(2001) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), which were both very successful in the overseas market.
His next two films were the ensemble dramas Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Johar made his directorial debut with the widely-seen romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), which earned him the Filmfare Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the producer Yash Johar. Rating: 3 / 5.Karan Kumar Johar (born Rahul Kumar Johar, ), often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, costume designer, actor and television personality who works in Hindi films. 'Badrinath Ki Dulhania' is entertainingly meaningful and will be liked by the youngsters as well as the family audience. The grip over his character, their stories and the whole entertainment quotient in the film slips out at several times. The director diverts his movie from its main roots for unnecessary reasons and that too for a long period. While 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania' scored high due to its music, 'Badrinath Ki Dulhania' fails to surpass its predecessor.'Badri Ki Dulhania' is wasted in the end credits.ĭirector Shashank Khaitan fails to connect properly due to the lethargic screenplay in the second half. Editing should have been crisp in the second half of the film. The whole concept of the climax is wonderful, but somehow fails to cumulate on the screen. The screenplay keeps wobbling for a long time leading to a hurried and unconvincing climax. The whole energy and soul seems to be missing in the second half of the film. Besides few important scenes, everything else woven around these scenes in the second half is repetitive, bland and boring at times. There are minimal happenings taking place in the second half, which has been stretched to the fullest. The second half starts to slow down as the screenplay fails to move ahead. Aparshakti Khurrana is sweet in his cameo. Shweta Basu Prasad, Yash Sinha, Swanand Kirkire and others lend good support. Sahil Vaid is fantastic as Varun's best friend.
Alia looks pretty and her character has strong layers attached to it. Varun Dhawan cutely delivers his one liners and justifies his character with the help of his body mannerisms.
He highly succeeds in the first half of the film, where one can feel the strong undercurrent going behind the comical scenes followed by the whole message in the second half. The background music is enjoyable.ĭirector Shashank Khaitan comes up with an interesting tale set in the heartland of India with a taboo topic of dowry, but well coated it with sweet romance and good amount of entertainment attached to it. 'Humsafar' and 'Roke Na Ruke Naina' are soul touching, especially the Alia Bhatt version of ‘Humsafar’. 'Aashiq Surrender Hua' and 'Tamma Tamma Again' are foot tapping and well shot. The cinematography is good and keeps the movie fresh and enjoyable. The one liners are hilarious and goes well with the characters. The entire first half is engaging as well as enjoyable. The movie starts with back to back fun filled moments featuring Varun Dhawan, Sahil Vaid and Alia Bhatt. Things happen as Badrinath had planned until the main day when his whole world turns upside down.Įvery scene in the first half has a good amount of entertainment attached to it. Badrinath expresses his feeling to Vaidehi, but Vaidehi wants her sister to get married first and also focus on her career.īadrinath and his best friend Somadev (Sahil Vaid), start searching for a suitable groom for Vaidehi's sister and also on the other side convince Badrinath's strict father (Rituraj), who believes only in arrange marriage and that too with a good amount of dowry. Badrinath meets Vaidehi Trivedi (Alia Bhatt) and decides to get married to her. 'Badrinath Ki Dulhania' is a story of Badrinath Bansal (Varun Dhawan), whose only aim in life is to find a suitable girl and get married to her. Varun and Alia started their career by doing 'Student Of The Year' followed by 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania' due to which the expectation level are at its peak with their latest film 'Badrinath Ki Dulhania'. While Varun is delivering back to back successful as well as a power packed film like 'Badlapur', Alia on the other end is riding high due to her fantastic performances in many films. Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt are two such star actors who have been growing with their every release.