Review of the movie Luka Chuppi starring Kartik Aryan and Kriti Sanon
Bollywood actor Kartik Aryan and Kriti Sanon starrer Luka Chuppi has already hit the theatre screens. Directed by Laxman Utekar, this romedy (romantic comedy) is about the journey of two young inspiring journalists Guddu and Rashmi, who goes to heights of experimenting their live in relationship, since Rashmi wants it.
Aparshakti Khurrana, who played the role of Abbas in the movie, provoked the couple to give live-in a try. The adventures thereafter are not as smooth. Luka Chuppi sometimes goes awry in its search for satire, but is not the least fearful of stumbling.
Guddu wants to do "everything" that live-in couples do. Rashmi isn't biting the bait. But they do end up in bed and soon she whispers the four magic words, "Do we have protection?" Guddu is ready with an assortment of condoms. Pyar kiya toh darna kya?
In breaking the wall that separates love and sex in Hindi commercial cinema and in showing the lead couple with healthy hormonal instincts Luka Chuppi raises hopes for the Bollywood comedy where kissing is still seen as big deal, and audiences are actually said to count the number of times lips lock on screen.
Come to think of it, there are no kisses between Kartik Aryan and Kriti Sanon in this film. And yet they communicate a warm easygoing alliance that comes not from singing songs together but from recognizing your life partner for what she is.
Most of the humour is generated organically and without making strenuous efforts to induce humour into social statement.
Make no mistake about it. Directed by Maddock Films Production, Luka Chuppi is a comedy with an underlying layer of dark satire and social statement on moral policing and communal biases in small towns. Director Laxman Utekar who has done the lucid cinematography in Gauri Shinde's English Vinglish and Dear Zindagi, has a keen eye for smalltown quirks. He gets the mood right especially in the frequent aerial shots of the smalltown rooftops. But the stellar supporting cast is frequently let down by the persistent attempts to make them seem chronically hyper. Do these people have to say or do something all the time?
Would you be liking this movie or not, depends upon your tastes and expectations, but I would rate this movie 3 star out of 5.
