Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Tags: romantic, flashback

Plot synopsis:
In London, a chance meeting between Ayan Sanger and Alizeh Khan ends up with them kissing instinctively. Later, when they break up with their lovers, Lisa D'Souza and Dr. Faisal Khan, the two begin to spend time together at discos, restaurants, and tourist places. While Ayan falls in love with Alizeh, she considers him to be a friend. One day, Alizeh stumbles upon DJ Ali, her ex-boyfriend, who wants to reconcile. Confused, Alizeh stops hanging out with Ayan and they cease communication. A few days later, Alizeh calls and invites Ayan to her wedding with Ali in Lucknow. Ayan is petrified on hearing this but agrees to the invitation. At the wedding, he tells Alizeh he loves her but she rejects his feelings causing Ayan to leave the ceremony heartbroken.
At the airport to board a flight to Frankfurt, Ayan meets Saba, a poet, who is leaving for Vienna. She consoles Ayan and gives him a note with her poetry and number on it. Ayan calls after three months stating that he is in Vienna and wants to meet her. Saba meets him at a disco. Ayan learns that Saba is divorced and has no place for love in her heart. Ayan also meets Saba's ex-husband, Tahir Taliyar Khan in a gallery, who tells him that love is not a weakness but empowering. Ayan who had blocked Alizeh from everywhere, finally calls and reconnects with her. Ayan begins to send pictures of Saba to Alizeh to induce jealousy. One day Alizeh informs Ayan that she's coming to Vienna and wants to meet him. Ayan invites her for dinner, but Alizeh thinks Ayan has found love in Saba and is happy for him. Meanwhile, Saba begins to develop feelings for Ayan, but he loves Alizeh. Seeing his love for Alizeh, Saba leaves Ayan.
Ayan continues to harbour love for Alizeh and becomes a famous singer. He meets Ali one day and realises that they have parted ways. Ayan goes to Alizeh's favourite point and waits there until she arrives.
Alizeh tells Ayan that she is diagnosed with cancer stage IV and will not live much longer. Ayan and Alizeh try to make the best of their time together. Ayan tries to make Alizeh love him, but Alizeh is stubborn. This leads to a fight between the two, and Alizeh decides to leave Ayan. Eventually, Ayan makes peace with the fact that he and Alizeh can at best be friends and nothing more. The screen blacks out and goes back to the beginning where Ayan, still a popular singer, is giving an interview based on the love of his life. Ayan sings the song "Channa Mereya" which is inspired by Alizeh, then finishes the interview.

Review: You can't get better-looking actors than Ranbir Kapoor-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-Anushka Sharma-Fawad Khan..
Love is depicted here only through a few kisses and an unnecessary out-of-place kind of an intimate scene!!What you get is incessant yak-yak (you want to tell these impeccably- styled people to stop and draw breath and then speak, so that they, and we, can absorb the moment they've created); and non-stop background music (if it is real, you don't have to underline it).Meet Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor), Alizeh (Anushka Sharma), Saba (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) and Ali (Fawad Khan), the four who play ring around the roses with each other.Ayan is 'private-jet' rich but wants to be a singer, the out-going Alizeh loves Ali, and the happily divorced Saba is looking for love.The most flavorsome relationship dramas, where characters pair up, leave, and return, are a compendium of sighs and tears and moments where you want the lovers to fall into each other's arms because you can't bear to see them apart.
Sure, they play 'shayars' and singers, but their delivery makes a lot of those conversations feel forced and cheesy.Fawad Khan, over whom so much controversy broke out, is dishy but doesn't really have much to do in the movie.But the one who lifts this film, or as much as he can, is Ranbir.
As the fellow who crumbles and cries and shoves his aching heart on his sleeve even when letting a pretty thing wipe his eyes, he is terrific.The others were okay.And that 2 minutes cameo of SRK delivers more emotions than the entire movie of 2 hours.
It is unfortunate that even today, film makers like Karan Johar (who consider themselves very innovative and artistic) still dish out the same old dragged, pedestrian, senseless, shallow and tortuous movies while expecting the audience to pay a premium price for watching it!The only thing "mushkil" about this horrendous movie is sitting through it...Just like eating stale, tasteless food in a fine dining restaurant doesn't make it delicious, similarly shooting a nonsensical movie in good locales with beautiful cast doesn't make it worth a watch.
