'Zara Hatke Zara Bachke' movie review: Bittersweet middle- class family fare

Updated On: 03 June, 2023 07:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani

Zara Hatke Zara Bachke begins with yoga teacher Kapil Dubey (Vicky Kaushal) and chemistry tutor Soumya Chawla (Sara Ali Khan) celebrating their second wedding anniversary with the family at their home with a round of cake-cutting

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Film: Zara Hatke Zara Bachke
U/A: Comedy, drama
Dir: Laxman Utekar
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Sara Ali Khan
Rating: 2.5/5

About two years ago, director Laxman Utekar retold the Marathi film, Mala Aai Vhhaychy (2011) with the Kriti Sanon-starrer Mimi. This time around, he addresses a young middle-class couple’s struggle to break away from their joint family to own a home of their own with Zara Hatke Zara Bachke. The late Basu Chatterjee had effectively told a similar story with Piya Ka Ghar (1972), a remake of the Marathi film, Mumbaicha Jawai (1970).

Zara Hatke Zara Bachke begins with yoga teacher Kapil Dubey (Vicky Kaushal) and chemistry tutor Soumya Chawla (Sara Ali Khan) celebrating their second wedding anniversary with the family at their home with a round of cake-cutting. The celebration is interrupted when the extended family blames the Punjabi bahu for feeding them a cake made with eggs. After sacrificing her room for the relatives who moved in, Soumya is unable to handle the unwarranted criticism and urges Kapil to build their own nest. However, the rising real estate prices dampen their plans of a nuclear family. After their application to buy a home through the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) fails, the lovebirds devise a plan to fake their divorce, so that Soumya is eligible to apply. Reason for the absurd plan: The PMAY scheme rejects applicants who have a family home. That’s enough to set the comedy of errors into motion.

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