The best parts of Shaandaar are in its trailer and if you do survive the full 145 minutes, you’ll realise that the way the film has been written and directed, it’s more a series of YouTube sketches than a proper story. Why are the Aroras marrying Eesha off in England when they’re verging on bankruptcy? How is it that two business families agree to marrying off their marriageable members without doing a wee bit of research on the prospective in-laws?
What an awful review. You obviously did not watch the same movie I did.
This was a quirky off-beat movie and it worked! I don’t think I’ve laughed this hard in a while. The jokes were like the movie, quirky. Unlike most mainstream movies such as Housefull, etc, the goal wasn’t to fill up 3 hours with double entendres, a huge pro IMHO. The chemistry between Pankaj and Shahid was outstanding!
"Eesha realises that the man with whom her wedding has been arranged has absolutely nothing going for him other than his eight-and-a-half pack of abs". Yes, because she’s barely said two words to him and she knows the entire point of the marriage is a business deal.
"On paper, Shaandaar is the story of two sisters". No it’s not. The sisters are main characters, yes, but it’s a story of a messed up family.
"Why is Eesha stripping down to her underwear at the mandap? Just’cause". No. Not just cause. She stripped as a statement. It was her "this is me, screw you for judging me, I am who I am" statement. It was Eesha taking a stand and making a choice. It was her declaring she has the right to be loved for who she is. It was her taking a stand against fat-shaming.