“Gehraiyaan” : Watch or not to Watch?
I don’t ever review any movies but I had to write this blog after I came across a disturbing tweet by the most ‘impactful influencer’ from India
Gehraiyaan, a movie starring Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Pandey, and many other amazing actors, released on 11th Feb on Amazon Platform. I was already in love with its songs, no doubt I was excited for its release too!
I never review and recommend any movie, web series, or even books because I believe everyone has their own taste and hence they can just Google What to watch or what to read.
But a tweet by the “Most impactful influencer” whom I follow for their amazing content disappointed me to this extent that I’m writing a whole new article based on this! (and this is my first article of 2022 too!)
So here’s the tweet you can read before I start writing further:
Obviously they have not mentioned the name, but the audience is not dumb!
Movies are made for entertainment but if you are saying that Gehraiyaan has no substance — YOU ARE SO WRONG!
The movie focuses on so many elements at a time with its prime focus on “childhood trauma” that only an empathetic person can understand.
Infidelity, love, lies, pain, trust, regrets, selfishness, life choices— every element is beautifully represented in this movie.
For me there were 3 major plot twists in this movie that makes it worth investing 140 minutes of my boring life anyways!
Deepika’s performance was flawless as usual. Ananya’s character , for some reasons, I felt that if wanted, the directors could have added more layers to her character too. Siddhant played his part pretty well and so did Dhairya.
I am nobody to say if you must watch this movie or not. Anybody with interest in psychology must definitely give it a try. I explored teenager psychology during lockdown, I guess this was one of the reasons I was able to watch this movie without any questions on the characters.
Anyways, it’s all up to you if you wish to watch this movie or not. All I had to say is being an “impactful influencer” whom the whole nation is following, could have been more thoughtful before saying that ‘there’s no substance in this movie’. It’s really a strong statement made against a movie that focuses on topics related to trauma and psychology!
