Review: ‘Do Deewane Seher Mein’ has neither direction nor purpose

He lacks confidence because he says “s” instead of “sh” – that’s why the title isn’t Do Deewane Sheher Mein. She wears large, square glasses and has an inferiority complex about her appearance.

The speech defect that isn’t one hasn’t prevented him from getting a marketing job that he has held for five years despite never once making a presentation. She is a content creator at an advertising agency – exactly the kind of world that might be avoided by someone insecure about her looks.

Do Deewane Seher Mein isn’t a plot in search of a movie. It isn’t even much of a plot.

Ravi Udyawar’s Hindi movie, written by Abhiruchi Chand, stars Siddhant Chaturvedi as Shashank and Mrunal Thakur as Roshni. The promise held out by two insecure individuals who meet through an arranged marriage set-up and go through ups and downs before their nuptials is shattered early on.

It’s the kind of film that might puzzle the spectacles-wearing public that hasn’t had a problem finding partners. The bickering is random, an excuse to part only to unite again, an opportunity for Roshni to stress-eat and Shashank to moodily ride his motorcycle through the mountains. Shashank is altogether and always the more believable of the two, Siddhant Chaturvedi portraying his...

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