Gehraiyaan

Name: Gehraiyaan
Director: Shakun Batra
Genre: Drama
Released: 2022-02-11
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Dhairya Karwa, Ananya Panday, Naseeruddin Shah

Directed by Shakun Batra

TezScore70/100 Favourable reception Generally favourable Early coverage · 1 scored of 2 Indian-media reviews How TezScore works IMDb 5.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes 64%

148 min 11 Feb 2022

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Synopsis

Gehraiyaan

Alisha "Al" Khanna, a 30-year-old yoga instructor is working on an app but struggling to find investors while providing for her boyfriend Karan Arora, an unemployed writer. She has anxiety, dealing with her mother Sonali's suicide as a child, and is estranged from her father Vinod, who she blames for her mom's depression. Alisha's cousin Tia is engaged to Zain Oberoi and invites the couple to their Alibaug beach house. Zain and Alisha bond due to their traumatic past. Alisha impulsively kisses him but regrets it. Alisha, Tia and Karan are childhood friends through their families. When Alisha discovers that Karan shared his draft with Tia but not her, even though she had been asking to read it for a long time, she is extremely hurt and begins an affair with Zain. Zain gets his business to invest in Alisha's app. Karan proposes to Alisha in front of family and friends. She ends her affair with Zain to focus on a fresh start with Karan, only to break up. The breakup follows after her discovery that Karan's book had been rejected before he proposed, a fact he kept from her. Zain tells Alisha that he will end his relationship with Tia once he returns her dad's investment in his company. Zain's company provides Alisha with a new yoga studio and the two continue their passionate affair. At Zain and Tia's anniversary party, Alisha reveals to Zain that she is pregnant. Zain's company is placed under investigation when one of his investors is charged with money laundering.

Director: Shakun Batra
Release: 11 Feb 2022
Run time: 148 min
Language: Hindi

Reviews

Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.

Critics' consensus

Generally favourable

Across 2 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Gehraiyaan, reception is generally favourable. The scored review is 70/100.

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Best forViewers looking for drama and romance in Hindi cinema.

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Deccan Herald

Gehraiyaan makes an impact due to the effective screenplay and natural performances.

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The New Indian Express

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5

It’s a familiar insight from the makers of Kapoor & Sons. What’s unfamiliar, though, are the complex psychologies at play. Deepika has described the film as a ‘domestic noir’, and we come to see why. Alisha and Zain buck the trend of besotted movie leads. Their affair is viewed through, rather than despite of, their material lives. There are two complications that arrive in quick succession, at the same party. It’s the best sequence in the film, fusing larger professional troubles with sudden, private ones. Cinematographer Kaushal Shah accentuates the pinks and teals, in sync with a pop soundtrack. Shakun, more than ever, seems in control of his visual and sonic landscape. There is a hint of Steve McQueen’s Shame—most strikingly in the hotel room scenes overlooking the sea. It’s a moody, handsome production, though I wish we cut away more often from Zain and Tia’s upper-crust world.

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