Half Girlfriend (2017)

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Repulsive movie trying to pass off a thuggish,backward village oaf who is trying to trap a nice,upper class girl by cunningly befriending her first - as a 'love' story . Disgusting. Madhav Jha moons after Riya Somani who is completely out of his league. He targets & successfully ensnares her by first becoming her basketball buddy while she treats him fairly & kindly as a fellow student & friend. But apparently once Madhav attained the prized friend status- that wasn't enough for him.He got ambitious. He actively wormed his way further into her life & psyche with his agenda & kept weaving his web around her, upping the ante with each step- taking her out for a movie (even if she insisted they were just hanging out), luring her to his room on the pretense of her resting - an opportunity he seizes to try to force himself on her.When she discourages him politely - Madhav changes his colours & misuses his existing relationship with her to bully her into submission to have sex with him. When that fails too- he begins to verbally & physically harrass & intimidate her.This is just the first hour of this benighted film- the rest is even worse. If this is Chetan Bhagats idea of 'love' - he requires a swift kick up his backside. Madhav's nauseous behaviour would've been better represented in the movie as the films stalker rather than as the 'hero'.

Its not even worth half of your money.In fact, it really reminded me of disasters like 'Ranjhana''Ok Janu'etc.Wasn't convinced till the last minute,had many questions in mind-Why shradha didn't got offended when Arjun tried to be desperate?Why Arjun became so desperate when he knows his limits?Why at the end shradha just bluntly walked out when Arjun came to meet her,after so much of hardships,only to hug him a second later_?Why Arjun didn't lodged a missing complaint of shraddha?no,he won't because that would end the movie right before interval!!:DJust broke up with this movie, and trying to move on,you don't do mistake what i did,gave 1 star to Shraddha,songs and 'konsa half?' Dialogue combined.

Seriously don't listen to all of these movie critics and people on IMDb giving the movie a bad review. I absolutely loved it! Mohit Suri did it once again! People are saying that it was terrible adaptation of the book, excuse me its not easy visualising a book into a movie. Both Arjun Kapoor and Shradda acted so well! I was amazed by Arjun's acting, by far his best acting. I have no idea how he pulled off that accent. HATS OFF! I felt so much emotion when I watched this movie, the songs were the perfect accompaniment, each song had a purpose. Honestly speaking, I absolutely loved the movie, I am in love with the songs and I would watch the movie again and again. All of the characters had purpose which I loved. I WOULD 1000 % recommend to go and watch this film!

Half Girlfriend, a film by Mohit Suri, is based on the novel by the same name written by Chetan Bhagat. Chetan had not received great reviews for his novel, he was criticized for bringing forced twists and turns. This review of the film is not done on the basis of Chetan's book versus its adaptation by Mohit into the film. The review is done purely on the basis of what is shown on screen. Certainly, some minor changes have been done in the screenplay but overall it remains the same. The concept of half girlfriend was to focus on non-committal relationships, where the boy and the girl have the chemistry of being in a relationship but not clear about the same. They might love to hang-out even during odd hours, they need one another in their lives, but not ready to accept that they have a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. They are not ready to take their relationship to the next level. This film also showcases the story of a boy who is in love with a girl and wants to move ahead with her in life, but the girl feels that she could be more than a friend to him, but less than a girlfriend. So, the terminology used by her to define such a relationship is that of Half Girlfriend. They are not clear about their relationship status with each other. It is true that such relationships do exist, but somehow, the treatment of the subject is done in a very average manner. The film also deals with the linguistic challenges faced by Bhojpuri-laced Hindi speaking boy from Bihar who finds himself misfit amongst people speaking fluent English. Many would be able to relate with it, but somehow, it is not very convincing. It is true that our pronunciation does have regional influences. People from eastern, western, southern and northern parts of our country might pronounce the same word differently. Similarly Bihar is no exception, but what is so big deal about it. It is natural, we all have our own pronunciation, enunciation and diction. Here is a film, where the lead protagonist is from Bihar, gets into one of the most prestigious college of Delhi University, still unable to get over his challenges of speaking English even after spending three years in the campus is beyond comprehension. He does not find it difficult to adjust to the cosmopolitan culture of the campus, but finds it difficult to pick up English. It is also not understandable that why the names of the place Dumrao and the college St. Stephen's college were changed to Simrao and St. Steven's College respectively. The very plot has loopholes, and so is the film. The film begins with Madhav Jha (Arjun Kapoor) rushing to a house to find that Riya Somani (Shraddha Kapoor) has left the house writing a letter to him. He travels to Delhi to hand over the letter to her mom and the story unveils as flashback during this train journey of Madhav. He is the prince of Simrao, whose mother Seema Biswas runs a school there for the underprivileged boys. He comes to Delhi to take admission in St. Steven's College in Delhi University under sports quota (a basketball player) for BA Sociology. Riya also gets admission in sports quota. It is love at first sight for Madhav. He starts becoming friendly with Riya. Riya does take tips from Madhav in regard to the game, and also practices with him. They started hanging out together apart from game too. Madhav's bunch of friends, especially Shailesh (Vikrant Massey) warns Madhav that he may not be a proper match to Riya who is from an affluent business family. Madhav does try to know Riya's mind, for which her response was that she is his half girlfriend, more than a friend but less than a girlfriend. Madhav gets confused with her response. On his friends' insisting, he does try to test her love which results in the fall out. Later the situations happen so that she chooses a different path in her life and moves away geographically. Madhav, unable to get over Riya, comes back to village after completing graduation. As it is quite predictable, Madhav and Riya's paths cross once again. What happens to their relationship? How the story moves further? Does she become more than a half girlfriend to him ? Does their relationship status evolve? If yes, how? The film does try to connect with the social mission of sanitation facilities and also 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' etc. This is a good effort, but does not blend naturally with the screenplay.One of the most unconvincing scenes is when Riya chooses to unwind at the top of India Gate. It is simply impossible to get away from the eyes of the security guards and climb to the top of this monument.Arjun and Shraddha are both mediocre in the film. In his previous films viz. Ishaqzaade, Gunday, 2 States, Finding Fanny, Tevar, Ki and Ka etc. he could bring many elements into his characters which made his screen presence very much noticeable and he did gather many positive feedbacks. But in this film, Arjun has not come out completely. It appeared as if he was not excited for this role. Shraddha looked pretty in some outfits and that is all about her. She needs to evolve a lot as far as acting is concerned. Vikrant Massey as Shailesh is good. He did deliver dialogues well. His expressions are also very good. Seema Biswas has very less of screen time and so does not have much to do. Rhea Chakraborty as Anshika (Shailesh' wife) has a small role, but good.Half Girlfriend is actually half-cooked, be it its romance, passion, friendship, acting, dialogues, screenplay. The very plot has loopholes, and so is the film. The songs 'Baarish', 'Thodi Der', 'Phir bhi Tumko Chaahunga' are certainly a great relief in the film.