes become repetitive. Relationship complexities, traumatic past dont evoke any emotion as they are wayward. Too much focus on one character.

The sub plot of financial, corporate issues makes it worse. Just when you think story is headed somewhere, comes a turn which is so bizarre you can't wrap your head around it. Last act is illogical.

Songs, deepika's acting are nice. The Look of film is good but what use is all that when film fails overall!

It is all way too convinient, and ending is so abrupt. Seriously disappointed!.

Adultery, thrill, crime, drama, love (meh?).....nothing seems enough to carry this modern day version of 'kbhi alvida na kehna' None of the scenes seem to capture the essence of emotions; the viewers find it difficult to connect/empathize with any of the characters. Definitely a strech in terms of the length. It's time Bollywood brought us better versions of urban modern love stories.

Well everybody acted very good ... Excellent.. director did amazing job with mediocre crime petrol story ....

All these years we as audience wanted Bollywood sud make Hollywood level movies so what our dharma producers thought... In Hollywood married super hit actress does all these adult scenes... Let's do that ... That's Sharma's Bollywood reply to Hollywood ... All acted well but why they needed Deepika for that ... I mean Deepika sud do movies which assures produces a great return ... Like high budget experimental movies with action etc ... Any way we will never make good scale movies not atleast by dharma as they are too mediocre in their talent.

This movie is worth a watch solely for Deepika - she has portrayed her character really well. Sid is adequate, dhairya and Ananya are so so. The way this complicated story is interwoven is commendable. Music really stays with you after the movie has ended.

The movie Gehraiyaan has no depth in the writing. Shakun Batra's failed to deliver a compelling movie like Kapoor & Sons (2016), here his direction is just mediocre. The first half is a half-baked romantic drama and when in the second half the film takes a different turn, it falls flat. Deepika Padukone delivers a good performance and Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday & Dhairya Karwa were average in their roles.

Direction 2/5 Acting 2.5/5 Dialogues 2/5 Story 2/5 Screenplay 1.5/5.