Movie Review: "I Hate Luv Storys"

Ah, Bollywood. All things good and cheesy and bright and happy. Singing and dancing, innocence - they're delightful. You do have to read them, which is slightly annoying, however, at the same time it's kind of endearing. It's nice to see there's life outside of Hollywood. And that that life is good.

However, their romantic comedies are even more predictable than ours. The girl has a strict father and an arranged marriage, then finds true love with some wonderful stranger (who she can't stand at first), and oh no whatever shall they do, and then the father relents and they all live happily ever after.

This movie basically makes fun of all that (but in a nice way). Jay (or J as he prefers to be called) hates love stories, but has to take a job working for a Bollywood film maker. There he works with Simran, who absolutely loves love stories and all the silliness involved with them. They drive each other nuts, and, well, if you can't see where this is going from there, then clearly you need to watch more romcoms.

It's predictable fluff, but you take one look at the cover and you know that that's what it is. "'The story itself belongs to the kind that we always make. It is not a great original screenplay but the idea is to pick the same story and make it into something which is very interesting. The film itself is a classic romcom which has all the ingredients that we like in a romcom,' said [actor] Imran [Khan]... 'Punit [the director] wanted to do it in a way where we make fun of what we have seen over the years. Still there was a difference here. Yes, we are pointing fingers at songs and dances but the fact is that we have liked them for decades now and that would continue for many more decades,' said the actor." - expressindia.com

I enjoyed this movie (except for getting one of the songs stuck in my head for a couple days). And I'm thinking I might marry Imran Khan. He's absolutely adorable. If you're up to reading a movie, I would recommend this one. The subtitles do go a little fast at times, but being that this is a standard chick flick, if you don't catch it all, you still know exactly what's happening.