Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Ek Tarfa Pyaar’

From a breezy college romance in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to family dramas (or dramata) of different kinds in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kal Ho Naa Ho, moving onto a mature love story in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and My Name Is Khan, and then launching three of the most promising young actors in Bollywood today with Student Of The Year, Karan Johar is making a comeback with what looks like a well-knit love story, and thank God for that!

It’s definitely not the first time we will watch an extra-marital affair unfolding on the 70 mm screen, and definitely not the first by KJo, (he’s made KANK in 2006 and a short story in Bombay Talkies in 2013 that touched upon a similar theme) but it’s the first time I’m so pumped up to watching something by the director and most of it could be because I’ve practically grown up watching cinema presented by YRF Studios and Dharma Productions, having fed on masala Bollywood and feeling strongly for most of the characters. Of course, my most-favorite remain Amit, Shobha and Chandni from Silsila.

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is all-set to release this Diwali and stars Ranbir Kapoor as Ayan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Saba and Anushka Sharma as Alizeh. The film will also have Fawad Khan playing a special role (it’s got to be special, ’cause, Fawad…)

The first thoughts I got from the teaser that released this morning was… wow! An intense romance, couple-in-love, couple-out-of-love, a warm friendship and a melodious song in Arijit Singh’s voice. More so because everyone is looking so gorgeous in every frame! Does it make you feel “how can someone look so good?”Ranbir Kapoor says, “ek tarfa pyaar ki taakat hi kuchh aur hoti hai, auron ke rishton ki tarah yeh do logon mein nahi batti, sirf mera haq hai ispe.” While we don’t have a chance of discovering what the theme of the film really is going to be, as per past reports from various Bollywood sites, the film is about an extra-marital affair and probably inspired by the 1977 film, Doosra Aadmi starring Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh (the couple wasn’t married yet) and Rakhee. To know that a film by Yash Chopra has been inspired into a film by Karan Johar is quite comforting because you know your minutes at the theatre, the long wait for the film and what-I-feel-it-will-make-me-feel-feeling after the film is not going to be a futile exercise.

While I listen to the song with such deep meaning on loop, click to listen to the song on Saavn. Twitter is abuzz with how the title song is similar to Hamari Adhuri Kahani’s title song, I want to ask how? Do you know?

Anyhow, here’s the teaser of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil:

In his recent interview with film critic Rajeev Masand, Ranbir Kapoor had sounded very sure of himself despite facing brickbats for his last three debacles, Besharam, Roy and Bombay Velvet (Tamasha was a hit, yes, but not understood by most of the audience, including established critics. An unfortunate situation for a beautiful film). We know why. *prepares to write something on Tamasha now*