Bachna Ae Haseeno

Bachna Ae Haseeno
(translates as: Watch Out, Ladies)
2008
4/5 stars


Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) thinks of himself as a lady killer, and seriously breaks the hearts of two young women: Mahi (Minissha Lamba) as a teen, and Radhika (Bipasha Basu) as a twenty-something. Shortly after devastating Radhika, Raj falls in love with Gayatri (Deepika Padukone), only to have his own heart broken. Seeing how it feels, he sets out to try to make amends with Mahi and Radhika.

I was surprised at how good this romantic comedy-drama was.  All four leads were convincing, the film work was good, and the story was strong.  The music ranged from really terrible to average.  (That first song nearly put me off the movie entirely.)  I enjoyed the overall movie enough to ignore the bad songs, though, and do recommend it.

Lamba, Padukone, Basu, Kapoor

Movie is available with Amazon Prime.