This film might have been sounded interesting and new at script level but execution and style of narration on screen fail to enhance that thin line. Cute ghost angle looks so forced. It was just to take the film in flashback to tell another love story, writer Anvita Dutt must have thought this love track heart wrenching romantic drama but it remains in her mind only but does not sparkle on screen. Film goes back in 1919 in flashbacks but bricks of house and most of the things don't look like of that time period. This love track was supposed to be musical romantic but music arrangement sounds of today's. A person gets married to a tree for some astro Manglik issue but instead gets married with a ghost, living on that tree is sounding good but film does not explore this line rather suddenly jumps to tell another story which makes film very slow. Pre climax offers some drama and pace but again with long shots of climax spoils that. In the name of comedy only few smiles are there. Characterization is shaky. Girl brother was violently against her affair but when boy sends money order he finds boy suitable, when brother was established as not a materialistic person and a noble doctor, secretly supporting freedom movement. Girl is established obedient type but then sneaks to listen music being played on record, even after clearly refusing her brother that she wont go!? Initially ghost was just audible and seen by boy. She didn't touch anything of this world but in climax she holds record disc and even touches person cheeks in the flow of emotions!? This ghost angle doesn't add any drama in story's thin line rather tells her story with extra details. Typical Pujabi liquor indulgent family is set for weird humor which is above the note most of the time. Like Grandmother tells his son among all guests that he has come into this world only due to two pegs of drinks when he tries to interrupt her to tell story about drink and its physical effect on her husband. I can't buy this one as humor or sarcasm. Its beyond the line somehow. Performance wise Suraj Sharma as Kanan is first rate. Just with his expressions he adds so much to film without saying any word. Diljit Dosanjh is fine. Anushka Sharma is OK. Mehreen Pirzada as Anu, modulates her voice but expressions remain almost same.
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