It is touted to be IndiaвЂ™s first destination wedding film, the sets and the canvas look splendid, the songs are quirky and peppy, and most importantly, the film has a refreshing pairing of Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.Д«ut, sadly despite the aforementioned strengths and pluses, the filmвЂ™s director, Vikas Bahl, flounders and fumbles several times before the extravagant destination wedding reaches its final destination. Since Shaandaar didn't impress, we'll have to wait for the next one from his kitty.Shaandaar has many things going right for it. The cherry on the cake is the sangeet qawalli song, where the body-shamed bride receives support from members of her family.ДЄs for the director Vikas Bahl, it comes as a surprise that the same man gave us Queen. The Gulaabo will literally steal your heart away with her dimpled smile and natural banter in the movie. The most promising Kapoor in the movie is Sanah Kapoor (Shahid's half-sister in real life).

If you want to go watch the movie, go only for the new kid on the block. What happens finally is what we'll leave you to discover on your own.ДЄlso read: Do you know what's common between Shahid Kapoor's Shaandaar and Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter?

Amidst the wedding planning, the two make time for romance, spending their sleepless nights together swimming and dancing, playing and eating. This is where Alia and Jagjinder Joginder (Shahid Kapoor), meet, and-in what has to be the mother of all coincidences-he too turns out to be an insomniac. Without giving away the entire story, we can tell you that the main action of the film takes place during a wedding between two families, which is nothing more than a deal to save both the bankrupt families, each counting on the other's wealth. Also read: Shahid-Alia's film gets a Shaandaar opening at the box office The adopted child receives but no love from her foster mother and grandmother, played by veteran Sushma Seth.

The Cinderella of the castle is brought home by her 'Peeps', Pankaj Kapur, who only wishes to find his adopted daughter a Prince who can put her to sleep (no pun intended). A walking 'Google', she has an answer for everything, and why not for she has all the time in the world to read.Д«ahl took Terry Prachett's magic realism to another level in the movie in trying to make us believe in the existence of a girl who doesn't get any sleep whatsoever. Meet the forcefully effervescent 'Aila' Alia ( Alia Bhatt) who, surprise-surprise, plays an exact opposite of the image the actress built for herself post her Koffee with Karan quiz debacle. Sadly, the formula of a destination wedding, good looking people, loud families, could not rescue us from the wrath of the not-so Shaandaar movie. A few minutes into the movie, and you are left wondering whether it is a cartoon series, a Dharma production wedding film (read: a grand castle at an exotic European location this time), or a musical you have come to watch. A jigsaw puzzle infused with animations is what Shaandaar is all about.

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