Rachit Gupta

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For anyone who has ever read Rumi on a sleepless night or found themselves undone by an Amrita Pritam poem, Main Vaapas Aaunga has a soulfulness that quietly gets under your skin and into the rhythm of your heart beats. The love at its core is real, rare, and worth returning for.

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Not just the situations, but the screenplay has some subliminally brilliant dialogue that keeps the viewer hooked, right through the film.

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But the second half, when new male characters played by Tusshar Kapoor, Shaad Randhawa and Nishant Malkani are introduced to amp up the chaos, the madcap humour gets a bit better, but it still isn’t enough to make the audience laugh out loud. What does work is the physical comedy in the film played out by the three male leads, Riteish, Aftab and Vivek. The slapstick works in parts, especially when the three men put on over-the-top costumes and behave like bumbling idiots. The girls – played by Elnaaz, Shreya and Ruhi look fabulous but have very little to do apart from wearing fancy clothes and looking clueless. At 2 hours and 22 minutes, Mastiii 4 feels stretched and the gags keep on coming, but don’t always land in the way they should.

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But it all comes together nicely, because the film's writing creates the right moments and expositions to support Tanvi's dream. What doesn't pass muster is the film's screenplay and the general mushy dialogue. Some setpieces in Tanvi's story feel a little too choreographed and staged. Here's a spirited girl who's defying all odds to pursue a dream, despite being different. She's not less than any other human and that part of this film is truly worthy of celebration. But there are often moments that play out like they're forcing sentimentality to the viewer at the expense of authenticity. Also, what doesn't help is the film's soundtrack and background music. Tanvi The Great's music all round is far from being good, at times it doesn't even feel serviceable.