Told in flashbacks, the first half of the movie is purely entertaining. There’s humor, there’s friendship and then there’s love. Kundan Sharma (Dhanush) is a Hindu, who knows not about giving up. From his childhood, he has his heart set on Zoya Haider. After a dozen and more slaps and constant pursuing, Zoya gets involved in a very brief teenage romance with Kundan but Zoya is made to leave Varanasi after her parents find out about a Hindu boy with whom she has an affair. [break]
Eight years later, Zoya is no more a small town girl and has moved on from her childhood love. But Kundan is right where Zoya left him, adamant on marrying her. He even starts working for Zoya’s family so that they take a liking towards him.
When Zoya returns to Varanasi briefly, Kundan is estatic. But his happiness is short-lived. Zoya doesn’t think that Kundan is the man for her, after all, he’s ‘the guy who brings gas cylinders’ to her home. She is very in love with another man from her college (Abhay Deol) who is a big-heart young political activist.
The revealing of Zoya’s love story invites a turn in the movie. As the movie goes on to the second half, it becomes very heavy. The second half manages to incorporate a lot of sub-plots which makes the movie muddled. However, the turnout of events come to the audience as surprise and while there are a lot of gaps in the latter part of the story, the unexpected happenings make sure that the audience isn’t bored.
If you like watching an unconventional love story, then you have a reason to watch this movie.
Screening at QFX cinemas.
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