Luka Chuppi Movie Review: Kartik Aaryan Spearheads this Fun Ride

Aaryan is certainly creating his own identity among young actors with a yen for comedy and this one could go a long way in establishing his credentials.

Luka Chuppi

Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon, Pankaj Tripathi

Director: Laxman Utekar

Director Laxman Utekar’s film frames its topic straight off the bat by showing us that ‘living in’ is still a practice that is much frowned upon in small-town India. Nadeem Khan, a star-cum-youth icon sets the cat among the pigeons when he inadvertently makes a comment that is perceived as promoting practices that go against the ‘Bhartiya Sanskriti’ and so on. Interestingly, live-in relationships have been featured previously in urbane flicks like Arth, Salaam Namaste and even one in a small-town- Shuddh Desi Romance but only intermittently.

Luka Chuppi too is a small-town story set in Mathura and Gwalior, its chief protagonists Guddu (Kartik Aaryan)-an intrepid reporter for a cable news channel and Rashmi (Kriti Sanon), an aspiring journalist, set off an unpredictable chain of events when they decide to opt for a live-in relationship. With enough to counter the Sanskriti Raksha Manch’s opposition to the live-in relationship, the stage is set for Rashmi and Guddu’s romantic shenanigans to begin. Aided by buddy-cum-cameraman Abbas (Aparshakti Khurrana), they set in motion a series of comical events that makes most of the movie.