Shuddh Desi Romance

Raghu-(Sushant)-the-Romeo is a tourist guide in Jaipur, making up stories to sell garments to tourists, who also doubles up as rental baraati for Goyal (Rishi Kapoor), a shaadi planner. He meets the rebellious Gayatri (Parineeti) who is also a rental baarati when he meets her and feels an attraction towards her. The Shaadi they are going to is of Raghu himself to Tara (Vaani Kapoor), who he has met just once but has agreed to marry her just because she is beautiful. They end up making out on the bus & it confuses Raghu to run away from the wedding on the pretext of going to the toilet. Sometime later he bumps into Gayatri & confesses his feelings towards her & she realises she likes him too. They end up living together & two cutesy songs later they decide to get married. Gayatri leaves Raghu at the wedding by going to the toilet & then running away exactly how Raghu had previously done since she is unsure about his intentions. In the next wedding he is rented as a baarati he bumps back into Tara where she takes matters & the plot into her own hands. Rishi Kapoor aptly says the dialogue ‘Ab bhaagte hi rahoge ya theheroge bhi?’ Quite a fitting dialogue for the Gen Y. Tara and Raghu start meeting each other, this time trying to get to know each other a little better & of course making out in the process. Here is a plug of one of my favourite songs “Shaam Gulabi” which shows their fun dating experience around the city. At Tara’s friend’s wedding she & Raghu bump into Gayatri which is a really awkward encounter which turns more absurd as Raghu has to drive Gayatri to the station to pick the priest. The drive is hilarious in more ways than one & it ends with them meeting Tara back at the wedding and chilling together over a meal. Modern ways of dating aren’t really a piece of cake after all. At the iconic meeting point of the toilet at the wedding Tara catches Gayatri & Raghu getting close & then having a conversation with her in an empty bus. That really represents the maturity in a way that Tara has & Gayatri’s honesty is endearing. In a moment with Gayatri, Tara realises she is over Raghu & just disappears. Of course, Raghu & Gayatri try to talk it out & with the help of Mr Goyal they finally end up deciding to get married once again. This time both of them run away from their wedding separately & meet back at Gayatri’s house. They realise that they somewhere don’t believe in weddings yet love each other & want to be together with their own free will & not bound by vows.