De De Pyaar De 2 Movie Analysis And Honest Review
I expected Dede Pyar Dey 2 to at least be this good silly fun time at the movies, but in the process, Ajay Devgn being a glorified extra in his own franchise was not on my bingo card. I love a good time at the movies. Something fun, something chill and light-hearted for a change. Ajay Devgn has been on a sequel and franchise marathon since the past few years.
He has been renewing franchises like the Infinity Stones like his life depended on it. Even refreshing movie franchises that really no one asked for. Dede Pyar Dey in 2019 was a fun time at the movies, a movie that intentionally focused on the age gap between the leading pair and the adjustment period and confusion that arises as he introduces his much younger girlfriend to his family and ex-wife.
While everyone remembers the lazy and somewhat silly resolution in the conclusion of the last film, surprisingly, we have a sequel here that is actually a continuation of the events of where we left off. Shocking, right? A sequel thinking about continuity? Becoming our own version of Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers, this time Ayesha wants to introduce Aashish to her parents played by R Madhavan and Gautami Kapoor, with the prospect to get married. As the age gap is largely apparent, the parents who project themselves as progressive and modern are internally struggling with this union.
The adjustment period with the family is a major portion of the film, but their innate disapproval of the couple leads them to take personal responsibility in causing tension in the relationship. By introducing Ayesha's childhood friend Adi in the mix, a man of the same age demographic, a childhood friend and what is considered to be an ideal match in the eyes of the parents.
The confusion and comedy of errors is de de pyaar de too. Here's me telling you the good and bad aspects of the film so that you guys can ultimately decide whether to watch the movie in theatres or not. The Good Pop Culture Moments and Brief Snippets of Fun I think we have countless number of times complained on this channel about how movies depend on trending topics outside of their worlds.
Meme references that become stale within a few days only to see them get integrated months later in movies and for them to be extremely dated and somewhat cringe. Dede Pyarde too, refreshingly relies on its comedy based on the situations the characters find themselves in.
The predicament itself is so awkward and confusing that the writing just needs to build on the dynamics between characters. And both writers, Lavranjan and Tarun Jain do a satisfactory job at best in this department. Even when there is an influence of pop culture, it is still associated with films connected with actors like Ashish making an entry as in Innova drifts but not being able to get out like Singham or art produced by the film industry itself.
The radio awkwardly playing Main kya karo ra mujhe buddha mil gaya as Ashish is being integrated as the prospective groom. It fits for the world we are in. Javid Jafri notices the swagger and effort of Mizan and exclaims kaash yeh mera beta hota. The references to the difference in generations is described through the way fictional characters in the movies of each one's era would act.
Ham Dil De Chuke Sanam and DDLJ find themselves in dialogues and funnily so, even Vashikaran and Shaitan are hilariously described as the manner in which Ajay may have trapped Rakul. My man did a Zubaan Kesari also and I felt like cheering. So the meta references are fun. The only portions of the film that really made me chuckle is when Ajay Devgn and Javid Jafri lie on a charpai and share their observations and frustrations of the day as the proximity between Adi and Ayesha grow closer. You get what I mean though.
The makers are not desperate for the validation of a younger demographic to laugh, almost using buzzwords and memes so that they fit in like jaded parents wanting to be cool, they know their product and rather than doing a stand-up set for the film-going audience, it just builds on the funny dependent on the pickle the characters find themselves in.
The sad part is that this is few and far between and the storyline itself is so bloody dumb that it genuinely tests your patience. Who is the standout? What's funny and rather odd regarding this movie is that you assume you are stepping in for an Ajay Devgn movie with Rakulpreet Singh. But he is sidelined so much in this movie that he eventually conclude by the end of it that this is more a daughter-father story between Rakulpreet Singh and R Madhavan.
I will come to Rakul's performance a little later but the person who puts in genuine effort in this film is R Madhavan as the patriarch of the house who may be progressive and modern from the exterior but is genuinely perturbed by what people may think about his daughter's new partner. He has a simmering anger, frustration and evenknows how to switch his dramatic and funny side whenever the scenes demand it. The only portions in which the film gives us a glimpse of something real is when Madhavan is on screen.
I would have loved for him and Gautami Kapoor to be more of a unit together because the movie in the initial portions show their frustrations as a collective unit but as the movie progresses, the filmmakers sideline Gautami's character and make Madhavan take centre stage. When Gautami and Madhavan do the heavy lifting together, it's so much fun to watch.
I don't know why they let it go. In the supporting cast, the actors who do end up making you chuckle or stay with you are Javed Jafri as Ashish's friend who does provide the harsh truth when needed, Ishita Dutta as Ayesha's pregnant sister-in-law who has her back but hilariously cannot keep a secret.
And Mizan Jafri as Adi who has a charm and wit that really does surprise you in this movie. I think Mizan is making it a habit to be a part of rather made to poor films, appear in a song and charm his way and leave and it's only providing a glimpse to the audience of his capabilities. I think he generally needs something solid as a leading man at this point because this film especially the way the storyline progressed made me pull my hair in frustration.
