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Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Cyrus Sahukar, Arunoday Singh, Ira Dubey , Amrita Puri

Genre: Romance/Comedy

” Sometimes a Cupid plays hard to catch; As he always got new couples to match. ”

Ana Claudia Antunes

Okay thanks to the outbreak of Covid -19 pandemic which has spread like wildfire and our Government’s decision of a 21 day lock down I have got time to finish my pending blog posts. I have just a few of them remaining and had nothing to do . So thought must use the time I have to complete the pending work. I am a person who generally doesn’t procrastinate and likes to keep everything up to date . But sometimes laziness creeps in and the work remains pending which I seriously hate to finish afterwards. So I am trying to take measures to kick out my laziness and be at the top of my game . Oh yes, do take care and stay indoors and build your immunity. We shall overcome this so called crisis as well.

Enough of my life story, coming straight to the point . The point where I present you my pick in the form of a web series or a book or a novel. So, presenting to you the Sonam Kapoor starrer Aisha. This movie is inspired by the novel written by Jane Austen Emma. Aisha is a young, free spirited , upper class woman who has a hobby of matchmaking. This literally annoys her childhood friend and neighbour Arjun( Abhay Deol) who feels she is wasting her potential in doing such stupid things. This leads to constant arguments between the two. Things take an interesting twist when she tries her hand in fixing her friend Shefali with her known acquaintance Randhir, who is a famous sweetmeat owner . But Randhir ends up confessing his feelings for her, This leaves her confused. So she tries fixing her friend with her aunt’s step son Dhruv( Arunoday Singh). But Shefali ends up confessing her feelings for Arjun which ends up hurting her a lot. So, the question is does Aisha learn from her mistakes ? Or does she continue committing them ? Watch the movie to find out.

Now coming to the analysis part : Well I was drawn to watching this movie by the fact that it was inspired by Jane Austen’s Emma. I found the movie okay. I mean I tried to keep my mind open but believe me it is just a one time watch. Sonam Kapoor portrays her character well . But if things were to happen like this in real life it would seem next to impossible. After all you cannot expect such a comfortable life in real life . But aren’t movies supposed to entertain us you would ask . They are but with a little bit of reality always helps. So Aisha fails to deliver on that front. Thus it is not worth more than watching once . Yeah those who love to be transported to the land of fairies the might enjoy this one.

Rating: **

“You don’t find love, it finds you . It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate and what’s written with the stars.

Anais Nin