With stuff like a stoned character saying “Genius wo nahi hota jiske paas sab sawaal ke jawaab hon, genius wo hota hai jiske paas jawaab tak pahunchne ka patience ho”, or a psychiatrist saying “We are all our own teachers in the school of life”, it is a tough fight to make it sound realistic. The dialogues are full of cliches and do not come across as natural. The way Kaira narrates her own fears and weaknesses to Jug is pretty unreal. With a solid plotline backing the film, it could have been as inspiring and engaging a tale as Gauri’s debut (Sridevi-starrer English Vinglish) but falls way behind.

The movie then traces Kaira’s sessions with Dr Jehangir Khan aka Jug who doles out gyan on life, handling relationship, dealing with one’s feelings, staying happy and much more.

Shah Rukh’s psychiatrist is caring, charming and witty. Alia in a still from Dear Zindagi.Įnter Shah Rukh Khan and the frame lights up with his charm and charisma. To deal with it all, Kaira decides to meet a ‘dimag ka doctor aka DD’. Since she shares a rather tense relationship with her parents, it makes her all the more sad at the thought of living with them. Rendered homeless after her landlord asks her to vacate because “she is single”, she decides to move to her home town, Goa. Soon, we get to know Kaira and her problems - a career woman who isn’t sure whether she should thank her talent or looks for the opportunities and one who is dealing with a heart break after a guy ditched her for another girl. Alia approaches Shah Rukh Khan for help in Dear Zindagi. This co-producer, Raghavendra (Kunal Kapoor), is also the one with whom Kaira is cheating on her current love, Sid (Angad Bedi). However, when she is offered a big break in a feature film, she is not sure if it is because of her talent or because one of the co-producers finds her hot. The introductory sequence - with Kaira’s confident banter and hands-on body language - assures us that she is truly talented and knows her job well. Starring Alia Bhatt as the lead and Shah Rukh Khan as her psychiatrist, Dear Zindagi is about Kaira (Alia) - an aspiring cinematographer who does small ads and projects but wants to shoot an entire feature film. Cast: Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Kunal Kapoor, Ali Zafar, Angad Bedi, Aditya Roy Kapur, Yashwasini Dayama and Ira Dubeyįour years after her much-appreciated debut with English Vinglish, filmmaker Gauri Shinde is back with another female protagonist-centred story that aims to unsettle cliches in our judgemental society - Dear Zindagi.

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