Ishq
Vishk
Rebound
is
a
drab
romance
and
dull
comedy
that
even
the
intended
teen
audience
might
have
a
hard
time
keeping
up
with,
sighs
Mayur
Sanap.
Years
ago,
when
Shah
Rukh
Khan’s
Rahul
from Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
asserted,
‘Pyaar
dosti
hai‘,
his
words
struck
a
chord
with
the
audience.
In
Ishq
Vishk
Rebound,
the
same
relationship
dynamic
is
revisited
with
a
contemporary
update.
A
follow-up
to
the
2003
romantic-comedy
Ishq
Vishk,
this
bubblegum
romance
is
a
relationship
drama
that
finds
comfort
in
its
gloss
and
stylishness
without
any
emotional
resonance
beneath.
The
story
is
centred
around
childhood
besties,
Sanya
(Pashmina
Roshan),
Sahir
(Jibraan
Khan)
and
Raghav
(Rohit
Saraf).
Sanya
and
Sahir
are
dating
each
other.
Raghav
starts
seeing
his
collegemate
Riya
(Naila
Grrewal).
Things
take
a
turn
when
Sanya
and
Sahir
break
up,
which
somehow
strains
Raghav’s
relationship
with
Riya.
Sanya
finds
comfort
in
Raghav,
and
while
nursing
her
broken
heart,
they
fall
in
love
with
each
other.
This
complicated
dynamic
sets
the
course
of
the
relationship
for
all
four.
Actually,
forget
about
explaining
the
plot
because
it’s
virtually
non-existent.
Director
Nipun
Dharmadhikari,
working
on
the
script
by
Vaishali
Naik,
Vinay
Chhawal,
Ketan
Pedgaonkar,
delivers
a
sluggish
and
mostly
incoherent
endeavour
that
doesn’t
contain
much.
The
characters
are
cardboard
cut-outs,
their
personalities
turn
180
degrees
at
any
second,
and
the
equation
they
have
with
each
other
is
so
vapid.
Childhood
sweethearts?
What
bond
of
super-cement
was
holding
these
people
together,
you
wonder.
The
music,
which
is
positioned
as
the
selling
point
of
the
film,
feels
dated
with
visual
aesthetics
inspired
from
a
Dharma
film.
It
is
only
Milind
Jog’s
camerawork
that
adds
freshness
to
the
frames
as
he
captures
pretty
locales
of
Dehradun.
Out
of
the
four
leads,
Rohit
Saraf
is
having
most
fun
in
his
role
and
he
has
charming
enough
screen
presence
to
lift
a
scene,
even
though
his
Fleabag-style
fourth
wall-breaking
and
talking
to
the
camera
feels
jarring.
Pashmina,
in
her
debut
outing,
is
afforded
with
the
showiest
role
of
the
film.
Her
Sanya
has
a
perky
persona
with
a
self-absorbed,
obnoxious
attitude
and
yet,
there’s
a
sweet
quality
about
her.
But
Pashmina
lacks
the
charisma
or
necessary
acting
chops
to
get
through
the
task.
Naila
Grrewal
and
Jibraan
Khan
get
short-changed
by
the
script
that
leaves
them
sinfully
under-utilised.
They
are
initially
positioned
as
significant
but
are
in
fact,
marginal
to
the
proceedings
(Naila
is
even
forgotten
in
the
climax).
Veterans
Supriya
Pilgaonkar
and
Sheeba
Chaddha
show
up
in
scenes
that
attempt
to
infuse
some
wisdom
into
this
fluff
but
it’s
all
just
random
hokum
making
up
for
superficial
interactions
between
the
characters.
Ishq
Vishk
Rebound
mindlessly
bounces
from
one
scene
to
another
without
ever
finding
a
rhythm
to
settle
into.
The
result
is
a
drab
romance
and
dull
comedy
that
even
the
intended
teen
audience
might
have
a
hard
time
keeping
up
with.
Ishq
Vishk
Rebound
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