Review of Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (2011) by Asif K — 27 Feb 2011

"Dil Toh Baccha Hai" is a slice of life film of three men... Naren Ahuja, Nikhil and Abhay Suri and their encounters with love! Naren, who works in a multinational bank as a manager, meets an impulsive, vivacious girl called June, to whom he's attracted and changes his look entirely! Nikhil works in a matrimonial website and is searching for true love. He meets his dream girl in the form of Gungun, a radio jockey wanting to be a famous actress! Abby is a Casanova whose life revolves around women! Not being qualified enough, he works as a trainer in a gym to make ends meet! Thus Dil Toh Baccha hai, with its real characters and relatable situations, takes a funny look at love and the extent people will go to avoid it or achieve it!

Well well well what? Madhur Bhandarkar directed it, well yes he did. well honestly you will not see much of a change in Madhur's director, thats a positive thing, for this movie he changed the usual realistic drama genre he usually loves to make. don't expect a silly slapstick comedy but a romantic dramedy, that is what it should be called. it does not have many comedy scenes, it is a situational based comedy, sure it has some scenes that are laughable but overall it is a romantic drama with a good proportion of comedy. this is what I liked most about the movie that it was very smartly written. characters were handled with great care. its a lovely movie. many of people will don't like it but I did.

Direction of this movie is good but not excellent, Madhur knows exactly what he was doing and what he really wanted out of all this. it has been written very well, geniusly and very intelligentaly, I liked it. screenplay is very good, has few minor lumps in it though. it is a slow paced movie with overall not much happening that is somehow a not so good thing about the movie but that suits the movie very well. story of this movie is very good, it basically has 3 main characters and their different stories. I loved it. their stories and their own lifes and love life have been shown very well. so good. Music of this movie is so good and romantic, very soothing tracks like Tere Bin, Abhi Kuch Dino Say, Jadugari and 1 more, I love its music. goes so much with the movie.

Talking about acting performances, their isn't anything special I saw as far as their performances are concerned they were pretty average. the ending of the movie shocked me and it is completely un predictable abd utterly shocking. the movie is about life and how love and life is, in the end if everything does not turns out how you wanted and life takes you to a road of completely surprises, its the time to move on. wow. and I loved the tag line of this movie, Love grows men don't. lol that is true. I liked it, had a good time watching it. but it is not a excellent or superb movie just good. give it a try.