Meri Pyaari Bindu: Much too sweet, oh-so sticky

Cast:  Ayushmann Khurrana, Parineeti Chopra

Rated: 4/10

Some relationships are not meant to be. Some films, too, are not meant to be. Meri Pyari Bindu is afflicted by both. An overly sweet romance between a bhadralok Bengali and his Tamilian neighbour suffering from attention deficit disorder would have made for a pulsating romance but for the director’s complete lack of control over proceedings flitting between then and now.

Ayushmann Khurrana as the engineer-turned-writer of pulp fiction is oh-so-sweet that you may get diabetes and if you are the centre of his attraction you too may bolt much like Parineeti does. Only problem is that she keeps bolting from everything and everyone and you kind of get tired with this hop, skip, jump situation of the film.

Everything is so overly concocted that even the infectious vivacity of Parineeti and the husband-material stability of Khurrana kind of makes you fed up. Good, thrilling romancing are sadly not coming our way anymore but still it is a tad difficult to make up for it by sitting through mounts like Meri Pyari Bindu (MPB). Strange no? Why would a film with humour, romance and music (the only thing I loved about the film was its retro music) not work? MPB still does not, despite working hard, too hard, at trying to make things work.

It’s well, a very bubbla film. You know I mean?

Source: Sunday Pioneer, 14 May, 2017