Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya Movie Review – Enjoyable in Parts

Posted by admin on Feb 26th, 2012 | 0 comments

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya is just another love-story treated a wee bit differently with some cool lines and live-wire performances, especially that of Genelia D’Souza.

An adventurous girl Mini (Genelia D’ Souza) loves her independence more than anything. Though she is a doting daughter of a caring father Bhatti (Tinnu Anand), she is no way interested in any of the boys her father selects for her marriage. Mini is smart enough to know that the eligible bachelors are only eyeing her money but are also using her as a passport for the Canada trip.

Story of Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya: Viren (Riteish Deshmukh) is a poor auto-rickshaw driver who does not like shortcuts in life. He thinks that his employer Bhatti had cheated him and thus wants to take revenge on him. Mini who wants to escape from the marriage trap looks at this as an opportunity for freedom and stages her fake kidnapping without being aware that this can lead to potentially problematic situations for her. Mini comes to know that Viren is actually the son of an infamous, dangerous kidnapper Chaudhary (Om Puri) but she smartly manages to charm everyone in the family, so much that they think that Mini and Viren are actually a couple. There is a neat twist in the end as well.

What works for Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya:

Director Mandeep Kumar has made a saccharine, sweet love story without resorting to unnecessary drama. He has even managed to keep Genelia’s animated expressions under control. Love stories these days, have a third angle to the film (Jab We Met, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Tanu Weds Manu) but thankfully, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya stays true to the two characters. Dhieyo Sandhu may not have written a path-breaking film but still the fresh, humorous lines in the film make the proceedings worth a watch.

What does not work for Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya:

The movie is predictable. The kidnapping scene looks fake and repetitive. How many times have we seen Genelia playing the bubbly girl on-screen? The escapades could have been more eventful. Though the movie is light-headed and entertaining, the high handed climax ruins it in the end.

Performances in Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya:

Riteish Deshmukh always excels in comedy films and this time too, he is impeccable in spite of being restrained. Genelia by the strength of her spunky character, seems to have a ball in the film, she is refreshing and energetic throughout the film. In fact, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya is Genelia’s career best performance so far, in a Bollywood film.

The chemistry between Riteish and Genelia also add up to an entertaining watch. Om Puri is superb; he gets the best lines in the film that keeps the audience in splits. Veena Malik’s item number does not create any magic and other actors like Chitrashi Rawat and Navin Prabhakar are wasted.

Conclusion:

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya is a simple, sweet film which works on the basis of its dialogue and performances.

Rating : *** (Above average)