Gehraiyaan Review: Strong Cast And The Cinematography And Music Of Shakun’s Film Makes It Splendid

Director: Shakun Batra

Cast: Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday, Dhairya Karwa, Naseeruddin Shah, Rajat Kapoor

Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video (click to watch)

Filmyhype.com Rating: 3.5/5 (three and half star) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]

Shakun Batra’s film ‘Gehraiyaan’ may superficially look like a romantic-drama film entangled in relationships, but when it comes to depth, this film shows that aspect of human nature, where human beings can go to any extent when it comes to survival. is forced to pass. Whether it is the desire to love or the fear of losing life.

The story of an upper middle class family can also be told in the urban backdrop of ‘Gehraiyaan’, where the past of two cousins ​​(sisters) is intertwined with some bitter memories and they travel through the present to see the future of this past Wants to be free from captivity. There is also an incident of the past, which has become the reason for the emotional gap between the father and the daughter, and buried in the depths of this gap is such a secret, on the opening of which the daughter’s attitude towards the mother’s memories about good and bad may change.

Showing infidelity on screen is not new to Hindi films. Sometimes comedy, sometimes drama, sometimes romance and sometimes in the form of mystery-thriller stories of infidelity have come to the screen, but the maturity with which ‘Gehraiyaan’ deals with the subject sets it apart from other films. ‘Gehraiyaan’ represents those few romantic drama films, where one feels a sudden thrill while watching romance.

Gehraiyaan Review: The Story

The story of ‘Gehraiyaan’ is mainly of four characters Alisha, Tia, Zain and Karan. All the four characters are struggling with themselves in some way or the other. To solve the confusion of your personal life, you want to take refuge in another relationship, but this makes life more complicated. Alisha and Tia are cousins. Jane is Tia’s fiancé. Tia does not have a father, she lives in America with her mother. Jane is an aspiring young businessman and partner in a construction company. Tia’s family has made a strong investment in his company.

Alisha is a yoga instructor and is in a live-in relationship with Karan for six years. Karan is also a childhood friend of Alisha and Tia. Currently a struggling novel writer, Alisha’s father, Tia’s uncle, lives in Nashik. When Alisha was young, her mother committed suicide. Alisha blames her father for this. The film begins with Tia going to Alibaug, Tia’s ancestral home, for a holiday after Tia’s arrival in Mumbai. Huh. Here, Jane gets attracted to Alisha. Alisha also keeps accepting his attraction and an intense relationship starts between the two. Alisha wants stability in this relationship and talks to Jane. Jane decides to leave Tia and marry Alisha and asks for six months’ time to return the investment to Tia’s family before breaking the engagement.

But, there comes a turning point from where the story leaves the romance angle and goes on the path of a thriller film. Jane’s business partner is arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement on money laundering charges. The threat of investigation is also looming over Jane’s company. Investors are pulling out of Jane’s company as the ED probe begins. In all these troubles, Jane’s condition worsens when Alisha reveals that she is pregnant.

Now Jane has only one option to marry Tia, so that her investment remains in the firm. Also, some money can be raised through the property of Alibaug. Now what will Jane do next, leave the pregnant Alisha or leave Tia? What will happen to Tia when she learns that Alisha is snatching her fiancée? Or will Jane drop everything and adopt Alisha? ‘Depths’ goes on with many such questions and answers. But, it would not be right to tell about it here. It is better that the audience watch it in the film itself, because as I said earlier, you can’t even imagine the twist after watching the trailer of ‘Gehraiyaan’. The scene at which the film ends in the climax is shocking and has been kept open ended.

Gehraiyaan Review and Analysis

Ayesha Devitre, Sumit Roy and Yash Sahay’s screenplay with director Shakun Batra gives the feel of an intense romantic novel writing, where the story and the characters are seen supporting each other. The biggest feature of ‘Gehraiyaan’ is it realistic approach. The reactions of the characters in different situations, their dialogues and their gestures look very natural. Looking at these characters, it seems that this is an upper middle class world, where problems are also different. The way the writer’s team has carefully covered the emotional graph of all the characters that is also commendable. Deepika Padukone has once again proved her acting ability. Her character is very emotionally complicated, which Deepika has presented on screen with complete transparency and without any hesitation.

This performance of Siddhant Chaturvedi will ease the misery of ‘Bunty Aur Babli 2’, as well as compensate for the loss. The surprise factor of the depth is Ananya Pandey. Ananya, who has become the laughing stock of social media in an interview comparing her struggle with Siddhant during the Insider-Insider discussion, looks very balanced and composed in ‘Gehraiyaan’. In fact, such characters do the job of polishing the acting ability of an actor in the right way. Dhairya Karva has done her part well. However, his character is the lightest of the four. Rajat Kapoor as Zain’s business partner Jitesh and Naseeruddin Shah as Alisha’s father make an impact despite a low screen presence.

The film is completely based on the performances of the actors and their reactions to each other. Full credit should go to director Shakun Batra, who did not let the film loose despite the complexity of the characters and screenplay. The screenplay of Gehraiyaan gets a fine juxtaposition of cinematography. There are many such films on OTT platforms in Spanish and other foreign languages, in which complicated relationships have been made the basis of the story. Gehraiyaan represents Indian content in the list of such films. Let us inform here, the film is streamed in the adult category on Prime.

Gehraiyaan Review: The Last Words

The cinematography and music of Shakun’s film makes it splendid. Also, the speed of this film matches its story. Shakun has made this film as deep as possible. The emotions of his characters have been kept openly in front of the audience. He has co-written this film with Sumit Roy, Ayesha Davitre and Yash Sahai. The depths make you feel a lot, but still there is something missing in it. Many complications in the film are solved very easily. Despite some shortcomings, this story manages to keep you hooked from beginning to end.