Ekk Deewana Tha

Sachin Kulkarni (Prateik Babbar) is a student of mechanical engineering in Mumbai who aspires to become a filmmaker. His friend introduces him to cinematographer Anay (Manu Rishi). With Anays help, Sachin becomes an assistant to director Ramesh Sippy. Sachins family, who are Marathi Brahmins, rent Jessie Thekekuttus (Amy Jackson) house. Jessie is from a conservative Malayali Nasrani Christian family from Alappuzha, Kerala, that lives upstairs.

Sachin falls in love with Jessie the moment he meets her. Sachin tries to interact with Jessie, who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering Jessie. Unable to hide his feelings for her any longer, Sachin confesses his love for her, to which she does not respond. A few days later, Sachin learns from his sister that Jessie has gone to Kerala to visit her grandmother. He, along with Anay, ends up in Kerala to look for her.

After several days, he finds her, apologises and she introduces him to her family in Kerala as her classmate. Jessie denies she has any feelings for him, but agrees to be his friend. On the train journey back home, however, the two get closer and share a passionate kiss. Sachin is convinced Jessie loves him; the two meet several times and Jessie begins to admit that she also likes Sachin, but wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father wouldnt give her hand in marriage to a Hindu. Consequently, due to various misunderstandings between Jessies brother and Sachin, her parents learn of their supposed affair.

They fix a match and schedule her wedding. The day arrives and midway through the ceremony, Jessie refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Sachin, who had, without anyones knowledge, come to Kerala to witness the wedding is ecstatic and secretly visits Jessie at her home. It is then that Jessie admits she has indeed fallen in love with him. Sachin and Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their parents.

At this point of time, Sachin goes to Goa on a 40-day shoot, where he gets busy. Meanwhile, the topic of Jessies marriage comes up again at her home when the guy whom she refused to marry earlier pays them a visit. Panicking, Jessie calls Sachin and tells him that she wants to elope with him. Sachin, who he is travelling through less than ideal places, tells Jessie to stay in Mumbai for now, and that soon he would be back and they can discuss. Jessie stops taking Sachins calls and so he goes back one night to check on Jessie.

He comes to know that Jessie has decided to break up, as the relationship is not peaceful due to her parents disapproval. She says she has agreed to get married to a boy of her parents choice. When Sachin pleads her not to do it, she tells him that a time had come when she was willing to elope, but the moment was gone. She doesnt want Sachin to wait for her, as he has his dreams to fulfill. Sachin later comes to know that she is married and settled abroad.

Two years later, Sachin meets Samantha (Samantha Ruth Prabhu). She falls in love with him, but is rejected by Sachin who feels that he hasnt yet gotten over Jessie. He then comes up with a script for his first film, which happens to be his very own love story. He calls upon an actor (Ashwin Kakumanu) as the films protagonist, Samantha as the female lead and Anay as the films cinematographer, and the film is eventually titled Jessie. While shooting for the film in Taj Mahal, he sees Jessie and she comes to speak with him.

She admits that she is not married and is still in love with him, and he too says she is still in his heart. Sachin proposes yet again and they get married the same day. This is actually revealed to be the end scene in Sachins film which Sachin and Jessie in real life are watching together in the theatre. After the film ends, Jessie praises Sachin for his efforts and the latter agrees to drop her home, implying that they are reunited.Ekk Deewana Tha received mixed to negative reviews upon release.

Avijit Ghosh of The Times of India gave the film 3 stars out of 5 saying, Ekk Deewana Tha has its moments but it doesnt really put you in the mood for love. Oneindia.in commented that that, In a nutshell, Ek Deewana Tha is good romantic thriller and this can be good for this Valentines season. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 stars out of 5, and said, On the whole, Ekk Deewana Tha has a few sparkling moments, thats about it. However, it lacks the fizz for the spectator to go deewana! Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express also gave the film 2 stars out of 5, saying, Simbus stubbly guy-next-door, helplessly in love with the feckless Trisha was the highlight, apart from its lovely songs, of VTV [Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]: where did all the passion go in Ekk Deewana Tha? Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN too gave the film 2 stars out of 5 saying, This Hindi remake is a disappointing bore of a love story that tests your threshold for pain as it hobbles along indulgently for close to 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Zee News gave the film 2 stars out of 5, and concluded that, All in all, Ekk Deewana Tha is a movie that seems to have been lost in translation. However, Prateik deserves praise for his efforts. Blessy Chettiar of DNA gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, concluding saying, A simple and sweet story treated badly. Skip.

Simple. Komal Nahta for Koimoi.com gave the film a single star out of 5, blaming the routine story, the weak screenplay and lack of feeling of empathy for the two lead characters. Preeti Arora of Rediff.com feels that Ekk Deewana Tha, Gautham Menons Hindi remake of his hit Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya, lost quite a bit in translation.

She gave the film 1 star out of 5. Shubha Shetty-Saha of MiD DAY too gave the film 1 star out of 5 saying, No, the story is not really as bad as it seems. With better direction and perhaps a little more sensitivity and with a faster pace, and better actors (oops, are they too many conditions?), it might have worked. Mayank Shekhar of Hindustan Times again gave the film 1 star out of 5 saying, We're beyond midway through the movie: chuck chemistry, all you're wondering is what the hell's the story. Kaveree Bamzai of India Today too gave the film 1 star out of 5, and said, We are supposed to feel the longing he has for Amy.

We only feel the irritation. Get on with it guys you want to say. Come to the point. By the time they do you are exhausted, and want to do what Prateik says Amys character did to his feelings-showed him the middle finger. So there.

Kunal Guha of Yahoo! gave the film minus 1 rating, and said, it is in fact the iceberg that makes this painful love story crash as we endure the burn.