Luka Chuppi Review: Performances outshine the writing in this average small-town romcom

Read the full review on Cinema Express, here: https://bit.ly/2GTzB4Q

It used to be the case that it would take a cop film or an action-packed entertainer to make an actor, a star. However, with the success of Ayushmann Khurrana, especially his Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), actors seem to be using small-town films to inch closer to that elusive stardom.

Kartik Aaryan, the present heartthrob of Bollywood, and the proud bearer of the quintessential Delhi launda tag (thanks to his films with Luv Ranjan), now moves to central India in Luka Chuppi in an attempt to cater to a wider audience. Giving him company is Kriti Sanon, who continues from where she left off in 2017’s Bareilly Ki Barfi. The talent pool in this film is quite impressive, with actors like Pankaj Tripathi, Vinay Pathak, Aparshakti Khurrana, and Atul Srivastava, livening the proceedings to a considerable extent. Unfortunately, Rohan Shankar’s script doesn’t do justice to this talented bunch of actors.

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