Love Aaj Kal Movie Review: Seriously, what is this randomness?

Love Aaj KalUA RomanceDir Imtiaz AliCast Kartik Aaryan Sara Ali KhanRatingIf you want a simple gist of the nihayti fullon randomness going on in this morbid moroseness masquerading as a movie then just consider one fact to start with That Randeep Hooda plays Kartik Aaryan in this filmBy which I mean Aaryans schoolboy character presumably in his teens up until the early 20s grows up to transform himself into Hooda in his 40s Dont know what Hooda such a fine actor should feel most affronted by mdash his own offkilter sutradhar narrators roleWatchLove Aaj Kal TrailerOr the complete rando of a character his younger version is mdash cant talk cant walk all he does is stalk the girl in his neighbourhood The girls with him even then But this bumbling fellow is distracted by a bevy of beauties dying to bed him AchhaThis is the kal pasttense part of Love Aaj Kal set in the 90s the love and longing of current times What about the aaj the present Appears equally tense Stars Aaryan as well Again cant talk cant walk or walk the talk basically stalks the girl Sara Ali Khan he meets at a nightclub while she is altogether fine with this psycho on the prowl always in her field of vision She likes this in fact HmmmFully willing to concede there must be some film in the filmmakers head as is always the case before they set out to shoot mdash whether it remains underrealised or not is another matter But WTHs this Who are these loonies on screen Are there codes designed to reveal their genuine mental condition mdash Tourette OCD anxiety anything mdash thats been secretly revealed that Im unable to discover yet And what am I supposed to feel for these floozies Sad happy in the mood for love what God only knowsHeres what we do The films directed by Imtiaz Ali Jab We Met Rockstar Tamasha Never mind his last release When Harry Met Sejal 2017 about a couple driving around a bunch of restaurants and hotels looking for a missing ring or some such Maybe SRK happened to him there meaning pressures of stardom took its tollAs a director theres much to pick from Alis filmography decidedly because hes devoted himself to emotionally strong modern romcoms a dying genre And that I love the most if served well mdash ideally mediumrare And even if nothing works theres usually the promise of a great soundtrack AR Rahmans the man shot over stunning locations These are redeemable crutches Theres none of that going on here eitherWhat is Love Aaj Kal is supposed to be the sequel of Alis lovely Love Aaj Kal 2009 Let alone the fact that the filmmakers couldnt come up with a title for a new film as you step in postinterval with a hiphop number magically crackling on screen absolutely from nowhere you realise theres not even a pretence of a picture left anymoreSome of the sidecharacters especially the modern couples parents Simone Singh etc even the leads in several sequences seem like theyve been airlifted from a horror franchise As does the eerie background score on occasion Kuch bhi chal raha hai anything goes You carry on watching because you have toWe all have our own ways of dealing with such assaults on senses I could hear audiences from the back unintentionally sniggering at key emotional moments All I could do sitting in the frontrow is fidget on my phone and note down lines from Saras character Just to go with the randomness of it allThese are probably passwords to this pic Abhi ke liye aur explore paach saal mein established Tab pehla serious relationship Explore worklife for five years and then first serious relationship Apne andar ke bitch ko bahar aane dena chahiye You must let out the bitch within you Hearing the narrator tell his story she goes You know what Mujhe aage nahin sunna hai dont wanna hear more Mujhe bhi nahinAll that you need to know am guessing is this was supposed to be some sort of a latemillennial take on balancing career with relationship mdash the newage commitment phobia if you will Going back to Saras character she explains Par balance hai hi nahin mujhme Have lost all mental balance too Bas ho gaya bossCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates