Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar review: Dude, where’s ma-kkaar?

Tu Jhoothi Main MakkaarDirector Luv RanjanActors Ranbir Kapoor Shraddha KapoorRating 35No I donrsquot wanna delve too much into the filmrsquos title that sets false expectations But really this isnrsquot strictly speaking about the girl whorsquos a liar jhoothi And indeed dude wherersquos makkaarmdashthe deceitful mean cunning male of this movie Thatrsquos supposed to be Ranbir Kapoor heremdashwho if he wasnrsquot here at all let alone a romcom this wouldnrsquot qualify for a movie at allIrsquom not even getting into a full 45minute section in the second half where enough raita is lsquofailoedrsquo for you to wonder how something that starts off so tightsorted could melt into such a multidirectional messThatrsquos because they donrsquot stick to one frickinrsquo thingmdashinherently insecure about somehow grabbing the audiencersquos attentionmdashwith seemingly so many changes in the script you wonrsquot know where the film is headed once you recall where it had startedWas there a bachelorsrsquo party that involved only two blokes in Spain No before thatmdashthese two buddies were running a breakup bureau as it were Helping couples execute a painfree separation since one of them is done but hurting the other for it wonrsquot be fairmdashcertainly not guiltfreeI canrsquot see who would recruit anyone for such a professional service The opening sequence with the hero laying out instructions on a date reminds you of Ryan Gosling from Crazy Stupid Love 2011 This is also because Ranbir generally reminds me of Ryan Gosling sometimesBut thatrsquos not what this filmrsquos aboutmdashmeaning this lsquomakkaar manrsquo so to say In fact the picturersquos core idea is strong enough to reflect the spirit of the times so far as several young rich couples Irsquove noticed is concernedThe inherent conflict is between a caring family yoursquore born intomdashas against getting married and starting your own The latter usually involves abandoning that nest after all Who wins or does anyone Whatrsquos the solution or is thereThis is commonest with lsquobusiness familiesrsquo yoursquoll observe where home as a site takes on multiple meanings Ranbirrsquos character is described as a lsquoLalarsquo by way of profession As in he owns realestate properties car dealership etc making the kinda wealth that compounds with time even if you donrsquot take much risk The girl hersquos into on the other hand Shraddha Kapoor is a chartered accountant Which brings us to the scriptrsquos second peek into the zeitgeist That there are really two subsets within Indiarsquos upperclassesmdashthe lsquobusiness classrsquo and the lsquoservice classrsquoHow you go about your lifemdashright from when you must wake up down to who you sleep amongmdashhas everything to do with which subset you belong to The young couple in this pic belong to Delhi more specifically GurugramWhich is also the kinda setting yoursquoll find in writerdirectorproducer indeed in his own way auteur Luv Ranjanrsquos smashinghit romcomsmdashPyar Ka Punchnama plus sequel Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweetymdashthat have empowered him to make more such pix with ever widening scaleThose films starred Ranjanrsquos find Kartik Aaryan turning him into a smalltown young Bollywood sensation of sortsmdasheven if that sensation isnrsquot always joyfulThe arrival of Ranbir into this NoidaMeerut aesthetics means a bunch of foreign locations and music videos to give the film a richer feellook stillFrankly Ranbir is still not the guy with the ldquotaad loonrdquo kinda OG NCR chhichhora vibe And while I know shersquos Shakti Kapoorrsquos daughter therersquos something so seedhisaadhi straight and simple about Shraddha on screen itrsquos hard to imagine her coolly playing a guy as well She plays a commitmentphobe He has a ticking biological clock it seemsThat said these two leads as effectively the way they are is why audiences are in theatres There is a small group of women who work the streets who bought tickets with me without knowing the name of this film They just said ldquoWoh Shraddha wali picturerdquoRanbirmdashWake Up Sid Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Tamasha et almdashis the undisputed champion of romcom as a genre getting progressively extinct from the big screen His pure instinct helps him pull through the most ridiculous scenes with utmost seriousness while rattling off lengthiest passages to add further to his characterrsquos earnestnessThere are doubtlessly several strands of truth across scenes in this film How can you not fall for Dimple Kapadia as the mother Besides a quintessentially loud desi family the place where director Ranjanrsquos personal touch comes through is the herorsquos buddy standup comedian Anubhav Singh Bassi Now thatrsquos the Grsquogaon fella likely to go ldquoDekh bhai bhai nahin hairdquoAlso reviving the herorsquos notsogreat looking BFF as a superb Bollywood trope There are multiple lipsyncing songs which is an equally welcome return to the good old The overthetop climax tells you all that the filmmakers are desperate for a frontbencher blockbusterOf course you wish them well Inevitably what follows such a film is what makes this genre interestingmdashessentially gender debates on whether the heroine is being gaslit gossip over the script and if itrsquos really inspired by RanbirAliarsquos lifeA halfdecent Hindi romcom is a conversation starter The only way to participate in this conversation is to see the film If Ranbir or Shraddha is the only reason yoursquore doing itmdashin this particular case thatrsquos fair enoughAlso Read Ranbir Kapoor analyses himself I am a sulker but I eventually forgive and forget

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar review: Dude, where’s ma-kkaar?

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar

Director: Luv Ranjan

Actors: Ranbir Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor

Rating: 3/5

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Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar review: Dude, where’s ma-kkaar?

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar

Director: Luv Ranjan

Actors: Ranbir Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor

Rating: 3/5

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