Tuesdays and Fridays: a charming millennial love story which has its heart in the right place.

By Rajesh Ahuja

Two commitment phobic millennials decide to give their relationship a chance by deciding to date just two days in a week (Tuesdays and Fridays). Love, however, is a strange feeling that has the habit of entering one's life from unsuspecting corners without making one realise.. This in a nutshell is the story of the new film Tuesdays and Fridays, that hit cinema halls this week.

Varun Sarin (Anmol Thakeria Dhillon) , a hot shot writer whose new book is a bestseller, and Sia (Jhataleka Malhotra) , an upcoming lawyer, are working on legal intricacies of turning his book into a movie. The two young, good looking youngsters experience a feeling of attraction towards each other. However, commitment phobia is what stops them from entering into a relationship.

While for Sia, the commitment phobia emanates from her coming from a dysfunctional family, Varum feels that all relationships come with an expiry date. To give a chance to their relationship, the two decide to date only on Tuesdays and Fridays and be friends for the rest of the week.

Tuesdays and Fridays: a charming millennial love story 

It is a novel concept for Bollywood, which has been mostly dealing with the 'Madly in love boy and girl' kind of situations who face threat to their relationship from parents refusal to give a nod to their relationship or entry of a villain .

Pulling off such an innovative theme with the fresh pair of Anmol Thakeria Dhillon and Jhatalekha Malhotra was a risk. It goes to the credit of debut filmmaker Taranveer Singh that he manages to weave a credible tale on the subject in Tuesdays and Fridays.

The film reminds one of Imtiaz Ali's Socha Na Tha which dealt with two commitment phobic youngsters (Abhay Deol and Ayesha Takia) experiencing a feeling of attraction towards each other.

Set in an urban backdrop, Tuesdays and Fridays has been shot in upmarket locales of London which gives it a chic and stylish feel, something that goes well with the theme of the film.

As the new age author who believes that every relationship has an expiry date, Anmol Thakeria Dhillon comes across as confident. He makes a promising debut as Varun.

However, it is Jhatalekha Malhotra who is the surprise element of the film with a performance that warms your heart. As the modern and practical girl who is a romantic at heart thanks to her conventional values, Jhataleka come up with an excellent performance. She gives credibility to the role of a practical girl who has an air of vulnerability about her. With an adorable old world charm, Jhataleka is clearly the find of the film and is sure to go places in coming years.

As her single mother, Niki Walia comes across as remarkable. The rest if the cast, including Parmeet Sethi, Zoa Morani and Anuradha Patel, kend able support.

As a debutant director, Taranveer Singh does an excellent job as he manages to extract brilliant performances from the cast, especially the lead pair, and also lends a credibility to the unconventional theme.

The film is quite rich in production values.

The music of the film is good but it fails to adequately lend the required romantic feel to a love story.

In a nutshell, Tuesdays and Fridays is charming millennial love story with brilliant performances which has its heart in the right place.

My Rating: 4/5 - one for its innovative theme, one for its direction, one for performances by Jhatalekha Malhotra and Anmol Thakeria Dhillon and one for its rich production values.