‘Veere Di Wedding’ Critics’ Verdict: All Show and No Soul

Critics react to the Kareena and Sonam Kapoor buddy film ‘Veere Di Wedding’.

Film: Veere Di Wedding
Director: Shashanka Ghosh
Cast: Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhasker, Shikha Talsania

Here are excerpts from reviews of Veere Di Wedding:

The chemistry between the actresses never feels fake, but the situations into which they are forced rarely seem convincing. Since the characters are mostly surrounded by indulgent elders, and the wealth on display protects from them from anything resembling reality, the debates about tradition and social restrictions are about as genuine as Avni’s false eye-lashes, which threaten to acquire motility of their own and secede from their owner.

Nandini Ramnath, Scroll.in

Veere Di Wedding is essentially a Koffee With Karan gift hamper passed off as a Bollywood buddy flick. The film has interior decorators, not production designers; it has brands, not characters; it has fashion labels, not wardrobe changes; it has wealth, not money; it is a plastic reaction to the testosterone-fueled cinematic landscape, not a genuine action; it has females, not feminism. Even sadness looks rich, and hangovers look like modest royal makeovers.

Rahul Desai, Film Companion

The film starts off far too loud, with incessant and overdone background music and sound effects to try and tickle audiences. This makes Veere De Wedding feel, at first, like a bad sitcom, which is not just at odds with the authentic performances but occasionally makes them appear less subtle than they are. Shikha Talsania and Kareena Kapoor perform impressively - and casually - enough to cut through this cheesy treatment, but the film’s style initially makes Sonam Kapoor and Swara Bhasker appear a bit broad, even though all four characters play off each other very well.

Raja Sen, NDTV