Had Rao had a more skilled co-star, the chemistry might have been more believable rather than appearing ‘staged’. There are a couple of charming scenes like the one outside Binny’s college when Gattu gets rejected, and later when he gets drunk and blames all the Shah Rukh Khan heroes named Rahul for always winning the girl. Rajkummar Rao, as always, is hugely watchable and extremely endearing as Gattu. Initially there is enough nuance and situational comedy to carry the film. If they stand on one side of the war lines, Darshan Jariwala, who plays Gattu’s father, stands on the other side, desperate to assert his authority in this neighbourhood. Ranjeet and Gulshan Grover appear as local thugs who respond to inter-caste romances with honour killings. Post-interval, much of the action becomes about this latter plot. He just stands by and silently observes Binny’s engagement to NRI Rahul (Gautam Gulati) and allows a huge misunderstanding about her alleged affair with his best friend (Harry Tangri) to snowball. Mostly it's about Gattu needing to find the courage to stand up to Binny’s family - and his own - and declare his true feelings, which takes painfully long to happen. There’s very little to this story written by Vinit Vyas and directed by Ajay Pannalal. Rajkummar Rao and Shruti Haasan in a still from Behen Hogi Teri
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