Critics’ Verdict: ‘Befikre’ Is All Style With No Soul

Check out what film critics are saying about Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor’s ‘Befikre’.

Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor in a still from Befikre.

Film: Befikre
Director: Aditya Chopra
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor

Excerpts from film reviews of Befikre:

When the comedy works, it’s because Ranveer Singh knows how to work it. His goofy charm and display or sculpted physique are the two consistent aspects of <em>Bekifre</em>. Kapoor matches Singh in the show of mid-riff and abs, and in the dance steps but is constrained by a character who has nowhere to go. If a breezy, highly styled, armchair travel rom-com is your mood, then <em>Befikre</em> might be the ticket. But if you prefer insightful, warming and witty, skip this.

Udita Jhunjhunwala (Scroll.in)

Produced, written and directed by Aditya Chopra, the free-wheeling tale of lust and love gets buried under a crushing bulk of badinage that eventually yields no more than layers of surface gloss: nice to behold but flimsy in the main. Unfortunately, <i>Befikre</i> has no plot worth the name to lift the emotional tug-of-war between the protagonists out of the morass of monotony. The kisses are countless in <i>Befikre</i>. They do no real harm to the flow of the film. The misses are far fewer in number, but the damage they do is infinitely bigger.Especially disappointing is the film’s bizarre climax, which dangles aimlessly between romantic drollery and outright absurdity.

Saibal Chatterjee (Movies.ndtv.com)

Despite its thin plot (what plot, a journalist friend asked me after the film’s premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival), the film holds its attention with the good looking stars, their energy, songs, dances and many lovely day and night scenes in Paris. There are some messy moments in the film, especially the weird unruly slapstick scene towards the end in a church. And that is when one senses that Chopra is not in full control of the plot. He knows how the film will end, but the path to that seems forced and convoluted. Still much of <em>Befikre</em> is loaded with a carefree spirit. It is joyful and it will make you smile.

Aseem Chhabra (Rediff.com)