![]() Reeling from this blow, Jai comes across the priest who had conducted his marriage, who warns him of the importance of time. After the funeral, Jai is shocked that he and Diya are still divorced and that Diya had married art gallery owner Nikhil Khanna (Sagar Arya), her show opener, who enjoyed the love of Jai's mother and children. He finds out that his mother had died and everyone gathered for her funeral. The next day, in 2047, he wakes up to find himself in his 60-year-old self. Jai is however convinced that he has set things right. Believing it to be the cause of his divorce, Jai hastily returns home, but his family is unhappy with him. However Jai gives more priority to work and instead of going to Diya's first art exhibition, he goes to his friend Chitra's ( Sayani Gupta) place to help her with her breakup. He juggles many priorities of his family and career. Jai wakes up the next day, in 2023, realizing he is in the past, seven years after his marriage. Heartbroken, he returns home and pleads to return to the past to set things right. To his horror, Jai realizes that it is the day when he and Diya are divorced. It has been eighteen years since his marriage. Next time, in 2034, he wakes up, he is a professor at Cambridge University, his dream job. He realizes he has been time travelling and has no control over it. He discovers that it has been two years since his marriage. Next up, in 2018, he wakes up in Cambridge, only to find his wife about to deliver their child. He discovers that it's been ten days since he married Diya. Jai gets drunk and passes out only to wake up in Thailand on his honeymoon. He tells Diya that he has other plans for his bright future and she may not be a part of it. Jai criticizes these meaningless rituals and talks negatively about his marriage. Jai reluctantly agrees to marry her but changes his mind because of the thought of the seven vows and the billion rituals, as well as the fear of divorce. While Jai hopes to get a fellowship at Cambridge University, Diya wishes to marry her long-term boyfriend. Jai is a mathematics professor and Diya, an artist. That opening sequence holds promise of greater things.Jai Verma ( Sidharth Malhotra) and Diya Kapoor ( Katrina Kaif) are childhood sweethearts. I’m going with two stars but keeping my faith in Nitya. It’s also a pleasure to see strong actors like Sarika, Ram Kapoor and Rajit Kapur.īut none of this is enough to sustain you through the length of this desperately flawed film. The locations are lovely and so are the outfits. Cinematographer Ravi K Chandran gives every surface a sheen. Baar Baar Dekho is impeccably good-looking. The good thing about these movies is that when the story fails, you can focus on the styling. These production houses are the high priests of a sub-genre that I call posh people angst - basically, stories about affluent, attractive people. Read: Katrina Kaif on revenge and her hot BBD bodyīaar Baar Dekho has been jointly produced by Excel Entertainment and Dharma Productions. Even the most ardent Sid and Kat fans will find it difficult to stay interested. But the repetition in the narrative simply flattens out their efforts. Katrina also stretches herself by finding some depth and expression. To begin with, he has to convincingly play a man who is reluctant to marry Katrina Kaif - who, of course, looks smashing. It’s a tough load to carry and he works hard to make Jai’s struggle palpable. So Sidharth Malhotra is forced to keep the same dazed and confused expression on his face through the film. Jai just keeps waking up in different years and has no clue what has happened in the years that have gone by. On paper, this must have seemed like an ambitious, beguiling idea, especially for Hindi cinema. ![]() She also stretches herself by finding some depth and expression. He realises how empty his life will be if he continues to put his passion - Vedic mathematics - above all else. Like that man, Jai also becomes a loving husband and father by travelling back and forth in time. The 2013 British film, About Time, featured a time-travelling protagonist who learns to enjoy each day of what he calls his ‘extraordinary, ordinary life’. All working moms know this, but it takes Jai a hundred and forty-two minutes to figure it out. And a sagely professor of mathematics declares: “ Balance ke bagair koi equation perfect nahin hoti”. A wise pundit tells us: “ Badi baaton pe nahin, chhoti baaton pe dhyan do”. In case you miss them, the characters helpfully spell them out. The writers - Sri Rao, Anuvab Pal and Nitya herself - are imparting life lessons here. ![]() Baar Baar Dekho is essentially the movie equivalent of a Hallmark card.
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