Movie Review: Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar
Written by Rahul Mody and Luv Ranjan, Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar is about a man who has made helping people breaking up his profession. Remember R Madhavan and Bipasha Basu’s Jodi Breakers? Yes, so one of the two is a very trendy version of the characters from the 2012 film and is busy breaking relationships. But one fine day, he falls in love with a woman who is equally bold in her opinions and dominating than him. Now, this isn’t a dynamic that we haven’t seen. And even Rajan and Mody know that. So they package it well.
The fact that Luv Ranjan has never really bothered about moral compass of his characters or himself makes one ignore the fact that he shows a little girl making a peg for herself with an apple drink, his lead woman is introduced dancing on a ‘Mungda’ type bad Hindi song in a foreign location wearing the smallest possible clothes, people making the most politically incorrect statements, and everybody only looking beautiful while sprinkling their glamour in every way possible. But can we actually ignore it is a question. Follow SpotLife ASIA for the latest news and updates.
That takes us to the fact of how convenient is every single thing in this world. Conflicts are never raised to stay, no one has any kind of problem in their lives except from how the lead couple should be married and how the woman is wearing a kurta while she is used to wearing a bikini ‘all the time’, because they are ‘progressive people’. But when the only son of the house walks away from his own engagement, people are quite chill. Also, the reason why it happens is kind of problematic because it questions girls who chose their career and space over marrying into a joint family.
Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor are a very brave casting choice considering no one can imagine the two in a setup like this. For Ranbir, this is a cakewalk of a character because he has made a career out of playing Casanova. Not many can look as charming as Ranbir when the camera is super zoomed into his face; not many can make dancing in suits look so simple, and not many can act heart broken like him. But why do him dirty by given never ending monologues Luv Ranjan? We understand it is your USP but why to do it to death? Our guy is not even breathing while saying dialogues in full speed after a point. Also, he doesn’t look 30 at all anymore.
Shraddha Kapoor helps Ranbir feed more monologues to this tale while looking super glamourous. The actor does walk miles out of her comfort zone and there is so much comfort in how she does it. While there are so many Stereotypes attached to her part and that come with a Luv Ranjan movie, Shraddha definitely grows as an actor.
Dimple Kapadia has to be the best part of this movie. The final 20 minutes are sheer chaos; she makes them so much joyous. Her jokes land on point, supported by Boney Kapoor. Surprisingly, they are so hilarious that they compensate for everything that is a drawback of the film.
Pritam makes a very peppy album with quite fun Arijit Singh tracks and an amazing Sunidhi Chauhan song. But what is Shraddha’s introduction song exactly? So tacky, so bad, and out of place. The camera is so obsessed with Ranbir that it objectifies the star to the extent that it has focused enough on his nipples in the first 30 minutes itself.
