Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Genre: Love Story Director: Karan Johar Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan Being screened at QFX Cinemas Kathmandu Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (ADHM) is a typical Karan Johar film which deals with unrequited love and friendship. Minus the family drama, the film is a melodrama of eternal love and friendship between Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor) and Alizeh (Anushka Sharma). And Johar has treated it with foreign locales, wit, poetry and Bollywood oldies — it is fun as well as emotional. Ayan and Alizeh meet in a pub in London (UK) and they instantly click, through their love for Bollywood old songs and dialogues. Ayan, who is into music and doing his MBA, is a bit childish. Alizeh is a self-assured woman, who has suffered a heartbreak. In the next couple of scenes, Ayan and Alizeh strike friendship — they go to Bollywood dance class, clubs in double date and to Paris. In Paris, the duo revisit their Bollywood moments. It is there, Alizeh meets her love, DJ Ali (Fawad Khan) and they reconcile. To the dismay of Aryan, who has fallen in love with Alizeh, Ali and Alizeh are getting married. Johar has kept the film interesting and jolly, with witty dialogues — made of filmy dialogues and juvenile antics — of the leads, in the first half. Frequent use of filmy dialogues to converse and juvenile antics are not relatable but it is fun to watch. In the second half, the film’s tone changes. It goes high on emotion and fills the gap with shayaris. The entire movie, despite delivering nothing spectacular, is enjoyable. The director has played with different elements — from revisiting his own films through dialogues to filmy dialogues to dancing numbers, jokes, and funny to emotional scenes — to keep the film going. One good thing about Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is the cast. It is the strongest factor of the film. And the actors don’t disappoint. Kapoor owns the film. He shines in the film — be it as a fun loving guy or a heartbroken character. He is natural and he transforms into any character smoothly. Sharma is good and bubbly as always. She also doesn’t miss in emotional scenes. She has a great chemistry with Kapoor. On the other hand, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as poetess Saba is svelte. She oozes elegance and boldness. It is nice to see Khan in his little screen space but he has nothing to do much.