Reincarnation films in Bollywood straddle the real and the supernatural worlds, and are usually love or revenge stories. But Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha is different in that aspect. It straddles two genres instead. While the makers want you to believe it is a romantic thriller, it ends up being an unintentional comedy.
Our protagonist Dev is part spirit, part goon and part loverboy who is not a supernatural, but a hyper-natural being. He can swing down, Tarzan-like, from tree tops, perform a creepy CPR on the actress and stop a speeding car with his lanky bare hands, laws of physics be damned.