I went in expecting too much and by the time it ended was wondering if my 2 year old son had now grown up and whether he had grown any facial hair and got a job and a mortgage in the meantime...Hours of my life I will never get back!At one point my significant other took out her phone and started to look at random pics of our son.The actors tried, bless them.
Everyone have delivered some terrific performances- Anushka as the bubbly and trying to be carefree girl(but actually caring from heart) and Aishwarya as an experienced woman, one who has seen life and is keenly looking for true love etc.
If Karan johar did not knew how to fill the movie with when there was no script he took the crew to different European locations and made the actors dance to old Hindi movie songs.
Anybody who have watched Chandni, DDLJ, Kuch Kuch Hota Hain, KHNH, Yeh Jawani Hain Deewani can come up with such a rotten story.Karan is only good with his 'Koffee' and filmfare hostings.Really did not understand who loves who...Whose love is uni- directional and whole love is bi-directional....This is not a love triangle or love quadrant...This is love polygon...You never know how many sides are there..Tge only reason I could watch till the end was because of Anushka...Thast one star for me and the second star is because Karan has not taken SRK in lead role....
awful movie, no story line , absolutely bizarre acting , don't watch it .
awful movie, no story line , absolutely bizarre acting , don't watch it .
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil offers little in terms of story and fails to get the audience empathize or feel for the characters and events in the movie.
What it does offer is brilliance in the name of Ranbir and Anushka, some awe-inspiring shots of Aishwarya and Fawad and a very beautiful canvas as it is shot at exotic locales of London and Paris.So, in his latest film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Ayan Sanger (Ranbir Kapoor) is purportedly studying for an MBA degree, but secretly harbours dreams of being a singer.
While, surprisingly KJo has handled this so maturely, credit is due more with actor's performances, particularly Ranbir.Unfortunately but NOT surprisingly, the director lets us down in last 20 mins or so – wish our Indian Directors have the courage to end the movie when it HAS TO – most of the time trimming out last 20-30 mins will be an ideal solution.
I would have rated this movie 8/10, if it has ended right after powerful title song so passionately sung by Ranbir, which evokes memories of "Sadda Haq".If you are romantic at heart, like me, please go and watch it.
It is a good movie to watch for as performances (Ranbir, Anushka, Aishwarya), Songs (Buleya, ADHM, Channa), Dialogues and glitzy production design blend well to keep you entertained.
In every movie he done his great, So emotional, So deep.Fawad Khan: 6/10 A little high attitude, i personally don't like that.Anushka Sharma: 5/10 Always Act so much, definitely overacting most of the time.
Almost everyone goes through that love pain, yes the pain for everyone is individual, but at the end it's a similar case in everyone's life - the part of one sided love.Although I won't say the movie was perfect and didn't have it flaws, but the way Karan Johar has presented the one sided love, I don't think it has been done often - be it in Bollywood or Hollywood.
The movie was about love and so it's logical that Karan did stick to it throughout the movie.Although the movie is not a 10 for me, rather a 8., I will give it a 10 just because of Ranbirs terrific character, I haven't seen such a good character in a long long time.
I failed to understand why some TV and newspaper are giving such good reviews of this movie like saying it is one of Karan Johar best movie till date.Seriously guys Did you see the movie or what.I totally disagree with the ending of the movie in which the director wants to earn sympathy of the viewers..
I read some really awful reviews here but still decided to watch the movie with my family (only for Ranbir and Aishwarya).
I request everyone to first watch the movie with an open heart, without any expectations to really understand and appreciate the thought process behind the film(which is not a usual concept).
But the terrific performances by all the three leads( Ranbir, Anushka and the stunningly gorgeous Aishwarya) and excellent music(Channa Mereya has been excellently placed in the movie) makes up for all the faults.
Also getting talented bunch of actors on board this might had been an epic movie but alas as usual in true Karan Johar style plot was weird.
Watch this movie only for that 2 minutes in which Shah Rukh Khan comes to screen and mouths the dialogue " the power of unrequited love " (main promo dialogue) " believe me he perfectly emotes the pain of one sided love and emptiness you feel when you knew that somebody will never love you and instead of that you have to love him/her because you can't do anything else.
