After a long-long time there comes a movie that breaks all set trends- is refreshing and something that the family can watch and enjoy together. Hasee Toh Phase ( HTP) is sucha movie. WATCH IT.
Salute to the Producers- Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap- and the director – Vinik Mathew for giving us this lovely movie. YES, I am going to be watching films produced under Phantom banner- they have been really inspiringly fresh.
On the star cast front- let me start with the lead pair. Ms Pariniti Chopra has done a fabulous role. It is she and her antics that control the film. The hero- Sidharth Malhotra is a surprise. He has done ample justice to his character- but well there is a spark which will need more experimentation and non-rigid frames for him to really go long distance. Adna Sharma has a role that does not need her to much act and she goes through the moves.
Sharat Sharma plays his role for the umpteenth time and does that with no difficulty. These are a actor who need to be treated differently and given challenging roles.
Nikhil ( Sidhartha Malhotra) is a wannabe Businessmen in a all IRPS/IAS types. He is in love with his girlfriend of seven years Karishma ( Adah Sharma) . They had smiled at each other in one of the marriage and since then have been adapting and adjusting to each other is love that is frayed at the corners. Just because this guy Nikhil believes that we are not animals who keep on seeking different mates- you do not just break a relationship- you adapt and adjust.
Karishma sister Meeta retur. Karishma asks Nitin to take care of her- as she must not come near the 
family. She must not come face-to-face with her father- who had a stroke when she had left home many years back. Oh it was Karishma elder sister Diksha’s marriage- where in fact Karishma and Nikhil had first met. Nikhil in fact unknowingly had helped Meeta to run away from home.
Meeta played so well by Pariniti. She weaves in and out of shades of personality that her caracter requires. Is she really what you make out at the start? Is she different? Is there more to her? Is Meeta really on drugs. who is she? Why is she like this? Why did she run away? What will happen next? Well GO AND WATCH THIS LOVELY MOVIE.
The movie does not look stretched for its 141 minute duration. In fact you could have watched it for a few hours more. Though there are few situations in the second half where it starts to drag but is brought back to track in no time. There seem to be ruthless mature editing of the film as many a situations that you glimpse in some scenes look to have been complete episodes in itself. And thanks for keeping it real tight.
Lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya are Ok Ok- as songs do not have much to add to the film. SHAKE IT LIKE SHAMMI- is a decent song sung by Vishal Dadlani and Benny Dayal.
The dialogues are well crafted and do justice to the situation at hand. Vishal Shekar have dome magic with the soundtrack is so weaved into the mood of the film that you have to stress out and cautiously make an attempt to catch it. And yes there are few moments in this romantic full of humor movie that you (like me) may find having moist eyes.
I do wish that this movie in weeks to come earns money- as would want more such movies to be attempted. PLEASE GO ANDWATCH WITH FAMILY.
