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Shuddh Desi Romance

  • 20132013
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 21m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
9.7K
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Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, and Vaani Kapoor in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
What happens when three young people in today's changing India try to figure out what love, attraction and commitment mean to each of them? Raghu (Shushant Singh Rajput) needs a woman in his life -the rest he's going to figure out along the way. Gayatri (Parineeti Chopra) has been around the block a few times and knows the scene, warts and all. Tara (Vaani Kapoor) knows what's right for her, but a little experimenting never did hurt anybody, did it? When their lives crisscross, their beliefs get challenged, and their loves, tested. We all want it all...the love, the sex, the relationship, the commitment. But when we get it, it may not be in the way we recognize.
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
9.7K
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  • Director
    • Maneesh Sharma
  • Writers
    • Sameer Rajda(dialogue)
    • Jaideep Sahni
  • Stars
    • Sushant Singh Rajput
    • Parineeti Chopra
    • Rishi Kapoor
Top credits
  • Director
    • Maneesh Sharma
  • Writers
    • Sameer Rajda(dialogue)
    • Jaideep Sahni
  • Stars
    • Sushant Singh Rajput
    • Parineeti Chopra
    • Rishi Kapoor
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 81User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 15 nominations

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    Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
    Sushant Singh Rajput and Vaani Kapoor in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
    Sushant Singh Rajput and Vaani Kapoor in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
    Rishi Kapoor and Sushant Singh Rajput in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
    Sushant Singh Rajput in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
    Rishi Kapoor and Sushant Singh Rajput in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
    Rishi Kapoor in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
    Sushant Singh Rajput in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
    Sushant Singh Rajput in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)
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    Sushant Singh Rajput
    Sushant Singh Rajput
    • Raghuas Raghu
    Parineeti Chopra
    Parineeti Chopra
    • Gayatrias Gayatri
    Rishi Kapoor
    Rishi Kapoor
    • Goyalas Goyal…
    Vaani Kapoor
    Vaani Kapoor
    • Taraas Tara
    Ramakant Dayma
    Ramakant Dayma
    • Mamajias Mamaji
    • (as Ramakant Dayama)
    Alex Gabriel
    • Tourist 2as Tourist 2
    Mahesh Ginnilaal
    • Bus Conductoras Bus Conductor
    • (as Mahesh Ginnilal)
    Imtiaz Ahmad
    • Bride's Electrician Boy Friendas Bride's Electrician Boy Friend
    Bhuvan Arora
    • Raghu's Friend 1as Raghu's Friend 1
    Ankush Bali
    • Boy from Bride's Side 2as Boy from Bride's Side 2
    Adnan Choudhary
    • College Boyas College Boy
    • (as Adnan Choudhury)
    • (credit only)
    Aman Dhanwani
    • Little Boyas Little Boy
    Priyanka Jain
    • Tara's Friend 1as Tara's Friend 1
    Pratik Jaiswal
    • Raghu's Friend 3as Raghu's Friend 3
    Jasbir Jassi
    • Paanwaalaas Paanwaala
    Banwari Jhol
    • Panditas Pandit
    Banwari Lal Jhol
    Banwari Lal Jhol
    • Panditas Pandit
    Sharmila Joshi
    • Portly Lady in Last Weddingas Portly Lady in Last Wedding
    • Director
      • Maneesh Sharma
    • Writers
      • Sameer Rajda(dialogue)
      • Jaideep Sahni
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    • Trivia
      Shahid Kapoor was roped in to play the lead role, but quit before filming began.
    • Alternate versions
      The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove uses of strong language ('bhainchod') in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
    • Connections
      Features Ek Tha Tiger (2012)

    User reviews81

    Review
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    6/10
    Its confusingly irritating climax, sadly ruins a winning build up.
    Admittedly, the most important name in SHUDDH DESI ROMANCE was not Parineeti, Sushant or Maneesh but Jaideep Sahni for me, since I really love the way he writes his films with a rare realistic texture and simplicity. However after watching it in an almost full theater of mostly college students, I was somehow disappointed 'in the end' since the film neither had anything Pure (Shuddh) or Tratitional (Desi) nor truly Romantic in its 140 minutes of content, revolving around Live-In relationships to be precise. So since the main focus of the film was all around casual flirting, pre-marital sex and live in relationships, I strongly felt the title of the film just opposite to its concept as SHUDDH DESI ROMANCE very frankly.

