Film: 'Tere Mere Phere'; Cast: Vinay Pathak, Riya Sen, Jagrat Desai and Sasha Goradia; Director: Deepa Sahi;
After watching classical and issue based movies like Mirch Masala and Sardar directed by Ketan Mehta, a regular cinegoer would imagine some quality from a movie helmed his wife Deepa Sahi. But, she is unable to match director Ketan Mehta’s quality.
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The lead actors, Rahul and Pooja (Jagrat Desai and Sasha Goradia respectively) run into each other at a distinctive North Indian marriage, quickly fall in love with each other (how predictable!) and tie the knot before one can say 'Jack Robinson'. Both are actually self-satisfied about the fact that they scored highest in a compatibility test, which comprises of a quiz most likely meant for college teenagers.
During their honeymoon to Himachal Pradesh in a camper van, cracks start developing in their relationships over the silliest of things and the otherwise lovey-dovey couple shrieks and shout at each other throughout the trip. Sahi takes the opportunity to throw in a lot of gender based clichés here-Rahul being a man refuses to ask for directions even after having lost his way while driving and Pooja being a woman is choosy about cleanliness and order. While deciding to cut the journey short and take a flight home due to their differences, their immature antics result in the flight being cancelled and they are forced to take their camper once again, albeit with an unwanted passenger-Jai (Vinay Pathak), a co-flier who has to urgently reach Shimla to prevent his lady love Muskaan (Riya Sen) from getting wedded.
A frantic Jai hijacks the camper with a gun and forces the duo to take him to Shimla. However, the tables are turned when the constant squabbling between Rahul and Pooja gets onto his nerves and he starts ruing the minute he got in their camper.
After a lot of the proverbial 'tu tu...main main' between the couple, a time comes when Jai himself starts dreading the prospect of marriage and develops cold feet. However, by now, the couple is united for the common purpose of helping Jai join up with Muskaan even if Rahul has to use force and slap Jai around a couple of times.
Muskaan, a girl as irritating as Pooja, finally meets the rest of the gang and after dodging a muscular brother in law who is against the union, Jai lastly manages to wed Muskaan, re-igniting the romance between Rahul and Pooja in the process. Unnecessary to say, they all live happily ever after...though the same cannot be said for the traumatized audience.
With the possible exception of Vinay Pathak and Darshar Jariwala, who plays Jagrat's father, the rest of the cast hams with delight.
In another side, Vinay Pathak puts in a heroic effort to save the film from complete failure. The scene when his character Jai argues with the pandit to hurry up the marriage rituals provokes a few well-deserved chuckles.
During their honeymoon to Himachal Pradesh in a camper van, cracks start developing in their relationships over the silliest of things and the otherwise lovey-dovey couple shrieks and shout at each other throughout the trip. Sahi takes the opportunity to throw in a lot of gender based clichés here-Rahul being a man refuses to ask for directions even after having lost his way while driving and Pooja being a woman is choosy about cleanliness and order. While deciding to cut the journey short and take a flight home due to their differences, their immature antics result in the flight being cancelled and they are forced to take their camper once again, albeit with an unwanted passenger-Jai (Vinay Pathak), a co-flier who has to urgently reach Shimla to prevent his lady love Muskaan (Riya Sen) from getting wedded.
A frantic Jai hijacks the camper with a gun and forces the duo to take him to Shimla. However, the tables are turned when the constant squabbling between Rahul and Pooja gets onto his nerves and he starts ruing the minute he got in their camper.
After a lot of the proverbial 'tu tu...main main' between the couple, a time comes when Jai himself starts dreading the prospect of marriage and develops cold feet. However, by now, the couple is united for the common purpose of helping Jai join up with Muskaan even if Rahul has to use force and slap Jai around a couple of times.
Muskaan, a girl as irritating as Pooja, finally meets the rest of the gang and after dodging a muscular brother in law who is against the union, Jai lastly manages to wed Muskaan, re-igniting the romance between Rahul and Pooja in the process. Unnecessary to say, they all live happily ever after...though the same cannot be said for the traumatized audience.
With the possible exception of Vinay Pathak and Darshar Jariwala, who plays Jagrat's father, the rest of the cast hams with delight.
In another side, Vinay Pathak puts in a heroic effort to save the film from complete failure. The scene when his character Jai argues with the pandit to hurry up the marriage rituals provokes a few well-deserved chuckles.
The movie belongs to the newcomers Jagat Desai and Sasha Goradia. For first timers, they exude confidence. Sushmita Mukherjee as Rahul's overbearing mother is convincing. Riya Sen with a naturally poker face and sing song expressionless dialogue delivery is a bad choice for a comedy film.
On the other hand, the verdant Himalayan terrain is beautifully captured by cinematographer Christo Bakalov. The film has been shot in beautiful and unusual parts of Himachal, especially in the newly opened Kinnaur Valley Hatu Peak
The music by Shivangi R. Kashyap is nothing to write home about.
Overall, it is an average film to see beautiful Himalayan terrain.
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