This movie had me expecting a lot, considering that Nayantara and Nivin are stellar actors and with a strong supporting cast, this should have been the rom-com of the year. But it isn't.
The movie revolves are the will-it-wont-it relationship between Nivin and Nayantara's characters. A lot of negatives in this film which really put me off:
1. A non-linear narrative that tries to be edgy, but does not really take you anywhere - there's barely any story. Weak script. Weak screenplay. The last 15 minutes were the only remotely interesting part of the movie.
2. Cringe-worthy jokes. There are about 2 memorable jokes in a movie that tries to make 200 of them.
3. The movie spends a lot of time on the characters' drinking and smoking habits - get this - triggered by a failed puppy love relationship. The multiple drinking scenes do not add any dimension to Nivin or Aju's characters. Nivin remains a born rich but good for nothing, Aju remains a bum cousin. Nivin's is a very superficial character. It's obvious he has insecurities, but, you don't feel any sympathy for him because he is a dick for the most part of the movie.
4. Nayantara is supposed to be a feminist, but there is nothing justifying that anywhere in the movie. She does not bring her full acting prowess, her make up is through the roof, and her character is shallow and terribly lacks logic.
5. The movie as a whole makes no sense to me. Each lead character became more pathetic as the movie progresses, they seem without basic sense. The characters don't have any arc, they remain who they were at the beginning of the movie. A very toxic relationship is somehow portrayed as oh-so-precious, neither of them grow in the relationship, it just oscillates between will-it-wont-it. Neither lead character brings any goals or milestones or anything of value to the relationship, but, because it's love (WTF), they just have to think of marriage. A terrible portrayal of love.
