Film

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya

Name: Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Science Fiction
Released: 2024
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Dimple Kapadia, Dharmendra, Ashish Verma

Romantic comedy

A Bollywood romantic comedy about an engineer who falls for an android designed to be his ideal partner. It's a charming, earnest film that plays the sci-fi premise straight while delivering the song-and-dance spectacle and emotional beats you expect from Hindi cinema. For anyone who likes their love stories with a high-concept twist and doesn't mind letting sentiment win.

TMDb rating

2.9

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you like a romance whose sci-fi premise is played straight-faced, letting the comedy grow out of earnest courtship rather than out of gags or slapstick.

Skip it if you want a brisk, gag-heavy comedy, since this one is leisurely and sentimental for most of its 143 minutes and its humour is gentle rather than sharp.

What it asks of you: A two-hour-plus sitting at a gentle pace, letting scenes breathe and asking you to stay with its sentiment rather than hurry past it.

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