Hasee Toh Phasee

Nikhil (Sidharth Malhotra) is a struggling businessman whose girlfriend Karishma (Adah Sharma) is an actress. Nikhil is a guy who believes that once you are committed to a girl, there should be no straying. Karishma asks Nikhil to arrange ₹ 50 million (US$740,000) before marriage, which is 7 days later, to earn a contract.In the mean time, Nikhil meets Meeta (Parineeti Chopra), Karishmas younger sister, with whom he had a brief encounter 7 years ago. Meeta, who is an IITian in Chemical Engineering and PhD.

, is a super intelligent geek with unusual behaviour and habits, who ran away 7 years ago to China after stealing money from her own father, leading to his heart attack. Now, just a week before Nikhil and Karishmas wedding, Meeta turned up to meet her father, but Karishma was scared that her sisters sudden appearance might ruin their wedding. Hence, Karishma assigns Nikhil to keep Meeta away from her father (Manoj Joshi).Meeta has returned with an intention to steal again but her involvement with Nikhil during the next 7 days diverted her attention. During these 7 days, with many personal and social activities, both Nikhil and Meeta generate feelings for each other, but Nikhil backs off as he doesnt want to betray Karishma.

Meanwhile, Nikhil comes to know that for her research Meeta has taken a heavy loan of ₹ 100 million (US$1.5 million) from a Chinese investor by forging her fathers signature. The deadline for payback was over and an extension of three days was given during which she has to steal money from her fathers account to save him from the investors goons. Nikhil helps Meeta to hack her fathers account but advises her to apologize to her family. Meeta reunites with her family and later Nikhil understood that he is marrying the wrong girl.

Meeta couldnt gather the courage to steal her fathers money and tells her father everything about her research and the loan amount along with her real intention to return which was to steal money. Her father forgives her and provides her the money. On the other hand, Nikhil recalls the time he spent with Meeta and tries to meet her. Meeta who had already moved to her fathers house could not be contacted as her family members, who were under the impression that Nikhil wanted to meet Karishma, stopped him as he seemed clingy. Later, Nikhil talked with Meeta on the phone during which he conveys that he should have gone with her to Goa, when she asked him to come with her during her stealing stint 7 years ago.

Meeta tells him that it is not too late for them to run away to Goa.In the night, when Nikhil comes to Meetas house with a motive to run away with her, he sees the happy faces of Karishma with her family from a distance and realizing the complications, returned to his home. Meeta calls Nikhil to her house late night and Nikhil meets her on the terrace of her house. Nikhil scolds Meeta when she offered to run away with him. Nikhil says that he is an emotional fool and cannot torture Karishma even though Karishma had emotionally tortured him throughout his life.

Nikhil leaves her and later repented for his actions.On the wedding day, Meeta leaves her house after silently returning the mobile phone inside Karishmas room and did not contact anyone as she does not want to be stopped. Nikhil tries to contact her but her phone was inside Karishmas room in vibrate mode. He also sent many messages all of which went unnoticed. He gets ready for the wedding although he is not very enthusiastic about it.

When Nikhil reached Meetas house for his wedding with Karishma, Meetas father informs Nikhil that Meeta has left silently, knowing fully well that Meeta left because Nikhil was marrying someone else. Nikhil tries to contact her again but is unknown to the fact that Meeta has returned the phone that Karishma had given to her. Karishma notices the phone, reads the messages and realizes that she had lost Nikhil. She asks Nikhil to run away from the wedding which he obliged with her father fully supporting her decision. Meanwhile, Meeta could not gather the courage to leave Nikhil and returned to the wedding for a last effort to win him back.

When Nikhil was running away from the wedding ceremony he finds Meeta standing outside. Finally, both express their love towards each other.The movie ends with Nikhil and Meeta at an airport, scheduled to travel to Germany, where Meeta tells him that there is another problem waiting for them there.Nikhil by then had become an IPS officer.Meena Iyer of Times of India gave it 4/5 stars, stating, Hasee Toh Phasee is for the romantics who like their martinis stirred not shaken.

This romantic comedy mirrors the quirks in human nature subtly and provides humour in everyday situations; in the family and amongst friends. If youre looking to rediscover the magic of goofy love around Valentines, give HTP a shot. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 3.5/5 stars and said, Hasee Toh Phasee dares to be distinctive. This ones *not* merely about opposites falling in love.

This ones a quirky love tale involving two individuals, shades different from the mundane stuff on matters of heart. Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave the movie with same ratings and wrote, Hasee Toh Phasee is that rare film that allows you to know the two people youre investing in. And the closer you get, the more they win you over. Parineeti sinks her teeth into this misunderstood kook without a trace of self-consciousness or exaggeration. If thats not magical enough, what Hasee Toh Phasee celebrates certainly is.

That the only high you need is life, love and smiles. Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave it 3/5 stars and wrote, The film is both pleasantly surprising and utterly baffling in equal amounts. Though Vinil Mathews direction might not be perfect due to his lack of experience, Hasee Toh Phasee will definitely win your heart for the symbiotically arranged, pitch perfect chemistry of Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra. It was passionate and compelling, almost to make me wish that they were a real life couple and that alone becomes the winning shot. A review from India Today rated it with 3/5 stars, stating, Hasee Toh Phasee is a refreshing, much-needed entry in the contemporary romcom genre, which has lately seen a series of uninspiring films.

Its largely to do with the presence of an unseen pairing with great chemistry - Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra - and Mathew and writer Harshvardhan Kulkarnis perky take on love. Tushar Joshi of Daily News and Analysis gave the movie with 3/5 stars, writing, The lead pair of Sidharth and Parineeti make Hasee Toh Phasee enjoyable and believable. This odd pairing works only because these two actors take an effort to play their characters with utmost sincerity. Watch it if you want to see a different take on modern day romance. Hasee Toh Phasee is worth a watch for a solid act put together by its lead pair.