Befikre — Confused, Just Like Our Generation
Aditya Chopra’s Befikre opens with shots of random people locking lips on the streets of Paris, setting up the tone for what is in store for us. He tries to create an opening sequence with strangers, exactly like his father the late Yash Chopra did in the opening credits of Dil To Pagal Hai. Sadly, junior Chopra doesn’t create the magic like his father.
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This is just one of the many scenes in the film where Aditya Chopra tweaks scenes from his own movies. And when it doesn’t seem to be working, he gets Ranveer Singh aka Dharam Singh to do a ‘PP’ (Pairi-Pona) and goes the ‘sanskaari’ way in a film that is definitely not meant to be ‘sanskaari’ at all!
Befikre is no where close to the YRF brand of movies. It just attempts to be cooler and in sync with the current generation’s views about relationships.
The premise, if ever there is any, focuses on how two individuals who do not want a serious relationship end up hooking up, living in together, breaking up, celebrating their break up, and then realising that they cannot live without each other! Nothing new right!
In the age of Tinder, where making a choice is just a swipe away, relationships aren’t meant to be a serious business, a film like Befikre attempts to fit in and match with these views.
Ranveer Singh’s pumping energy and Vaani Kapoor’s oomph factor save the sinking film but only to a point.
Aditya Chopra, the man behind the iconic Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, sadly will remain as a one-film wonder, considering that none of his ventures post DDLJ managed to set a benchmark. With Befikre, it just gets worse!
