Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Review: Shahid Kapoor-Kriti Sanon’s Rom-Com Falls Flat Like a Robot Low on Battery

Aisa Uljha Jiya Teri Baaton Mein Review: Thinking and telling unconventional stories is a beautiful thing. If you have the opportunity to present it on a large screen, all the better. However, before presenting something as tasteless and absurd as Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (TBMAUJ), it most definitely demands some serious consideration. This science fiction romantic comedy challenges your patience to the point where, after some time, you realize you’ve been forced into a losing struggle. All in the name of experimentation. or possibly duped into thinking it’s genuinely a fresh concept or a reasonable and plausible tale of a human and a robot falling in love. The film defies logic on many fronts in an attempt to depict conflict and cooperation between humans and machines, leaving you with many unanswered questions.

TBMAUJ story

The film, which was written and directed by Aradhana Sah and Amit Joshi, succumbs to its own vision. I mean, while they were scribbling up the plot, what in the world were the writers thinking? Even while I think the storyline is well-intentioned, a dull screenplay, erratic pacing, and a useless script completely destroy it. Aryan Agnihotri, or Aaru (Shahid Kapoor), works as a robotics programmer. He unintentionally gets sucked into the final testing phase by his US-based maasi Urmila (Dimple Kapadia), the CEO of a robotics company, and begins to fall in love with a robot named Sifra (Kriti Sanon). After a while, Aryan falls in love, brings Sifra home to meet her family, and declares his intention to wed her. All right, that’s it. A sincere viewer who genuinely wants to see this work of art and understand the new bottom we have reached in the name of creative writing would be harmed by anything that is said subsequently.

TBMAUJ review

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya is a fantastic film and television series that surpasses all other future works that have attempted to entertain us or at least maintain our interest in the robotics and technology universe. Do you remember Rajinikanth as Chitti? Every time he performed an onscreen stunt or got into trouble, his charming demeanor captivated us. He actually has a sense of humor! Take a small trip back in time and choose the television show Small Wonder, or its Indian adaptation Karishma Ka Karishma, in which a female robot raises a family as their second kid.How funny those shows truly made us laugh! This was not even as terrible as Ra.One, which had Shah Rukh Khan as the protagonist of a computer game. However, Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya fails to elicit any feelings or provide a satisfying experience, with Sifra portraying a highly programmed robot who can detect even the smallest emotions on a human face but lacks all common sense.

Where are the jokes?

Everything that happens on screen in the first half is meaningless, making it nothing more than a snoozefest. It is too fantastical to be true that Aryan and Sifra meet, get intimate, exchange passionate lip locks, and make love without realizing that Sifra is a robot. The sci-fi only becomes a family favorite when Aryan brings Sifra home in the second half, which is when some light humor is introduced. Nevertheless, some of the jokes are so bad that they truly anticipate you laughing artificially, much like Sifra. “Main toh bhaag raha hoon” is what Aryan says to his dada in one of the situations while he is rushing from his residence. I couldn’t help but think of Geet from Jab we Met. Unfortunately, the understatement of this one scene, which the filmmakers could have used to create a wow moment, makes it hardly noticeable or leave an impression.

After 2 hours and 23 minutes, I still didn’t get the basic premise of the movie. Where are the jokes if it’s a comedy? Where’s the romance if this is a romantic story? Where’s the science in a kid-friendly science fiction film? You have to ask yourself whether the writers were bored while putting their ideas on paper because even the conversation is so boring. If anything, the last 20 minutes and a powerful finale that makes plain the film’s main goal—if any—save this collapsing ship. And as the closing titles start to play, take a moment to relax and recharge your fatigued senses with a cameo.

The performances

Shahid and Kriti’s on-screen presence, however, is the one element that makes Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya hardly watchable. Shahid is quite witty and silly, and he has a lot of amusing one-liners, though not all of them are enjoyable. He becomes aware of his star power, which he mostly relies on in the movie. I wish the film’s creators had stuck with the endearing tone of the opening sequences involving Aryan and his maasi. Kriti, on the other hand, does a very good job at portraying a robot in terms of her hand movements, gait, speech, and general body language. She is stunning in each and every picture. Although she has plenty of room to shine, the weak plot prevents her from actually going all out.

Turn the focus to Aryan’s larger family, which includes his mommy Sharmila (Anubha Fatehpuria), papa (Rakesh Bedi), bua (Grusha Kapoor), foofa (Brijbhushan Shukla), cook Pappu (Raashul Tandon), and dada ji (Dharmendra). In addition, Aryan has a best buddy named Monty (Ashish Verma), who ends up being his accomplice in crime. However, Monty is primarily missing from the scene save for a few key moments. There’s just so much this supporting cast can accomplish with the material at hand, but together, they try too hard to improve the writing. Not to mention that their storylines are as formulaic as they get for a combined family.

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Final Thought

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya” is an ambitious film that fails to establish a solid foundation while attempting to offer a distinctive fusion of science fiction, romance, and comedy. The movie fails because of a poor writing, unpredictable pacing, and poor execution, despite the enticing idea of humans and machines navigating love and relationships. Although Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon give excellent performances, the film’s fragmented storyline and lack of cohesion in its comedy, romance, and sci-fi components make it uninteresting to watch. “Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya” ultimately falls short of its goal of providing a novel and enjoyable cinematic experience, leaving viewers dissatisfied and wondering about the artistic decisions made by its creators.