'Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya' movie review: AI-yo!

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha JiyaUA RomanceDir Amit Joshi Aradhana SahCast Shahid Kapoor Kriti SanonRating 25Such is the title of this film that Irsquove watched its trailer once bought its ticket twice and obviously watched the whole movie sincemdashyet Irsquove had to Google before typing what this picture is called on this page Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya of course refers to the famous song by Canadianborn desi singer Raghav MathurBut its choice for the filmrsquos title the size of a sentence making an abbreviation TBMAUJ necessary probably relates to a timetested practice of similarly naming Bollywood romances after popular lyrics This is a film on love between a man and a robot Have the filmmakers therefore pulled off a proper Bollywood song amp dance shaadisangeet pic with artificial intelligence AI as its central theme Yes And thatrsquos the reason I was excited about it in the first place The genre feels inclusively fun and fluffy to ensure basic footfallsWhich is quite different from the only piece of similar desi content Irsquove watched thus farmdashthe Disney Hotstar series OK Computer 2021 that felt far too convoluted and pretentious beyond a point The flip side of this filmrsquos tonegenre is that itrsquos packed with such an OTT stereotypically DelhiPunjabi family and other caricatures for characters deliberately descending towards thorough silliness that you might want to replace the rest of the humans in the movie with AI as wellOnly one character here is a robot Thatrsquos Kriti Sanonrsquosmdashlong neck piercing eyesgaze high cheekbones manned by an admin This is a performance thatrsquos totally roboticmdashseemingly okay to have been phoned in For once I mean that as a complete complement for the lead actor A perfectly fine desirable bloke Shahid Kapoor falls for this AI in the garb of a hot woman They hook up almost instantly as they meet Itrsquos hard to imagine exactly what they mustrsquove done in bed togetherDo robots have sex As we speak through virtualreality headsets it is possible to simulate a sexual experience with AI although thatrsquos not whatrsquos happening here That said while this film is set in the science fiction spacemdashhumans showing up as holograms robots recreating the human world with superior automatedmachine learningmdashthe fact is we already live inside what was once scifi in cinemaMost of whatrsquos going on here is technically possible Whatrsquos the final frontier for AI then Render humans useless what else The general assumption around AI has also been that itrsquoll master replicable tasks first I sense the reverse has turned out to be the case AI appears to have attacked artistic pursuitsmdashdesign architecture painting even literaturemdashfar more latelyWhat about Sanonrsquos protagonist Sifra in this pic Well so far not so much The character doesnrsquot get jokes sarcasm and ironymdashalthough in a way that many humans donrsquot either She can feel emotions off and on She kisses passionately Such that the hero mysteriously falls for her and indeed wants to be with herHow do you explain that Well I guess if genuine companionship trumps momentary sex maybe humanrobot compatibility might well be the future of relationshipsmdashprobably not in our lifetime but who knows Arenrsquot we already in a longterm relationship with our cellphonesStill therersquos only a motherboard inside Sifra the machine And that can always be gamed if doesnrsquot go roguefaulty on its ownmdashbreaking Issac Asimovrsquos first law for robots ie thou shalt not harm humans Hell they can Do any of these pertinent thoughts pass through my mind while watching TBMAUJ Only mildly if at all The filmmakers are way too busy attempting a comedy with hardly a joke that lands for us to be thinking about the essence of its purposepoint as muchIrsquom not saying they shouldrsquove gone deeply meditative like Spike Jonzersquos prescient masterpiece Her 2013 Thatrsquos a call they took But just a few pauses and strong moments for pennies to drop could salvage a script far more obsessed with a commercially safe famdrammdashbarring the revival of golden oldies Dharmendra credited with Singh Deol Dimple Kapadiamdashbefore fatigue eventually sets inAs you can tell I loved the idea behind this romcom I guess over time we will see more resonant stuff reflecting on this theme By which I donrsquot necessarily mean the closing slate of this movie that confidently announces ldquoTo be continuedhelliprdquoYUCK WHATEVER GOOD SUPER AWESOME

'Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya' movie review: AI-yo!

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya
U/A: Romance
Dir: Amit Joshi, Aradhana Sah
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon
Rating: 2/5

Trending Stories

Latest Photos

Latest Videos

Latest Web Stories

Mid-Day Fast

Home / Entertainment / Bollywood News / Article / 'Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya' movie review: AI-yo!

'Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya' movie review: AI-yo!

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha JiyaU/A: RomanceDir: Amit Joshi, Aradhana SahCast: Shahid Kapoor, Kriti SanonRating: 2/5

Trending Stories

Latest Photos

Latest Videos

Latest Web Stories

Mid-Day Fast

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya
U/A: Romance
Dir: Amit Joshi, Aradhana Sah
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon
Rating: 2/5