Loveyapa movie review: Bollyapa, hai tere ishq mein kinna siyappa

Loveyapa review

The movie opens with the disclaimer, “Falling in love can be injurious to health”, followed by an audio disclaimer (by Aamir Khan), ‘mobile phone exchange karna swasth ke liye hanikarak hai’ (exchanging/swapping mobile phones is injurious to your health). Toh, ‘Loveyapa’ bole toh (love+siyappa) is actually remaking or say remixing of Pradeep Ranganathan’s 2022 ‘Love Story’ – the love appam got sold like hot cakes and at a budget of 5 crore made a whooping 120 cores.

The 2022 Tamil appam is made into a north Indian papadi chat in 2025 by the name ‘Loveyapa’ with the added schezwan and mayonnaise of zany graphics, funny visuals and memes.

So, will you exchange your phone with your most favorite for a day? It depends on the degree of double life you live. And in this era of smart phones, slick wheels and apps that offer love, sex and what not, the person you know and the device he/she holds both can have a different story to tell.

Social media, the dangers of such apps, deep fake, body shaming, love, trust, faith, fate, values, ‘Loveyapa’ makes an attempt to touch on all these factors and succeeds to a considerable extent.

Directed by Advait Chandan (‘Secret Superstar’, ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’), the problem with ‘Loveyapa’ is that in its enthusiasm or in its attempt to be rooted does a nonsensical blunder.

Bani Boo is too shy to kiss on the lips of Gucci but is ready to share hot selfies with him before going to bed. Here I felt the disconnect.

And the way Hindi gets disrespected is a concern, Ashutosh Rana’s shudh (pure) pure Hindi is called Sanskrit by Junaid which is not proper.

Bollywood which makes movies in Hindi language has this habit of making fun of Hindi itself. How can you.

Plus, Advait Chandan who has worked as a manager of Aamir Khan till 2022, just cannot get over from Aamir’s influence/shadow/aura and/or fandom.

Aamir Khan’s iconic moments from the song ‘Pehla Nasha’ from ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander’ gets recreated and we see Junaid jumping flexing his arms with the original song playing at the backdrop. Kyu, aakhir kyu, when people talk about nepotism, favoritism, Bollywood comes with a counter attack and claims that it’s the talent that survives then why do such activities and force fit a one film year old man (man because Junaid is 31-year-old and cannot be called a boy) against his father. Come on, let him shine on his own.

Performances

Junaid does far better than is forgettable debut ‘Maharaj’. He fits the bill this time and delivers.

Khushi shows confidence and carries herself well. She impresses with her acting in tough emotional moments.

However, both Junaid and Khushi are raw and need more polish but their confidence is noteworthy.

Ashutosh Rana is excellent as Khushi’s father.

Grusha Kapoor as Junaid’s mother is outstanding.

Kiku Sharda is fabulous as Anupam – the brother-in-law of Junaid in the film.

Tanvika Parlikar  as Kiran Sachedva – Junaid’s sister is very impressive.

Devishi Madaan   as Pinti Sharma – sister of Khishi has her moments.

Loveyapa movie review – final words

‘Loveyapa’ - could have been far better but still the remake of Tamil 2022 blockbuster ‘Love Today’ is decently entertaining and funny.

Going with a favorable three stars

An AGS production along with Phantom Films. ‘Loveyapa’ is running in theatres from Feburay 07, 2025.