Haseen Dillruba Movie download

Haseen Dillruba Movie download free

 Love is a many-splendored thing, as they say. In its pure form, it touches divinity. Sometimes it's lust, sometimes madness, and sometimes regret. It can also be redemption. Haseen Dillruba touches upon all forms of love in its two-hour setting and makes you root for its characters. They are ordinary people like you and me but driven by passion, they turn into both the worst and the best parts of themselves. There are no heroes or villains in the film as it says we all have the capacity to be either. Time and circumstances shape our actions, our behaviour. We do crazy things to each other and for each other because at that point of time it felt right. Ultimately, we’re the product of our choices and have to bear the consequences of our actions. These standard noir tropes are utilised cunningly in the film. Neo-noir is on the rise in Hollywood and director Vinil Mathew, who made his debut with the hatke romantic film Hasee Toh Phasee (2014) seems to have the yen for it. The film is written by Kanika Dhillon, who certainly has a taste for out of the ordinary stories. 

This isn’t a film for those seeking an escapist fantasy. It wears the garb of a thriller but holds a mirror to our society nevertheless. One of the things it states quite clearly is that it’s considered taboo for a woman to have a sexual drive. And that men get uncomfortable and insecure when she chooses to express it. Marriages are a minefield of sexual politics and things can easily go wrong if it’s not navigated properly. It also points out that attraction can have many faces. The most boring person can look attractive, thanks to some crazy trait. Nothing is constant when it comes to matters of the heart. Everything is in flux. Things change and one must recognise the change and move along with it. 

It’s the unpredictability of behaviour that makes the film so interesting. We’re used to seeing black and white characters. But here’s a film which offers a glimpse of how real men and women behave. The characters in the film let go of all pretences towards nicety and behave in their most raw manner towards each other. Their true nature comes to the fore when the masks are dropped and it’s not a pleasant thing to witness. The film also points out that forgiveness is also a form of love and one should learn to forgive oneself first and then learn to forgive others. 

Rani Kashyap (Taapsee Pannu) is a middle-class girl from Delhi who has done a beautician’s course. She doesn’t have any ambitions in life and agrees to an arranged marriage as she’s on the wrong side of 20. Rishabh Saxena (Vikrant Massey) is a small-town guy who has the habit of falling in love with every prospective bride. He’s an electrical engineer with a government job and his only hobby is repairing electronic items of his neighbours. Their only common ground is the novels of Hindi pulp novelist Dinesh Pandit. They get married but soon their marriage deteriorates because of sexual incompatibility. At this juncture, Rishabh’s cousin Neel (Harshvardhan Rane) comes to stay with them. Neel is a hunk who is into adventure sports. Sparks fly and Rani is smitten by him. Things take a turn when Rishabh is supposedly killed in a gas explosion. Neel is missing and Rani is considered to be the prime suspect for Rishabh’s alleged murder by the police.

The film employs a multiple-narrative format where the same set of happenings are narrated through the viewpoints of different individuals. The police grill Rani incessantly and even resort to beating her. Her neighbours and family-friends too get questioned. The versions keep changing by the minute and one isn’t sure of what’s wrong and what’s right. It’s only towards the end, when the final version of events is narrated, that the viewer gets hold of the truth. 

The screenplay as well as the dialogue are quite gripping and full marks to Kanika for maintaining an even pace. The editing and cinematography too are on point. All the technical wizardry would have gone for a toss if the actors hadn't done their job. To sum it up concisely, they’re all quite brilliant. The hallmark of good acting is believability and all three main leads come out as extremely believable characters. None of them are playing conventional characters but are doing roles which are constantly evolving. And that evolution isn’t abrupt but gradual. Harshvardhan Rane plays the catalyst who tears Rishabh’s and Rani’s world apart but also acts as a binding agent of sorts. You don’t love him or hate him because you recognise that’s how people are. He’s such a natural fit into his role that you can’t decide if it's because he’s a good actor or whether his role was so perfectly written. 

Vikrant Massey has a tendency of underplaying his characters. And that's just perfect for the part of slightly henpecked character we see in the beginning. But then, his dark side begins to emerge. Again, nothing is over the top in this phase too. A subtle gesture, a certain look, a certain gleam in his eyes convey that this mild-mannered man carries hidden depths. He comes into his own in the climax, showing a 360 degree transformation. What can one say about Taapsee. She’s been evolving with every film. She played a stoic housewife in Thappad but here she’s anything but that. Her character knows she’s flawed and has a hard time accepting those flaws. But she knows she has the ability to change as well. She goes on a quest of love and in the end becomes a better person because of it. It would have been difficult for her to showcase all those shades but she managed to pull it off nicely. 

The film airs on OTT, thanks to the pandemic and the lockdown. But it’s one of those products that deserved a theatrical release. Perhaps, in the future, when things get better, the makers can opt for a theatrical release. Watch it for its dark take on love and for the brilliant performances by the entire ensemble cast.