Follows the lives of four young people who become entangled in a web of friendship, love and self-discovery.
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Two decades after Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao voiced their innocent innocence and Alisha Chinai voiced their chemistry with “Chhote Dil Pe Lagi, Pyaar Hone Laga”, Tips has made a spiritual sequel to Ishq Vishk. Unfortunately, this time the injury is only on the pocket as the film brings to light the damaged state of young romance in Bollywood. The only thrill is the cheesy Halloween sequence that injects energy into a fake three-plus-one love story that refuses to take off.
When a filmmaker (Kusha Kapila) entrusts her to young screenwriter Raghav (Rohit Saraf), he draws from her love story to write his first script. He is attracted to Riya (Naila Grewal) while his friend Sahir (Jibran Khan) is dating Sanya (Pashmina Roshan). However, their bond becomes fragile as Raghav and Sanya start gravitating towards each other.
If the Ken Ghosh-directed original felt like the stretched story behind a music video, the sequel for the most pans out like a long episode of Splitsvilla where the confused and courageous youngsters keep indulging in vishk and vyar in the search for ishq and pyar. There is plenty of posturing and preening but hardly any heartfelt conversations; the twists feel perfunctory and the romantic energy is cosmetic.
Director Nipun Dharmadikhari employs the usual justifications to explain the behaviour of the protagonists. Sanya is insecure because she is a product of a broken marriage, Sahir is indecisive because of a regimental dad, and Raghav is big-hearted because his parents are perceptive. But none of the layers come through cogently on-screen and remains on paper. It is a story of four characters but the producer in the film keeps reminding us Sanya is central to the story; actor Pashmina happens to be the cousin of Hrithik Roshan
Rohit has the charm to work a TV commercial or a music video, while newcomer Pashmina faces the camera, but lacks the charisma to grab our attention. Strangely, the director seems more keen to capture her physical features than the emotional output. Naila, who was impressive in Mamla Legal Hai, holds her own here but is tasked with nurturing a half-baked character. At the end of the film, the director had to make Sheeba Chadha in a cameo, explaining his intentions before the audience walked out!
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