At one level you are watching the same old Bollywood rom-com, about two lovebirds trying to unite against all odds, against parental censure and societal diktats. It\'s all done with feel-good verve too, with the mandatory naach-gaana and ‘shaadi ka tamasha\' thrown in.
Only, \"Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan\" always looked different despite the cliches. The film grabbed eyeballs from the day it was announced because the lovebirds in the frame weren\'t a guy and a girl. This was commercial Bollywood\'s first ever homosexual rom-com, catering the story of a couple of loverboys.
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Which denotes a big leap for mainstream Hindi cinema. The love story has traditionally been the most commonplace money machine among all genres in Bollywood. To retain every stereotype of the genre and turn the lucrative package into a quiet little snub at homophobes, amid standard hilarity and melodrama, is actually quite an experiment to pull off, and debutant writer-director Hitesh Kewalya deserves kudos if only for that much.
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