And I'm not going to watch Dil Bechara until I am done watching Fault In Our Stars.
That was the plan.
But I couldn't wait anymore.
One fine afternoon on the treadmill I decided I needed to watch Dil Bechara because my initial plan would simply take way too long. It was a sweet one with annoyingly funny bouts of humor layered with heavy doses of emotion. The movie moves you as it touches the sensitive life and death issue. But what shakes you even more is the unexpected demise of Sushant Singh right before the release of this movie. Sad. Truly sad.
It is disturbing how the actor who shot the entire movie became a 'memory' honored at the beginning and ending of the film even before it was released. Nobody knew he would die in the real world, off the camera, while they were working with him. Truly, life is unpredictable, just as the message of the movie goes. For me, this was my first Sushant Singh movie; I'd only seen him ages ago in that serial on Star Plus - a show I never liked, by the way. All I could think of after watching this movie was ... what a movie to be someone's last.
For the most part though I tried watching the movie without the thought of the actor's death in mind. I didn't want it to affect the way I felt about the movie, though excluding it out entirely was impossible of course. All of those thoughts aside, I liked the movie. Mostly I liked how sweet it was. I am a sucker for feel good movies with cheesy friendships and relationships and this was just that. My kinda movie, you know? There was always the sense of looming death and loss throughout the film but somehow the sweetness cut through it all until the very end. Both the characters were likeable and both of them did such a great job acting their roles out. Although Manny's annoyingly flirtatious overacting did bother me, his happy-carefree-yolo attitude was contagious and elating to watch. Manny was the typical guy-who-annoys-but-is-also-kinda-nice kind of person. Watching Kizzie was like watching a real life character; she was so natural and just so real, I completely forgot I was watching a fictional character in the first place.
Finished watching Dil Bechara ... what a movie to be someone's last.#DilBechara #sushantsinghrajpoot pic.twitter.com/xtKzRoC8df
— Saraallie ✨ (@sara_allie) September 12, 2020
So what did I like about the movie overall? It was sweet, it was funny, it was fun, it made me smile, all the actors were great with their roles, and the surprise appearance by Saif Ali Khan (seriously, I did not know that was coming and I was like whaaaaaaaaaaaa while running on the treadmill!). The movie made me laugh, it made me cry, it was full of all those typical Bollywood emotions that I love. I also was glad they kept the sadness to a minimum towards the end of the movie. I tend to cry while watching movies and reading books. I cried while running on my treadmill because of Dil Bechara. So it was good that the 'death part' wasn't most of the movie ... and they spared me the actual death scene or I know I would have cried soooooo bad.
What did I not like about the movie though? Was there anything? Well, it was my first time watching Sushant Singh so I'm not sure if this is his usual acting or if he was doing something different for his role as Manny ... but I thought his acting mimicked Shahrukh Khan's style. Now, it is perfectly fine to idolize someone and be a fan and be inspired but it annoyed me that he was copying him so much. Shahrukh Khan isn't someone you can imitate and get away with - his style only suits him, on someone else it makes them look stupid. Other than that little annoyance, there wasn't anything I disliked about Dil Bechara at all.
#DilBechara "I am left wondering if Hollywood's Fault In Our Stars will be the same level of emotions after watching the Bollywood version. Usually, Bollywood's emotions are unbeatable ..." pic.twitter.com/wly5wiMnne
— Saraallie ✨ (@sara_allie) September 18, 2020
It is unfortunate he couldn't live to see this movie play in theaters, really. And because of his passing away each and every dialogue that he delivers in the movie has more weight and meaning to it. It was as if it is his last message for everyone to hear. I wonder how his fans must have felt watching all of it ... As for me, I am left wondering if Hollywood's Fault In Our Stars will be the same level of emotions after watching the Bollywood version. Usually, Bollywood's emotions are unbeatable and I am super curious to see if Hollywood can come close or exceed! It would be exciting to watch. For now, Sushant Singh fan or not, anybody who loves emotional cheesy Bollywood movies should go and watch Dil Bechara! It's a good one.
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