Gehraiyaan is the latest Hindi film which has officially released on OTT platform Amazon Prime on February 11, 2022. The screen time of this romantic drama film is around 2 hours 28 minutes.
Story: The story of this film revolves around Deepika Padukone aka Alisha Khanna, who has a troublesome childhood. During her childhood times, she witnessed that something is not right with their parents. So, Alisha hates her father and loves her mother. Well, Alisha, who is an app developer now, stays with her boyfriend Dhairya Karwa aka Karan. One fine day, Alisha’s cousin Ananya Panday aka Tia Khanna along with her boyfriend Siddhant Chaturvedi aka Zain Siddiqui, calls Alisha and Karan to Alibaug for spending few days. During this tour, we see that Alisha and Zain getting close to each other, despite they have their own loved ones. Will, Alisha and Zain’s togetherness spoil their relationships is what this story is all about.
The story mainly focuses on Deepika Padukone’s character. In one of the scenes, we see that Alisha’s mother hanged herself and his father is helpless, which has impacted her life since childhood. Even, she can be seen fighting with her boyfriend Karan, which simply means that she is not happy. Will, Zian comes as a savior for Alisha or will he even give her more trouble is what this story follows.
This film also features Naseeruddin Shah, Rajat Kapoor, Dhairya Karwa, Vihaan Chaudhary and many others.
The early reviews of Gehraiyaan movie is out now and they are in a range of 3 to 3.5 stars out of 5 stars.
Bollywood Crazies Opinion: Gehraiyaan is one of those Bollywood films that deals with the life of city based people who not only have a stable job or relationships. Both of these has been clearly shown in this movie. Apart from that, the director also opens up about mental health of today’s people and through the character of Alisha. Alisha’s shocking experience in her childhood is still haunting her even after several years which also impacted her life in a bad way. Alisha finds a solace in Zain but she knows she is going in the wrong directions as both are committed in different relationships. Even, we see that both Zain and Alisha had family issues since childhood which also makes them relate to each other. Director has tried to prove his point and he able to achieve that with it. The oceanic waves scenes have been constantly shown in this film which sense a meaning and maybe you can compare that waves to the feelings of Alisha’s heart. Ananya’s character in this film is just like a filler that hardly adds much. The production value of this film is good and the music adds meaning to the story. The screenplay seems ok for me but it is one of those films that rural audience might not find a connect. The emotional quotient is there which makes the story of Alisha and Zain believable. In sort, a one time watch film for the city based audience.
Gehraiyaan movie has been co-written and directed by Shakun Batra. It have been produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Shakun. Kaushal Shah cinematography is good. The editing is done by Nitesh Bhatia. The musical score given by Kabeer Kathpalia and Savera Mehta.
Gehraiyaan movie budget hasn’t been revealed by the makers but it could be reportedly around 38 to 40 crores maximum.
Altogether, Gehraiyaan is very different film but definitely it will connect you if you belong to city based audience types.
Last Word: Watch it only for Deepika and it’s cinematography. Also watch it for Naseeruddin Shah’s small but effective performance.
Bollywood Crazies Ratings: Gehraiyaan Review- Distinction (70 Percent out of 100 percent).