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Dil Dosti Dilemma review: A fresh and bubbly ode to inclusivity that sans profanity
What: ‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ - Directed by Debbie Rao, the Prime Video series based on Andaleeb Wajid's YA novel, Asmara's Summer, is a welcome breeze of freshness that is cool, understanding, bubbly and earthy that handles the generation and class divide with care.
Dil Dosti Dilema synopsis
Based on Andaleeb Wajid's YA novel, Asmara's Summer, ‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ is a teen/youth oriented rom com revolves around three charming and bubbly papa’s favorites Asmara (Anushka Sen) and her besties, Tania (Elisha Mayor) and Naina (Revathi Pillai), they call themselves Awesome Threesome.
The Awesome Threesome belong to the upscale Riddley Road locality in Bengaluru. The Awesome Threesome are stuck in their privileged world and they all share a limited vie about the world which laced by their arrogance. ‘Agro’ what they called for aggression and/or arrogance.
An incident with her grandmother Farida (Tanvi Azmi), grounds Asmara resulting in a punishment where Asmara has to spend her summer with her grandparents in a typical conservative middle-class Muslim dominated locality called Tibbri Road in Bengaluru. Asmara’s trip to Canada gets canceled. What happens next?
A welcome relief from the tense thrillers, murder mysteries that are bombarding the OTT space filled with profanity thrown at will, ‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ is a breeze of fresh air that highlights the class divide and generation gap with layers.
Directed by Debbie Rao, this onscreen adaptation of Andaleeb Wajid's 2016 book, Asmara's Summer, wins on its controlled sweetness, overall simplicity and occasionally touching moments.
Writers Anuradha Tiwari, Bugs Bhargava Krishna, Raghav Dutt and Manjiri Pupala maintain a light feel good rom com wala touch throughout but successfully probe questions about honesty, friendship, relationship, companionship, understanding, family, family ties, traditions, custom and modernity effectively.
Adaptaing a micro macro approach, the issues touched in Dil Dosti Dilemma travel beyond Bebgaluru’s Tibbri or Riddley Nagar.
Apart from the smooth narration by Debbie Rao, ‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ sees some lovely performances as well.
Though at times Dil Dosti Dilemma feels stretched and yes, it is predictable.
Performance
Anushka Sen leads with her charm throughout as Asmara in an endearing performance.
Tanvi Azmi as Nani is fabulous and Shishir Sharma as her understanding and supportive husband is very good.
Kush Jotwani, leaves his mark as Farzaan and his pairing with Anushka is fascinating to see.
Revathi Pillai and Elisha Mayor as Asmara’s besties are very natural while Suhasini Mulay as the neighborhood Begam is perfect.
Dil Dosti Dilemma – Final Words
Dil Dosti Dilemma is a welcome breeze of fresh air, a teen/adult coming of age drama that focuses on three girls is surprisingly without any cuss words or objectionable scene that makes it qualify for a feel-good family viewing.
Dil Dosti Dilemma is streaming on Amazon Prime Video from April 25, 2024.
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