Now coming to the movie, Karan Johar should first of all leave judging these dance, reality and other TV shows and travel our beautiful country, meet different people with different mindset,different struggle having different backgrounds.
I mean if you still have to explore topics like " love or friendship" which has already been discussed countless times in various movies then at least have something new, something believable or something interesting or substantial to offer.Mr. Karan Johar thinks every Indian goes to pub, kisses unknown stranger and then acts like a loser.
India is growing, our countrymen are growing, when will you and your immature ways of film making will grow?Coming to the movie, Story is absolutely zero and there is nothing to mention..
The only good thing movie has to offer is its songs nothing else is worth watching, its a total disgrace to film industry.Don't waste your money and your time on this movie, rest of the reviews will ensure you how true is this..
This movie is not suitable for families and married couples.The story says that if you are married you are in a hell and you or your wife is looking for an additional relationship as married life sucks.Also the initial 10-15 minutes are vulgar at times and if you are taking children along you must encounter uneasiness.Only songs are good, otherwise nothing in the movie to say wow.Half of the movie is shot in nightclubs, bars, and pubs.Second half is boring for about 1 hour.
Anyone can tell this is a Karan Johar movie while watching just by 10 minutes of love you ,hate you and still can't live without you moments .You can right yourself such a story.
Fabulous direction, music and BGM, Bollywood movie references were too good any one who had fall in love can get that...
The music of this movie is just as beautiful as Aishwarya Rai. Overall I would say the movie is good,Ash is best and ending is bad.
for music need not to go and watch in the Movies Don't know what the director thinks and we feel like its copied from many old movies.
Anushka's character was...annoying.I've never liked Karan Johar, his older movies were way better, more original but seems he has run out of ideas and content.
In general I dislike his character, he seems obnoxious to me and extremely arrogant.I really expected to get a good story out of this movie, but yeah...It doesn't even deserve 1 star, more like -2...
Looked more like the starting of Koffee with karan where Karan responds to odd ques thrown at him and he reciprocates with his witty one liners but as soon as we hear Ranbir talking about " ek tarfa pyar ki taqat" you realize this movie is going to be a bad screenplay with nothing new to offer.
He has no sense of movie making yet people watch his shyt (this is the last time I have wasted my money & time)!It's high time public reject such useless directors whose only name for fame is that they are well connected and son's of some film personality.
He has no sense of movie making yet people watch his shyt (this is the last time I have wasted my money & time)!It's high time public reject such useless directors whose only name for fame is that they are well connected and son's of some film personality.
bad things.Its not a love story it is a getting friend-zoned movie.
briefly summarizing Things to watch for: Ranbir kapoor's acting, the cinematography and editing, Aishwarya Rai's fan should definitely watch it, music is good thing to avoid for: boring script, Slow pace of the film.*May Contain Spoilers*Film starts with Ranbir Kapoor giving an interview, and if u guessed it right, the whole film is a flashback.
Acting : Again, Ranbir Kapoor is lively and lovely, Anushka is good like always but his role in this film may seem mixture of everything what she has done before.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is the best love story of 2016 and one of the best family movie of this year.
I am not such a big fan of Karan Johar so I did not go in hall with high expectations .But to my surprise Karan Johar has done a great deal of work with this movie and it's really worth watching.The story is average but great performances and good direction are the highlights of the movie .
Ranbir Kapoor has done a great peace of work in the movie.The chemistry between Anushka and Ranbir is the highlight of first half.Aishwarya has played her role well too .
Ranbir and Anushka especially played their characters very well, being able to change their emotions abruptly with a change of scene and still being able to form a connection with the audience through the way they performed.Without a doubt, this is one of Johar's best to date.
His inclusion of things (no details so I don't spoil it) from movies considered to be Bollywood classics helped to create a huge impact on the story line and even made me and maybe many others remember the difficulties of love.All in all, this is a brilliant film and you should watch it right away..
I was saddened to see all the negative publicity this movie garnered prior to its release but all that's done and dusted now and the world gets to see another Karan Johar love story.
and now I'm nothing but disappointed.Overacting, Lack of story, mixture of dialogues from all old Karan Johar's movies like a promotion or something and such a crappy work.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil shows why Ranbir Kapoor is one of the finest actors in the country, all he needs is a half a decent script and a good director.
