Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya: Movie Review

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya: Movie Review

Director: Mandeep Kumar
Cast: Genelia D'Souza, Riteish Deshmukh

Off late most romantic comedies start with the accidental encounter of a
spirited girl and a reticent guy, who subsequently set off on an
unexpected journey. Same is the case here though their first encounter
leads to an impromptu abduction! Also most love stories end with the bride
running away on her wedding day to her real Prince charming. Over here the
bride remains in place though they opt for a husband interchange in the
marriage mandap. The alterations might be minor but, in totality, it helps
this regular rom-com gain an identity of its own.

Mini (Genelia) is a Punjabi kudi with a Canadian passport and hence a Green
card holder (I dont know how Canadians get a green card but okay). This in
addition to being the daughter of a rich man Bhatti (Anand) who employs a
rickshaw driver Viren (Deshmukh), a poor buy who harbours a rich dream of
owning Innova taxis one day.

Bhatti introduces his daughter to a rich, dumb Jaat Sunny, but the boy's
lack of ambition holds no interest for Mini. To escape this impending
marriage, Mini orchestrates her own kidnapping and poor Viren who seeks
nothing but Rs60,000 that Bhatti ate up, gets tangled up in the mess. As
we wonder who has kidnapped whom, the duo get into a total Bunty-Babli
mode to find enough money to survive.

We'd like to add that 'Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya' is not 'inspired' or
'adapted' from Danny Boyle's 'A Life Less Ordinary', as being widely said.
Following a graph of making an easy-on-your-senses film, the director
reserves the best for the penultimate 25 odd minutes. Prior to that, the
film vacillates between engrossing to passable to humdrum stuff. Agree,
specifics are irrelevant in this case because the director or the writer
isn't aiming for realism or practicality here. This is a synthetic world,
let's not disregard this fact.

The one issue we hold against the writer is that the goings-on cannot
maintain the energy consistently. We mean, the writer had the opportunity
to make a real rib-tickling comic fare, but what appears on screen is only
moderately amusing. You aren't amused at every juvenile gag, nor do you
submit to the insanity entirely. But, like we stated earlier, the
concluding reels are dramatic and thoroughly enjoyable. Especially the
final moments.

Direction by Mandeep Kumar is well-executed. He does a fine job by getting
the viewers involved on the screen. The second half is more attractive than
the first.  Cinematography is superb and quite eye-pleasing. The camera
work raises the spirits. Editing is fine. Music by Sachin-Jigar is average.