Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Movie Review
Release on: Oct 28, 2016

Movie name	:	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Genres	:	Drama, Musical, Romance
Run time	:	158 min
Produced by	:	Apoorva Mehta Hiroo, Yash Johar
Directed by	:	Karan Johar
Music by	:	Pritam
Writers	:	Karan Johar, Karan Johar
Cinematography	:	Anil Mehta
Edited by	:	Manik Dawar
Production	:	Apoorva Mehta
Countries	:	India

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Stars : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Anushka Sharma, Ranbir Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt, Lisa Haydon, Lobna Futers, Lora Moss, Matt Townsend, Daniel Eghan, Imran Abbas, Raj Awasti, Farah Ahmed, Ty Hurley, Richard Banks, Halima Nagori, Joelle Koissi, Elena Valdameri, Kornelia Horvath, Kishore Bhatt, Randeep Chana, Amanda Smith, Bharat Mistri, Manoj Anand, Claire Ashton, Dolly Ballea, Taj Gill, Vinita Sharma, Anushka Arora, Celina Nessa, Harsha Morarji, Sehar Zam, Hitali Shah, Anil Sanchania, Nafee Sah, Aneta Kamysz, Shah Rukh Khan

Story : A story about unrequited love - the shapes it takes, the ways it changes us and the exhilarating and often heartbreaking ride it takes us on. It is the journey of three characters, Ayan, Alizeh and Saba, as their lives intertwine and they navigate life, love and heartbreak.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

There’s a lot of good news, and only a little bad news, so let’s start with the former. With Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Karan Johar has let go of the “candy” but retained the “floss”, resulting in a beautiful-looking film that isn’t bereft of logic.
Ayan (Ranbir) and Alizeh (Anushka) strike up a friendship after meeting at a bar. They’re Bollywood-crazy goofballs who sing cheesy ’80s songs, poke fun at each other’s partners and fit into each other like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. But Ayan wants more from the relationship.

Alizeh on the other hand is still reeling from her break-up with Ali (Fawad) and a chance encounter makes her slip back into his arms, leaving Ayan distraught. Ayan then finds solace in a (mostly physical) relationship with Saba (Aishwarya), who helps him get a new perspective on one-sided love.

This is Karan Johar’s most grown-up movie yet. He has come a long way from “Pyaar dosti hai,” (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) to “Pyaar mein junoon hai, par dosti mein sukoon hai” (ADHM). In the first half, there’s a getting-to-know-each-other arc which reminds you of Before Sunrise; there's also a slight Imtiaz Ali flavour lingering through the movie (strong female characters help a broken boy find himself). There’s no celebration of heartbreak; there’s no pausing-for-laughs, there are no convenient coincidences.
The laughter comes from genuine chemistry between the leads. The sadness comes from real consequences of heartbreak that Johar has always shied away from, but not this time. Karan, the writer, overpowers Karan, the director here.

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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

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