Pashmina Roshan, making her Bollywood debut, is the initial focus of the film

Bells, whistles, jingles and fantasy of a coming-of-age romantic drama Ishq Bishok ReboundA rom-com (by Ken Ghosh Doubt Doubt) two decades ago which gave Shahid Kapoor’s career a rocky start.

If there is an element Ishq Bishok Rebound It’s consistently solid, starring Rohit Saraf in a writer-supported role. The footage is split equally between him and newcomer Pashmina Roshan, but she’s the one who holds the film together even when it’s not the easiest task to accomplish.

In a film that is often confused (sometimes in a cute and innocent way) with its young and restless character, Saraf shines as an aspiring screenwriter who falls in love and uses something akin to a proposed film-within-one. The euphoric highs and painful lows he experiences in the process for his screenplay for the film’s title. Ishq Bishq 2.0.

Shahid Kapoor-Amrita Rao starrer How much have the rules of dating changed in 21 years? Quite a bit, if one thinks Ishq Bishok Rebound Overthinking the little things is normal now and young couples in a relationship don’t break up without verbalizing their thoughts.

You have a lot of growing to do, a girl tells Raghav (Saraf) when she briefly breaks up with him as he interrupts their first sex encounter to get a call from a friend. I don’t care about you, he guessed. The argument is over.

Conflicts, dialogues and compromises abound as well-intentioned goody-two-shoes Raghav jumps from one emotional crisis to another emotional crisis. But as he moves forward, he never misses an opportunity to express his feelings and opinions.

Raghav swears by his two childhood friends, Sania (Pashmina Roshan) and Sahir (Jibran Khan), who are madly and deeply in love but prone to raging disagreements.

Aware that he is perennial Kebab Me Hadi In an airy-fairy ménage et trois in which one corner of the triangle responds entirely to unromantically friendly passions, he plays a rough-and-ready philosopher who often turns to the camera lens mid-scene to share his innermost feelings. with the audience.

The use of the alienation device is fine, but it does little to provide lasting clarity about how Raghav’s mind and heart work. This is hardly surprising. The man himself is not sure what to do with the breakup between Sanya and Sahir over a trivial matter and the problems it brings for him.

Around the same time as Sanya-Sahir’s breakup, Riya (Nayla Grewal), an activist and bookseller to whom he takes a shine to, dumps him because she feels he is too enthralled by her friends. But when Sanya is at a loose end, Raghav is reluctantly drawn into a chilling journey with her. The outing ends predictably and threatens to derail the tri-corner friendship.

Coming from the same production stable (Tips Industries) that bankrolled the 2003 film, Ishq Bishok Rebound Directed by Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari (creator of National Award-winning Marathi film Dhappa and Netflix series Mismatched).

The film was written by Vaishali Naik, Vinay Chawal and Ketan Padgaonkar and the dialogues were penned by Akarsh Khurana (who appeared on screen as Raghav’s father). The script certainly has its moments but I was let down by the lack of consistency.

Ishq Bishok ReboundPredominantly set in Dehradun, the four youngsters navigate matters of the heart and their relationships while chasing absurd moves to make a hash of it simply enough to make it watchable.

There is more to life than just dating, a young man said in a specific context. The film does little to prove that point. Sahir and Sania both have fathers who impose their will on them. The former’s tyrannical father (Shataf Figher) scares him into abandoning his own dreams.

Sania’s absentee father – he is divorced from her cafe owner mother (Supriya Pilgaonkar) – wants the girl to follow in his footsteps and become a golfer. He hauls his golf kit around often even though his heart isn’t in the game.

Raghav’s parents are very laid back but he finds ways to make things difficult for himself. He walks away from fights. Tend to hope against hope that his problems will go away on their own, he runs into avoidable complications. Talk about learning the hard way.

For Rohit Saraf, Ishq Bishok Rebound A breakout is likely. Made films like Norwegian dramas What will people say? And The Sky is Pink Apart from acting mismatchHe has the most experience in his first lead role in a genre film. he carries Ishq Bishok Rebound heavily on his shoulders

Pashmina Roshan, her Bollywood debut, is nothing but a finished article, but she is certainly not without promise. He plays one of the two central characters – in fact, he gets the film’s primary focus and top billing – not as consistently as his lead co-star.

Gibran Khan and Naila Grewal have much less footage but the two who are in a handful of important scenes, never fail to pull their weight.

The best way to approach Ishq Bishok Rebound The world should not expect it as a spectator. At least parts of it may pleasantly surprise you.