Nearly two decades after his hit venture "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", Karan Johar tries his luck once again at solving the biggest question that the world has to offer- Which is better:Friendship or Love?This movie is definitely a breath of fresh air in the sense that it tries to bring a new perspective to that question.
In all I would recommend it to anyone who likes Ranbir Kapoor as an actor to watch this movie..
Expectations were soaring for AE DIL HAIN MUSHKIL owing to a fantastic trailer, the controversy involving the Pakistani actors and the love making scenes between Aishwarya Rai and Ranbir Kapoor.
The movie should have ended a good half an hour before, but I guess Karan Johar wanted to increase the emotional quotient ..well salt is good, but too much of it can certainly ruin a good dish watch it if you have just gonethrough an awesome breakup.
I believe Karan Johar is one of the few directors who can create characters that audience could adore,inspire and love but failed to convert that into a good Movie.Love portions are refreshing in this movie and the conflict is new in which the way it is being told.
ADHM directed by the overrated and flag bearer of nepotism karan johar is a one side love story of ayan(ranbir) who deeply loves alizeh(anushka) but she doesn't give him a damn even while she is dying of cancer.
Ranbir Kapoor portrays the role of Ayan very well , Anushka is good , Aishwarya is brilliant but the person who stands out is Shahrukh Khan , even thought he hardly comes for 5 mins he steals the show !!!.
ADHM was neither good nor bad it is an OK film, it lacked the focus in the story department well let me put it plainly it lacked a story overall, this film stood only on the star power and music, Ranbir did an excellent job in his role,Fawad Khan was a scene stealer in his short role, Anushka was better in the second half,Aishwarya Rai was good,the only time it felt to me that this was something of a special work is during Channa Mereya song,the story had so much loopholes and unrealistic scenarios that it becomes unbearable for the viewer to ignore this fact.I like Karan Johar films but he needs to keep a connection with reality in some sublime way.But its much better than the regular Bollywood junk we get to see regularly, but one must keep in mind the fact that this movie was under political pressure to cut some scenes containing Pakistani actors so it might be a factor for the loop holes..
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is overly clichéd typical movie with brilliant performances from Anushka and Ranbir and best soundtracks of the year..
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016): This movie is one if the most hyped movies of 2016.Karan Johar,the master who invented clichéd Bollywood moments(except My Name is Khan) directed this movie after 4 years.His previous venture Student of the Year is overly clichéd dud.But Ae Dil Hai Mushkil created good buzz because of its brilliant trailer and music.Even the chemistry between Ranbir Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai is largely discussed.SO how is this Ae Dil Hai Mushkil??Plot: A story about unrequited love - the shapes it takes, the ways it changes us and the exhilarating and often heartbreaking ride it takes us on.
It is the journey of three characters, Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor), Alizeh (Anushka Sharma) and Saba (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), as their lives intertwine and they navigate life, love and heartbreak.Plus Points:1)Performances: Everyone has acted so well especially Anushka Sharma.
The chemistry between Ranbir and Anushka was what I loved the most.Ranbir Kapoor is super at being charming, but has developed a specialization in cluelessness, and both sides shine through in this winning, woeful performance.Aishwarya is stunningly gorgeous and gave decent performance.Fawad Khan is good.Lisa Hayden is irritating.2)Music: Music is the major plus point of the movie.All the songs are brilliant and well placed.
'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' Synopsis: Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor) falls in love with Alizeh (Anushka Sharma), but she considers him as her best friend.
To add to his misery, Alizeh gets married & Ayan is left Heartbroken, Ayan's one-sided love never ends, although a new women enters his life (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan).Karan Johar has made films celebrating love with happy endings in the past, but with 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil', he depicts love as painful, unreasonable & also, unattainable.
Movie:10/10 Music:10/10 Songs:10/10 Romance:7/10 Heartbroken:10/10 Dedicated to the broken hearts and breakup people please watch it if you come under the criteria.I love this film as well as karan johar even though i just know him after the film.I can't forget the film in my life because it is a part of my life and my own love..
Ranbir looks good in the movie and has done justice to the role.