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  Review by yash

  तीन चीज़ें हैं इस दुनिया में जो कोई कुछ करले मेरी आंखों से आंसू टपकने से रोक ना सके -
  1. पापा जी की चप्पल
  2. अंग्रेज़ी का प्रश्न पत्र, और
  3. कुमार सानू की आवाज़।
  बहुत दर्द भरा है इन सब मैं।

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  Review by anaitis ★★★½

  most problems in my life would disappear if i could be as outspoken and unabashed as Sandhya

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  Review by Gazelle Garcia ★★★

  Prem is really unlikable until the last 5 minutes of the film... which are actually very cute.

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  Review by namratx ★★★

  sandhya: smart, beautiful, sense of humor, witty, strong, sense of self

  prem: prakash

  anyway the song at the end was really cute and 90’s reminiscent but damn prem is such a useless hag for most of this ... sandhya you deserve better!!

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  Review by Ashwani Kumar Tiwari ★★★½ 1

  Absolutely entertaining trope fueller of a film that gave one of the earliest small town upper caste family lives and misdemeanors story to the industry to make cinema with and Bollywood hasn't shut the fuck up since then. So much that even this film feels tiring when you get busy with the antics and everyday screw ups of this oddball of a family. Lower middle class has to be oddball where everyone pukes kamedy out of every hole they possess. And ofc, everyone is frustrated.

  But I have to accomodate the film with a greater admiration because when it came out, it wasn't a run of the mill thing.

  Dum Laga Ke Haisha has aged. And it'll continue to age until it rots but it remains enjoyable to a great extent.

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  Review by adatar ★★★★

  Ayo this made me wanna hit my head on the wall for 3/4 of the movie, and hold hands with someone I love for 1/4 of the movie

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  Review by Khader Farooqui

  Family is beautiful: Although the theme of the movie is that, love is more than physical appearances, it’s the depiction of typical desi middle class family that stands out for me. The family scenes are memorable, even now. Bhumi Pednekar gives a strong performance. The dialogues are authentic with the dialect and everything. Wrapped in a Bollywood masala cover, this is a movie with a giant heart. And of course, Kumar Sanu, a voice memorable for every 90’s kid. Truth be told I enjoyed this family entertainer more than I thought I would.

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  Review by Julia ★★½

  Ok, fine, the end was cute. BUT the entirety of the movie I couldn't stop thinking about how much of a whiny bitch that husband was. His wife is beautiful, and he's pissed off because she's not a size 0. I can literally not find enough energy to care about him whatsoever.

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  Review by Sabya ★★½

  Pretty cute although not quite as good as I expected. Felt half cooked at points.

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  Review by Grant McLanaghan

  Too underdeveloped to strike as keenly as it might. There’s certainly potential to be mined from dramatic conflict giving way to happier, feel-good vibes but Ayushmann Khurrana’s Prem is far too immature to properly feel sympathy with, behaving more like a petted-lipped toddler than a late-20-something, albeit one whose prospects have been curtailed by a browbeating father.

  Bhumi Pednekar’s Sandhya is much easier to get on board with, which is hardly surprising since she does nothing wrong and yet has to bear endless brickbats about her larger-than-average size (not to mention her academic merits). Quite rightly, she stands her ground while making some ‘necessary’ matrimonial placations.

  Unfortunately, the showpiece ‘wife-carrying contest’ is unconvincingly staged, designed for maximum punch-the-air impact, and as a lazy narrative palliative for a couple trammelled into an arranged marriage.

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  Review by Icha Hairunnisa ★★★★½

  Terima kasih untuk @PicturePlay yang merekomendasikan film ini karena pembahasan film Andhadun. Pemeran utama di film India ngehe itu sama dengan pemeran utama di film yang (nggak aku sangka) nggak cuma lucu ini. Film yang nggak cuma punya adegan enak-enak lucu ber-quote,

  “Aku tak kelelahan sepertimu,” dan,

  “Anak kita sudah jadi laki-laki,” dengan backsound ranjang berderit derit.

  Film yang bukan sekedar tentang perjodohan ini. Film ini juga tentang body shaming, perubahan zaman mempengaruhi bisnis keluarga, dan derajat perempuan di mata laki-laki.

  Untuk soal perubahan zaman mempengaruhi bisnis keluarga, film ini ngingatin sama Galih & Ratna dan Aach Aku Jatuh Cinta. Bisnis keluarga di Dum Laga Ke Haisha dan Galih & Ratna sama-sama toko kaset. Kalau Aach Aku Jatuh Cinta beda sih, bisnis…

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  Review by MovieMavenGal (aka Pardesi) ★★★★½

  The Chicago South Asian Film Festival presented it on the big screen immediately after DDLJ! At the last minute, I decided to buy a ticket and watch it. Some of the biggest laughs in the audience were when Prem and Sandhya were battling with different songs on tapes. I wish I knew what those old songs were because the lines chosen were obviously hilarious to Hindi speakers.

  Funny thing was that when I was buying the ticket from the festival staff, the woman helping me said, "I think this one is supposed to be pretty funny." I replied, "It is! I own it on DVD." She was amazed. Had no idea it was out on disc already, and I had to spell out Induna.com to her when I told her I had ordered if from India. Too funny.