Film : Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (Comedy)
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sunny Singh
Direction: Luv Ranjan
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes
Story: Sonu (Kartik) and Titu (Sunny) are best friends since childhood and the former is fiercely protective of the latter. Titu tends to fall in love easily and Sonu has made it his job to save him from ending up with dominating girlfriends.
Review: The film opens with Sonu getting a phone call from a sobbing Titu. When Sonu lands up at Titu's place, we gather that it is a common occurrence - the latter's girlfriend Pihu (Ishita Raj) is a control freak, who makes him jump loops and every single time, Sonu comes to his rescue. Sonu has enough of it and asks Titu to choose between Pihu and him and the friend chooses his bestie. Next, Titu agrees for an arranged marriage, which has Sonu worried of losing his place in his friend's life. It's doubled when he meets the bride-to-be Sweety (Nushrat). How the two fight for space in Titu's life forms the crux of the story.
Based in Delhi, it's a typical large Punjabi family comprising an assortment of relatives - dadi, chacha, etc. It's neither a syrupy one like in Barjatya films, though there is a light-hearted reference to Hum Aapke Hai Kaun - nor is it dysfunctional. But yes Alok Nath, who is usually seen as the sansakri papa is far from it. He is the patriarch of the family, but not moralistic. In fact, he smokes and drinks with his wife's mooh bola bhai Lalu (Virendra Saxena) on the sly and is more like a friend to Sonu who lost his mother when he was 13 and has been staying with them since then.
The film scores on dialogue - Kartik and Alok Nath - have some of the best lines. It's a film that follows the youth lingo and like in TV shows, all the abusive words are beeped, but it works for the film. It has the effervescence of the youth, ticks all the boxes when it comes to the youngsters idea of fun - flings and daaru. A couple of songs like Dil Chori Sadda Ho Gaya and Subah Subah are catchy and fun to watch. Among the performances, Kartik shines -- though it doesn't beat his Pyar Ka Punchnama outing -- Alok Nath is a delight to watch and so is Virendra Saxena as his aide complements him perfectly. Ayesha Raza as Titu's mother is endearing. Ishika who has a small role as Pihu stands out.
However, Nushrat, who has a crucial role as the girl who gives takkar to Sonu fails to pack a punch. Sunny's Titu doesn't rise above the script and is pretty flat.
For most parts, the film is funny and engaging. If not romance, the film definitely gives friendship goals.
Verdict: The youth will connect with it and the ending will take you by surprise. One star only for the climax which combines emotion, drama and humour perfectly. A very rare instance to happen in a Bollywood film, watch the film only for that if nothing!
Critic's rating: 3/5
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