Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba Review: Kyon Aayi Hasseen Dillruba?

★★★★★

When I saw Haseen Dilruba, the only thing I said to myself was, "Kyu Aayi Hasseen Dillruba?" I couldn't understand how someone could make such a crap thriller and even go ahead with the sequel. Now, after watching the sequel, all I have to say is, "Kyu Aayi Hasseen Dillruba wapas apna torture leke?" Back in my childhood, we friends used to find pulpy Friday evening magazines in the garbage and used to read them for fun. Someone used to buy them at the railway station (mostly in the illiterate north parts), and those same evening magazine used to become a read-ful event for at least 10 people, just like Pyaasi Jawani, Mastram, and Pados ki Bhabhi kinds of things. Haseen Dilruba was that pulpy crap novel coming to the celluloid, but it was 3 decades late. Hats off to Jayprad Desai, producers, and actors for believing that they can make two back-to-back trash movies and go away with it. 

Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba begins with Rani (Taapsee Pannu) and Rishu (Vikrant Massey) living separate lives in the same town. Both are in touch with each other over the phone and meet sometimes, but they can't get together forever due to the police. Abhimanyu (Sunny Kaushal) is mad about Rani and even asks her for a movie date. Busy having sexual intercourse with Rishu, Rani forgets all about her date and feels sorry for Abhimanyu. She then has a plan and asks Abhimanyu to marry her, and they get married. On the wedding night, she confronts Abhimanyu, and they start living like a pretentious married couple. On the other hand, Poonam (Bhumika Dube) wants to get sexual with Rishu, but he keeps denying her advances. When things go to blackmailing and the new cop Monty (Jimmy Sheirgill) almost has the two fugitive lovers cornered, Abhimanyu comes up with a plan to rescue them. Will they succeed? 

From the beginning, you know that what's going to happen isn't really true since you all have seen the first film, and we are all familiar with such thrillers for years now. Yet, PAHD attempts the same formula and assumes that the audience will watch it and believe it. Frankly, there is no shock value to it, be it the full script or the climax. Rather, it's a big torture for two hours. Rani and Rishu are having conversations over the calls, and the police can't trace them. Seriously? Bro, it will take them only 5 minutes to trace the call, tap the conversation, and get the location through the cyber cell. What the heck was going on all the time? It's easy to pick up a B-grade novel from Gorakhpur railway station and write/make a film about it, but think about modern technology for a sec. How is it so easy for Rani and Rishu to get jobs, money, and places to live after becoming fugitives and having no documents? The police are in the same town, have CCTV footage, and yet have no clue how to catch them. Dear writer and director, who are you fooling? Us or yourselves?

Performance-wise, it's a horrible show. Taapsee Pannu has some steamy scenes and shows off her skin too—that's more like it for adult content lovers. Don't ask about acting, expressions, and variations because there aren't any. Sunny Kaushal plays such a rubbish character. You can't really tell whether he is a fool or a mastermind criminal. You just don't feel pity or anger looking at his face because there is no conviction. How can Vikrant Massey say yes to this character and this stupid film after working in a film like "12th Fail?" Jimmy Sheirgill and Aditya Srivastava are the cops who are working for their personal targets rather than the government, and I don't even understand how the media pressure always finds a way during a police investigation. I am a media man myself; how does it work? Please let me know. Bhumika's horny attitude and urge to get sexual despite being handicapped are out of my brain, but she did look sexy with that Gajra and hairdo. 

Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba has a poor script and screenplay that lead you to a snooze fest. Thankfully, it's available on Netflix, and there are options like 2x speed and fast forward to end this hell of torture sooner than two hours. In cinema halls, you might have gone mad for sitting for two hours, but again, who would want to waste their money and time on this film in theaters? The camera work by Vishal Sinha was decent, and the editing was okay. It didn't bore me much except for those couple of songs and the slow beginning. It's good that it wasn't stretched for 2 and a half hours. Jayprad Desai is surely a gutsy man. How can one make two back-to-back crap films with the same ideas based on an illicit love affair and even try to glorify and defend it? This is utter nonsense and cannot be forgiven or excused at all. Save yourself from this danger.