He lacks confidence because he says “s” instead of “sh” – that’s why the title isn’t Do Deewane Sheher Mein. She wears large, square glasses and has an inferiority complex about her appearance.
The speech defect that isn’t one hasn’t prevented him from getting a marketing job that he has held for five years despite never once making a presentation. She is a content creator at an advertising agency – exactly the kind of world that might be avoided by someone insecure about her looks.
Do Deewane Seher Mein isn’t a plot in search of a movie. It isn’t even much of a plot.
Ravi Udyawar’s Hindi movie, written by Abhiruchi Chand, stars Siddhant Chaturvedi as Shashank and Mrunal Thakur as Roshni. The promise held out by two insecure individuals who meet through an arranged marriage set-up and go through ups and downs before their nuptials is shattered early on.
It’s the kind of film that might puzzle the spectacles-wearing public that hasn’t had a problem finding partners. The bickering is random, an excuse to part only to unite again, an opportunity for Roshni to stress-eat and Shashank to moodily ride his motorcycle through the mountains. Shashank is altogether and always the more believable of the two, Siddhant Chaturvedi portraying his character’s anxieties more clearly and convincingly.
Roshni is a hard sell from the get go. Not only can Mrunal Thakur never be mistaken for a frump, but also Roshni is the kind of waffling woman in romantic films who never makes sense. Might Shashank be better off without her? The thought lingers.
Various other actors flit in and out of the frame, trying to provide distractions from the increasingly dull romance. Ila Arun, Joy Sengupta, Ayesha Raza, Deepraj Rana and Mona Ambegaonkar are there somewhere, trying to create a sense of community for the beleaguered hero and heroine.
Naveen Kaushik is the boss from heaven, so understanding and forgiving that you wonder about his company’s financial health. Viraj Ghelani plays the cut-price philosophy-spewing male best friend that can always be found in a movie of this type. Sandeep Dhar is Roshni’s sister, there for reasons that are never clear.
The overbearing parents on each side plus an overly decked-up grandmother do explain why the adults leads behave like teenagers at times. The expensive-looking props and plush apartments also suggest that neither Shashank nor Roshni actually needs to work to get by.
The whole thing meanders along without direction or purpose. About the most romantic thing about Do Deewane Seher Mein is the frequent use of montages of Mumbai during the monsoon.
