Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)

A romantic comedy which tells the journey of three restless young people who junk society's syllabus for finding love and decide to follow their heart.

Director:

Maneesh Sharma

Writer:

Jaideep Sahni

Stars:

Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Rishi Kapoor

6 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sushant Singh Rajput	...	Raghu
Parineeti Chopra	...	Gayatri
Vaani Kapoor	...	Tara
Rishi Kapoor	...	Goyal / Tauji
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Imtiaz Ahmad	...	Bride's Electrician Boy Friend
Bhuvan Arora	...	Raghu's Friend 1
Ankush Bali	...	Boy from Bride's Side 2
Ramakant Dayama	...	Mamaji
Aman Dhanwani	...	Little Boy
Alex Gabriel	...	Tourist 2
Mahesh Ginnilal	...	Bus Conductor
Priyanka Jain	...	Tara's Friend 1
Pratik Jaiswal	...	Raghu's Friend 3
Jasbir Jassi	...	Paanwaala
Banwari Jhol	...	Pandit

Storyline

Shuddh Desi Romance is the journey of three restless young people who junk the society's syllabus for finding love and decide to follow their heart. Raghu (Sushant Singh Rajput), a tourist guide in Jaipur, wants a love in his life, and that's it. The rest he's going to figure out along the way. Gayatri (Parineeti Chopra), a part-time instructor in an English speaking institute, has been around the block a few times and knows the scene, warts and all. Tara (Vaani Kapoor), who's dying to get out there and fly, knows what's right for her, but a little experimenting never hurt anybody, did it? When their lives crisscross, their beliefs get challenged, and their loves, tested. We all want it all...the love, the attraction, the relationship, the commitment. But when we get it, it may not be in the way we recognise.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

6 September 2013 (India)

Also Known As:

A Random Desi Romance

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yash Raj Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

141 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Pictures of Shah Rukh Khan and his love interests in Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Veer-Zeera, and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge are shown. All three, like Shuddh Desi Romance, are Yash-Raj films.

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Alternate Versions

The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove uses of strong language ('bhainchod') in order to achieve a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was also available to the distributor who later released the edited 12A-version on DVD/Video with a 12 rating.

User Reviews

People fall in and out of love or marriage mandaps too easily

People fall in and out of love too easily. Change their mind about marriage too conveniently. I understand promiscuity but this is a different level of flippancy. You also don't get what's it about Sushant that he gets too fairly hot women to lust for him.

Sushant Singh runs away from one marriage, from the actual jai-mala stage. Because he is not sure. Neither are we about why he runs away. He seems like a typical, dil-phenkh, sadak- chhaap boy, nothing memorable about him, not much to look at either. But first Parineeti falls for him. Then Vaani Kapoor, the girl he had left at the Hindu equivalent of the altar, also does so. Cue a couple more escapes from weddings and you wonder what the hell is going on…

The only character who remains consistent, understandable is Rishi Kapoor. A man who employs both Sushant and Parineeti as fake baraati's and otherwise runs a wedding catering / baraat business. His advice, concern for the three leads remains genuine. And even though there are plenty of 'I love you's', kisses and sex, not once do you feel anything is real or heart- felt…which kind of allows the whole movie to pass you by as well, without any regard for its leads.

Some of the jokes are funny. The rustic touches are good, the atmosphere, small-town feel works and the performances sincere. Pity you just don't agree with either the overall plot or the characters created.