The underwhelming aspects. Odd adjustment period. I am all for appropriate casting and most importantly the well-intentioned nature of making the age gap the central topic of discussion. However, beyond the leading pair of Ajay Devgn and Rakulpreet Singh, I found the casting of the parents to be slightly alarming because it's tough for me to imagine R. Madhavan and Gautami Kapoor as the parents of Rakulpreet Singh.
Gautami Kapoor is 51 years old in real life and Rakulpreet Singh is 35. And by doing the maths, the filmmakers want the audience to assume that she had her when she was 16. I know that they have adjusted the ages to make it slightly more appropriate. Ayesha is presented as a 28 year old in this movie but irrespective, I found myself to have like an adjustment period visually to see R Madhavan and Gautami Kapoor play parents to a child turning 30.
They would have better suited in my opinion as an older brother and sister-in-law. At one point of time, R Madhavan says, Hum Baap-Beeti Kam Dost Zyada Hai and I agree, visually too. Kudos to even both the actors for accepting these roles because I often hear how insecure actors feel when cast as parents of leading ladies as it weirdly becomes a sign of them aging and being dismissed as supporting characters. They sportingly did these roles and honestly killed it too.
Love Ranjan Staples There is a visual aesthetic of a Love Ranjan movie that has almost become universal now. I swear to god, it seemed like Madhavan and Gautami Kapoor's house were shot in the same place where Ranbir Kapoor's family lived in Tu Jhuti Mein Makkar. There is a similar garden outside their house and oftentimes the architecture of these locations are so similar that one can sniff out the fact that this is a love-rungeon production. Secondly, the majority complains about the aesthetic of a movie like Tujhuti Maimakkar was how airbrushed and two shades lighter every actor looked in the movie. And Dede Pyarde too is no different, with all actors looking two shades lighter and having this perpetual blush on their face with their lightened pink lips that it almost becomes distracting at one point.
I don't get the obsession of making everyone two shades lighter, you especially notice this with the likes of Ajay Devgan and R Madhwan. And another element ofLove Rungeon movies that just doesn't seem to go and exist here as well is the rambling nature of Love Rungeon movies that just doesn't seem to go and exits here as well. Sentence in S Many variations as possible The dialogues will be Bad news may seem less bad Such news should not remain news Don't recognize Don't tell people And if you don't recognize this identity then what kind of identity is that It is also possible that you want that I don't want that I want You get my point dialogues written in such riddles give through some instances the movie also confuses you and where it's going, what the character wants, what is he even trying to say.
Rakul Preet Singh and Ajay Devgn Rakul is given majority of the heavy lifting in this movie and this movie is primarily focused on the tension, animosity and arguments that she gets into with her father while her boyfriend, who she is getting married to, just observes from the corner.
A.K.A aka Ajay Devgn. This is the most acting I have seen Rakul Preet Singh do and I'll be honest, I have very mixed remarks regarding her skill as a performer. She looks great, there is no doubt about it, but her pitch of frustration and arguments is mostly associated with a lot of screaming and yelling.
When you put this side by side with an actor like Madhavan who manages his levels dependent on the mood or what is being said, you see the lack of range in a performer like Rakul. What's also hilarious is that in one argument, they stage the scene in such a patchy fashion that she's pacing around a character while shouting at him, almost about to stumble on a couch and is helped by the said person that she's shouting at in order to balance herself and then continue the argument wherever they left off. It's very awkward.
It's a case also of the lack of skills in improv and just being rather one tone, looking glamorous or just being perpetually irritated and screaming. And I say this with the utmost respect to a star like Ajay Devgn but he is sleepwalking through this role. There is barely anything that he is doing and he is more of a passive observer of things than anything else.
He only somewhat wakes up in the last 30 minutes of this movie making his contribution to the movie really negligible. You know what, there is a point in this movie where I felt like, hey, I'm not gonna be harsh on this film because it seems like just one of those casual watches on the weekend. You don't have to think much.
You know, the movies Where critics say, apna dimaag ghar chod ke aana type movies. But the movie wants to be serious regarding relationships and several of its dynamics. And it employs this twist that is so Tone deaf, so irritating and so dragged that I genuinely believe that they think that they pulled off something Nolan-esque.
The acts committed by the characters in this said twist, just to prove a point, are so catastrophic, such deal-breakers, that you can't help but contemplate on how they justified it in their head. You know what's the biggest problem in all of this? The movie and storyline develops in such a way where you don't even want the leading pair to end up together for just how unlikeable they are or how problematic some of their decisions are.
You actually started contemplating that these two are better off single than being together and when a movie and its leading pair are making you feel this way as a viewer that the movie only falters in its execution making Dede Pyar De 2 honestly a very very i don't want to be rude but a very stupid film for me that has momentary fun in the first half but falters terribly on how it shapes up and what it wants to say regardinglong-lasting relationships and even marriage and that was the video guys write down in the comments below what you thought about Dede Pyar De 2.