Review of Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (2013) by Chinmay C — 17 Oct 2015

Gori Tere Pyaar Mein is directed by Punit Malhotra starring Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Shraddha Kapoor. It is a Romantic-Comedy revolving around two characters Sriram Venkat (Imran) and Dia Sharma (Kareena). Sriram is a self-centered shallow city jerk who doesn't value his family and relationships and Dia is a NGO worker who wants to make a difference in the society in her own small way.

The first half of the movie is mostly in flashbacks with Sriram narrating his story of, how he met Dia and how their relationship took a wrong turn, to his fiancé Vasudha (Shraddha Kapoor). Whereas the second half of the movie completely takes place in Jumli village located in Gujrat where Dia has taken up residence and Sriram has to win her back by constructing a bridge for the village by using his degree in Architecture, which would make it easier for the villagers to cross the river.

The main flaws with this movie are its story and its week screenplay. It doesn't hold the audience's attention and eventually you may end up getting bored towards the end. Imran tries to maintain a certain charm through the entire movie which is appreciable but Dia's character is very underdeveloped. A little more back story for her character would have made her a better character. The music by Vishal-Shekhar is enjoyable, though I think most of the songs should have been cut from the movie since they doesn't match the situation of the characters especially in the second half of the movie.

On the whole, Gori Tere Pyaar Mein has an interesting first half but the second half of the movie lets the movie down and does not go well with its first half. The direction and performances are just okay, the music is good and so is the cinematography.