JUGJUGG JEEYO

Cert 12A

148 mins

BBFC advice: Contains moderate sex references

Twice in the past few months we have heard stories of people divorcing after an extraordinary amount of time together.

How can anyone live with someone for 30+ years before deciding their partner is no longer right for them?

Raj Mehta's Jugjugg Jeeyo focuses on the split of a long-established couple (Anil Kapoor and Neetu Singh) as well as the potential separation of their son (Varun Dhawan) from his childhood sweetheart (Kiara Advani).

Ironically, they are all coming together for the nuptials of another one of the close family (Prajakta Koli) who is going ahead with an arranged marriage despite loving another man.

Dhawan's character Kukoo is on the edge as he struggles to understand why his own marriage is crumbling while watching his father take off with another woman (Tisca Chopra).

He has already had to endure an unhappy emigration to Canada where his wife has settled much more effectively than him.

Now, on his return, he finds that his homeland feels just as foreign.

Meanwhile, Kapoor is unashamedly dastardly as his dad, playing fast and loose with both his wife and mistress.

Unfortunately, the female characters do not have equal air time and that is a pity because they are rather more rounded.

Mehta's film has an interesting premise and is lively and colourful with a couple of exciting song and dance numbers but, in my opinion, its overall story isn't strong enough to hold up a movie of nearly two and a half hours.