Dum laga ke haisha (दम लगके हैशा)

"Dum laga ke haisha (दम लगके हैशा)"

Watched Hindi movie 'Dum laga ke haisha (दम लगके हैशा)'. Directed by Sharat Katariya. Produced by Aditya Chopra and others. Writer Sharat Katariya. Cinematography Manu Anand. Music Andrea Guerra (Italian musician, background score) and Anu Malik. It stars Ayushman Khurana, Sanjay Mishra, Shiba Chaddha, Alka Amin, Chandrachoor Rai, Shrikant Verma and introducing Bhoomi Pednekar. I watched this movie with Aditi, on Netflix, on 24th April 2020. The movie is about 1 hour 50 min long and was released in 2020.

Ayushman, a 10th fail, owns a video and audio cassette shop in Haridwar. His father marries him to Bhumi, who is a graduate and is fat (overweight), against his wish. In the wedding of his friend, who lands a slim and good looking wife, he gets drunk and bad mouths Bhumi, who hears it. She goes away to her parents. 

Will they divorce? Will they come together? Will the marriage disintegrate? What is Dum laga ke haisha pratoyogita?

The story starts like a regular story but quickly catches your imagination. A smart lad and a fat girl makes an interesting story. However, the condition of winning Dum Laga ke haisha patiyogita is childish. Ayushman-Bhumi don't practice for it even once. They simply wake up and decide to participate and win the pratiyogita. Just like that. It appears like an appendage. 

Ayushman and Bhumi play their role very well. It's Bhumi's debut film as heroine. She deserves credit for selecting to play a fat lady for debut. She had to become fat for the role. Other actors are proven supporting actors and do their job.

Locations in Haridwar are carefully chosen. You feel the sights and sounds. No sets.

Shakha babu is shown criticizing Ayushman for marrying while underlining the importance of bachelorhood. But in Pratiyogita he is competing with his wife. How?

So, good start, decent build up, sloppy end.

Watch if you have nothing better to do during lock down.