REVIEW: Ritesh, Aftab and Ayesha's De Taali

Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Ayesha Takia, Aftab Shivdasani, Rimi Sen, Anupam Kher, Saurav Shukla, Mukul Dev and Pawan Malhotra

Director: E Niwas

Falling in love with a friend is probably the most done-redone and re-re-done plot in Bollywood history but if done a little intelligently, it becomes quite palatable every time. Much like our good old dal-chawal. And De Taali is just that – a well presented good old dal chawal.

So Paglu (Ritesh Deshmukh), Abhi (Aftab Shivdasani) and Amu (Ayesha Takia) are the best of friends. And they are all normal characters (Thank God). And one day, Amu realises that she is in love with Abhi. Well she does not really realise it all by herself. Paglu shows her the metaphorical mirror. But it's not that all consuming, I-will-cry-till-I-die kind of love at all. And guess what, that's the good part - There is no melodrama in the film. [Check out stills from the film ]

Though Abhi obviously is in love with another girl and declares it in front of Amu who by the way was expecting him to say those three magic words to her, it does not leave the damsel too much in distress. There is no excessively sad number where the heroine cries her eyes out over her unrequited love.

In fact, the heroine though visibly sad, does not seem to shed even one drop of precious tear over Abhi. She forms a plan with Paglu's help to get her love back. And a series of funny and quite enjoyable incidents happen. And for those who are thinking that in the process, Paglu will fall in love with Amu and they will start living happily ever after or Paglu will suffer a huge heartache (Thought courtesy: Sangam, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and so on)…he won't. Come on guys, it's a movie about friends who are quite normal – as normal like me and you.

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