Total Siyapaa
U/A; Romcom
Director: E. Nivas
Cast: Ali Zafar, Yami Gautam, Kirron Kher, Anupam Kher

Cross-border love -- especially if it centres around characters from India and Pakistan -- undoubtedly makes for an interesting conversation. But can the same be said about movies based on the subject? So far most Hindi films dealing with this theme have stuck to cliches, thus reducing onscreen characters to mere caricatures. Total Siyapaa is set in London, but it is forward-looking only in some parts. What works against it is the fact that the story wanders aimlessly ever so often and has several loose ends.

The film begins with an Indo-Pak couple keen on getting married. Here, the Indian girl (Yami Gautam) introduces her folks to her Pakistani boyfriend (Ali Zafar). And this turns out to be a terrible idea. To them belonging to different religions is perhaps not as big an issue as belonging to different countries. Zafar's character can't help but think of escaping the house as it becomes increasingly impossible for him to come across even one sensible soul. However, circumstances won't let him flee. And that's the part where the film gains momentum but only for a little while.