'Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi' (EVAB) is another wedding planner from the most successful banner of Rajshri of Barjatyas in this genre of films. However, Sooraj Barjatya who is at the helm of affairs hasn't been as successful in this movie as in his previous ones that not only proved hits but created a sort of record in Bollywood. Though in the same genre yet this is different in more than one respect. Though 'Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi' takes a tragic turn in the post-interval session, Sooraj Barjaya tries to end it on a pleasant mood. Two, the movie pertains to the wedding genre, but its villains aren't the characters but their circumstances.
The characters don't play villainous roles, but their circumstances let them not be happily united. This is a new angle worth appreciation. Besides, this is a traditional film inasmuch as it revolves around a family's sacrifice in love. Moreover, its director is Kaushik Ghatak, a debutant who adapts himself completely well to the banner's genre that is always full of emotions. While analyzing its features, we find that 'Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi' is full of traditional charm. Though a romantic story but without any physical proximity between the two lovers - the girl and the boy. As said earlier, the movie centers around the theme of pure love but their circumstances turn them villainous. Hence, it's significantly different from Barjatya's other movies in the past.
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The movie is unique inasmuch as the heroine named Chandni played by Eesha Koppikhar and Prem in the guise of Sonu Sood fall in love with each other at a singing concert. As usual in Bollywood stories, the one party, here the girl, belongs to a poor family comprising an old father and two younger siblings, while the boy comes from a rich background. The tragedy is that both are engaged but have to keep a long distance from each other because of the girl's poor family dependent on her for their livelihood.
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You need enough patience to believe that the boy waits on and on for nine long years and later too when the girl's father dies, leaving the siblings to her care. Very tragic indeed! But, Barjatya being Barjatya, he gives another twist to the story. This time, he provides a positive turn and thus wipes out the tears of the audience before they leave the theater. So, the post-interval tragedy reverts to the pre-interval pleasant mood when the romance between a poor girl and a rich boy does develop fast and deep and turns into divine love.
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During our critical analysis, we find that Eesha Koppikhar's performance as excellent all through the movie even though there has been the least scope for looking bold and sexy. Alok Nath and Vishal Malhotra play their parts too well. The director does full justice to the movie by adhering to the Rajshri tradition and style. Though there are a number of songs in the first half to keep the audience's mood pleasant, the movie's music as a whole isn't as good as in the Barjatya's previous movies. On the whole, the movie is likely to fare well in spite of its several shortcomings.