    Besides, this is the first time ever that I felt the writing of Jaideep Sahni (Story, Screenplay, Dialogues & Lyrics) very confusing and unconvincing with every single character of his, not exactly knowing what he/she really wants in his/her life and who do they love from their heart seriously. But fortunately, a viewer gets to think all this in a negative mode, only when the film reaches in its last 30 minutes and not before that.

    Therefore, the good news is that till the complexities between its three leading characters reach their concluding moments, the viewers have nothing to complain at all as far as entertainment is concerned. And the film undoubtedly remains a fairly enjoyable venture both before and after the intermission with many entertaining sequences & dialogues to keep you glued. But once it reaches the finale, all the fine build simply crashes down with some absurd decisions taken by its characters and a very weird kind of conclusion is there promoting an entirely different concept of the present society (i.e. the live in relationships) which is certainly not any SHUDDH DESI ROMANCE as they have named it.

    So if you are just interested in having a good time in the theater, laughing at all the unjustified & highly unrealistic kind of scenes, wherein everyone is behaving in a confused or weird manner, then SDR might interest you a lot since it is exactly packaged to provide the same. It has some great intimate kisses, many hilarious dialogues in a local lingo and some good performances too. But in case you are interested in watching an exceptional love story with a deep emotional base supported by a realistic logic then you might get disappointed like myself as the end credits start rolling.

    Having said that, the smart thing about the film is, that it actually never makes you feel the absurdity till the last few minutes. And its only when the film is over, that you are forced to think "Yaar, Yeh Hua Kya?", followed by more questions about the entire storyline which have no logical answers at all in the film itself. For instance, a young man runs away from his marriage's mandap just before the "Jai-mala" and knowing it, the immensely beautiful bride takes it very casually and asks for a Thanda instead! Now there are many more similar sequences in the film which certainly have no realistic reasoning behind them, not expected from a project written by Jaideep Sahni. But maybe this time the writer and his director were more interested in making the people laugh on these absurdities only, quite intentionally for a change.

    Anyway, though its basic plot is just the same (of confused partners), the film is still presented in a highly likable manner and I too enjoyed it a lot in its initial hour. But towards the final half an hour, the interest was all lost, leading to an utterly confused conclusion, supported by no reason at all. Actually SDR keeps progressing at a very calm pace without any peaks of excitement in the script. Yet it majorly keeps you entertained because of the loving chemistry between its three charming characters and their natural performances. As a strong merit, there are no dull moments in the film at all with many hilarious dialogues in its initial 90 minutes. Still at times one might think that there is too much talking going on instead of Pure Romance in a repetitive mode.

    Musically SDR has some good tracks but also has a signature tune in the background music exactly similar to the notes of "Kiklee Kaleer Di" from LUV SHUV TE CHICKEN KHURANA. Thankfully the songs don't come into the narration abruptly, which is another saving grace of the film and Cinematography also provides a good support capturing the local feel brilliantly.

    In performances, Sushant Singh is remarkably natural and impresses once again post KAI PO CHE!. He is fresh in looks and gets some great lines to woo the audience too.Parineeti Chopra is fine with another of her 'bindaas, spontaneous' performance playing the bold & beautiful. She is no doubt good but now needs to move on, away from her typical 'Carefree' persona displaying some different acting skills in her next projects. Rishi Kapoor is lovable as usual and Rajesh Sharma does it well once again. But the surprise element in the film is Vaani Kapoor who looks stunningly gorgeous and amazingly confident in her very first performance on screen and could have made much more impact with a better role written for her (having some logical reasoning).

    To sum it up, SHUDDH DESI ROMANCE is a young film at heart particularly aiming at the youngsters with many light, entertaining moments to win over them smartly (overstepping the Indian traditional setting of a marriage). It could have been a great film, if it had a more logical conclusion given to the 3 confused characters in the final reels. But in the present form, it has a winning build-up, the impact of which gets more or less ruined by a weird and irritating climax quite surprisingly.
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    • bobbysing
    • Sep 8, 2013

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    • Release date
      • September 6, 2013 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
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    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • A Pure Desi Romance
    • Production company
      • Yash Raj Films
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,690,256
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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