Movie Review - Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana by Suhel Johar

Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana Is A Futile Film.

 

Although the title of the film, Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana, is quite interesting.  The trailer of the film too promised lots of fun but the same cannot be said about the film. Because the film is a big letdown and makes you want to tear your hair in despair rather than get entertained.

If you are an ardent fan of sob stories, then Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana is for you! Director Manish Harishankar will take you on a free holiday to snow-laden exotic locales at the cost of just a movie ticket price. A tale of clichéd romances and sacrificing for true love, LKSMLD has everything that will bore you to death.

Lalitpur resident Laddoo (Vivaan Shah) is the son of a cycle repair shop owner (Darshan Jariwala), who aspires to make it big in life. In search of his fortune Laddoo decides to go to Vadodra at his father’s insistence. He joins a food joint owned by his father’s friend (Sanjay Mishra) as a steward. (Sanjay Mishra) is very happy with his talent. While working at the food joint, Laddoo meets Laali (Akshara Haasan) who is a regular customer. The two soon hit it off but Laddoo starts off on the wrong foot as he lies about coming from a rich background. The truth is soon discovered by Laali and she even forgives him. The two fall in love and find a new job together.

After meeting Laddoo’s family who are happy for the couple, the duo take on a trip together. After coming back, Laali learns that she is pregnant. While Laddoo wants the child to be aborted, Laali wants to keep it. The duo part ways and Laddoo’s parents disown him and accept Laali as their daughter. They find her a suitable match in Veer (Gurmeet Choudhary) who is a royal prince.

Veer who had lost his parents and fiancé in an accident is living a lonely life in his palace. His caretaker Suhasini Muley and family pandit advice him to marry a pregnant girl for his betterment, as per astrology. Veer meets Laali and falls in love with her. Things turn sour when Veer learns about Laali and Laddoo’s past. Who will Laali choose in the end is what the rest of LKSMLD is all about.

The story of the film is quite weak and the script absolutely boring. Most of the times, it is the side characters and not Laali and Laddoo who take this story further. Characters are ill sketched and their detailing is so off key that the characters come off as mere caricatures. The film is unintentionally hilarious and it is the kind of fun that makes you want to walk out of the theatre. Laali is initially shown to be a smart independent working woman, who cracks deals worth crores (with her red Macbook) is left jobless in one day. Worst of all, she says ‘Ghar, gaadi, mobile aur mobile ka bill bhi company ka hai.’ What company is she exactly working for?

Laddoo on the other hand is a loser who tells his girlfriend Laali that it’s okay if her boss is feeling her up because it is a ‘Chhote level ka compromise’. One wonders why is she dating him? Who would fall in love with such a messed up man?

If you think this is how a love story is supposed to be, you wouldn’t want to have one. How Laali and Laddoo fall in love, their commitment and ultimately the parents exchanging their kids is just plain stupid. Basically, this film fails on all levels of writing. It’s like the first draft of a film that never got improvised.

The film will remind you of Preity Zinta starrer Kya Kehna in the second half. In a desperate attempt to save the script, the writer-director has included unnecessary humour that will make your head spin. The film is a proper yawn fest. 130-minute is so difficult to spend in the theatres. When a film doesn’t have a plot or even fair performances, no one can save it from sinking. LKSMLD is like any other cliched love triangle story and seems more like a holiday trip for the film’s team.

Manish Harishankar fails both as a writer as well as the director by coming up with a film that defies sense and sensibilities. He is like the captain of a sinking ship that is his own doing. The film’s music by Vipin Patwa isn’t good either especially when every ten minutes a romantic song comes. Editing by Steven H. Bernard is poor. The only good thing about the film is its cinematography by Ravi Yadav.

Akshara and Vivaan deliver embarrassingly over-the-top performances. Vivaan Shah’s act is extremely confusing in this film just like how the film is while Akshara Haasan looks pretty and is consistent in holding one expression throughout the film. Gurmeet Chowdhary as always does a poor job. His TV style acting doesn’t work on the silver screen.

Sanjay Mishra plays the same odd character which he routinely does now, and talents like Darshan Jariwala and Saurabh Shukla are reduced to doing goofy slapstick comedy. Suhasini Muley and Kavitta Verma pass muster while Ravi Kisen is seen in an immaterial cameo.

On the whole, Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana, will end up as a frontrunner in the worst films of the year category.