What the writers (dialogue by Sanchit Gupta) and the director do get right is the idea of how ‘rakhi’ and the concept of sisterhood is a terrible manipulation for young people unrelated to one another. Like countless romantic comedies before, this film just feels like another romantic film made on a template.
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While it doesn't do anything wrong, except may be make it's lead man a bit too much of a coward, it also doesn't ever break free from the feeling of familiarity. Behen Hogi Teri is a decent popcorn flick. The movie is a good source of entertainment for all those doing nothing this weekend and are looking for some sort of entertainment but not that good to go out of your way just to get a glimpse of this cliche rom-com. The movie is packed with performers of various calibers, but Rao - the only reason to even attempt this - is better than everyone and their brother. But the only reason to smile at the movie is Rajkumar Rao. While your heart develops a soft corner for all the characters in the film, Gattu's father, Darshan Jariwala and Binny's brother, Ninad Kamat could have been far more better. It may not be the comedy of the year, but Behen Hogi Teri doesn’t end up being a decent time pass flick, that you can surely enjoy if you can overlook the flaws. Nevertheless, it is still an entertaining watch, with all due credit to Rajkummar Rao’s terrific performance, a great supporting cast and some really funny scenes. Behen Hogi Teri may not be as funny as the trailer has promised us, thanks to a sluggish second half and weak female characters. And a few others are replete with exaggeration. In contrast, some scenes are just too superficial to make any sense. There is some snappy dialogue to support this through too.īut this goodness lasts only a few scenes and is washed away with other sequences. Both these aspects are rare in films and even more so because it is executed using the “show, don't tell” rule. For example, the stories a character makes up to get the parents to behave in a certain way. In fact, these logistics implicitly point to how well characters know each other. For example, the lies that need to be told to get one's way. There is a certain freshness in how the logistics of certain situations are explained. That no man really wants to treat women around him as sisters sounds more like a frustrated rant of a many-year-old, suppressed angst. The very premise induces cringes in plenty – why are young men asked to treat all the young women around them as sisters? Sure, the issue of honor killing is touched upon, but it seems more as an after thought, when the writers realised that the premise is not virtuous enough to hold ground for an otherwise done-to-death “family vs.