Writer – Director – Anurag Kashyap
Actors – Karan Mehta, Alaya F
Music – Amit Trivedi
Duration – 2 Hours 2 Minutes
Critic Rating – 3.0/5
A common belief about Bollywood’s famous writer and director Anurag Kashyap is that he likes to make dark style films, but somewhere inside Anurag there is also a lover who burns in the fire of love. Be it ‘Dev D’ or ‘Manmarziyaan’ or his other dark films, the complexity of love is seen in all of them. This time Anurag has come up with a new definition of love through ‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’. which has been released in theatres.
The story of this film runs parallel in two time periods and both the locations are almost same. Connecting these two stories is Vicky Kaushal, who plays DJ Mohabbat in the film. Amrita (Alaya F) is sixteen years old and a school going girl. A fan of famous writer Amrita Pritam, this girl falls in love with DJ Mohabbat’s songs and concepts. She wants to attend DJ Mohabbat’s concert at any cost and so runs away from home with 21-year-old Yakub (Karan Mehra). Amrita, who is running away from home, does not realize that she has started the discussion of love jihad with this incident.
The second story of the film is about Ayesha (Alaya F), daughter of a rich father living in London. One night she falls in love with Harmeet (Karan Mehra), the DJ of the pub there. Harmeet wants to focus on his career, but Ayesha’s one-sided love catches up with him. Ayesha resorts to lies to get Harmeet, but she is also unaware that her love could prove fatal.
The film is written and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Anurag begins the story set in two periods in a very intense and interesting way, where there is an innocent glimpse of love. But when the story moves from the track of Amrita-Yaqub to Ayesha-Harmeet and then back to its original track, there is a lot of confusion between the two parallel stories. In the story, Anurag moves through many layers like love-jihad, rich-poor, patriarchy, same-sex relationships, instant love of today’s age.
The film is technically sound and the cinematography sets the mood of the film. Amit Trivedi’s music is nice. Songs like ‘Netflix and Chill’, ‘Mohabbat Se Kranti Ayegi’ are fun. Fortunately the length of the film is not too long. The climax of the film is shocking. Why should you watch this movie? Those who are fans of filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and fond of love stories will enjoy watching this film.
