Cameos by Bollywood baddies such as Gulshan Grover and Ranjeet don’t contribute or take away from the mood this film hopes to evoke. Shruti Haasan’s contribution to cinema could be compared to Lata Mangeshkar’s to football and the actor does little to elevate this film when it goes south in the second half. In every frame, he delivers on his character’s fears, frustrations and relentless pursuit for love. The actor, who has largely restricted himself to character-driven indie films, single-handedly carries this comedy with equal sincerity. If there’s one reason to catch this film, it has to be for Rajkummar Rao. Multiple suitors, convicted dons and a hapless lover lock horns as the proceedings fold up with a loud and laboured confession of love. Soon enough, matters take a Priyadarshan-esque turn and this comedy of errors becomes much to bear.
A series of unforeseen events pickle Gattu’s plan and he’s ‘bhai-zoned’ by Binny’s kin. While Binny longs for a ‘himmatwala’, Gattu stutters while spelling his dil. One of them is Gattu (Rajkummar Rao), whose heart beats for his childhood crush and neighbour Binny Arora (Shruti Haasan). Braving this forced brotherhood and hopeful of altering his equation with his ‘nickkar ke zamaane ki mohabbat’ makes for the rest of the film.īehen Hogi Teri takes us into a Lucknow where young males in the moholla are petrified of being sworn into brotherhood by the very women they pursue on the fateful day of Raksha Bandhan. Only problem - his overenthusiastic performance of being familial earns him the despicable moniker ‘bhai’. His tears ride over his fears and in consoling the bereaved, he not only gets access to her family, he becomes a part of it. The lead, who doesn’t share the same distraught, suddenly conjures remarkable remorse and his poker face assumes a sullen expression. The lady in question settles down next to the deceased and breaks down. Just as he is about to deliver the life-saving act, the doctor arrives and the senior is declared dead. In a memorable scene, the film’s lead is asked to implement mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on his lady love’s granny (Kamlesh Gill). And while the relationship between death and desire has been detailed time and again (Wedding Crashers), this one feels unique. Bhura's father decides Binny to be his daughter-in-law in one look and Gattu is left in a jiffy as now instead of him, it is either Rahul or Bhura who are both in line to marry Binny.A sequence in this film orchestrates a romantic number that encapsulates a blossoming one-sided love story over the course of a funeral. The incident enrages Bura's family against Gattu's mohalla while Binny is pissed with Gattu for not having the courage to stop the spreading rumors or ask her hand in marriage from Jaidev. Gattu lacks the courage to speak the truth to Jaidev and as the misunderstanding grows, an angry Jaidev slaps Bhura. To make things worse, Gattu's family suspects that Binny is having an affair with Bhura, and informs Jaidev about it. Gattu begins to work in Binny's elder brother Jaidev's Jagran mandli and manages to win over Binny's heart, but is stumped when Jaidev fixes Binny's marriage with France-returned Rahul. Supporting him in his daredevil venture is Gattu's closes friend Bhura, who belongs to quite a notorious family of the town. He knows this is his age is to do 'girlfriend wala pyar' and he will convince both firebrand Binny, who is famous in tying rakhi to every boy of the mohalla, and their family members that Binny will none other than his life-long love. Gattu, though, doesn't believe in this 'behen-bhai ka pyaar' definition. However, his family members believe that all girls of the mohalla are like one's sister and hence, Binny too has been accorded Gattu's sister since the day they were kids.
Gattu is a 23 year old middle class boy from Lucknow who is in love with his neighborhood crush Binny (20) since his childhood days.