Ankur Pathak feels Tutiya Dil is an unconventional film with a great script.Last year saw several films on the rather sombre state of youthful liaisons in an urban environment that went from dangerous (Delhi Belly) to sympathetic (Pyaar Ka Punchnama), to heart-wrenching (Mujhse Fraandship Karoge).
The template for such films starts with the newly-met couple going for walks and ice-creams, then deciding to take a step forward, and then facing separation on some flimsy excuse. It is a challenge for screenwriters and directors to make something original out of these stereotypes.
Which is exactly where a film like Tutiya Dil catches you off-guard. The Delhi-centric film is an unusually well-written take on heartbreak and friendship, featuring interesting, roundly developed central characters, for who you care, while disliking some, getting quite fond of some and sympathising with others.
In this office romance, Rhea (Suzanna Mukherjee) falls for her senior colleague Karan (Nikhil Sabharwal), leading to a brief affair until Karan gets cold feet just as they are about to move into a fancy apartment together.
A heart-shattered Rhea cannot cope with the situation and takes her troubles to a shrink, Dr Parag (Naveen Kaushik), her feminist best friend Amu (Iris Maity) and then has an unconventional shift in her lifestyle, moving in with Vishal (Sidhant Kapur) known as a bit of a womaniser.
The film sees things largely from Rhea's perspective. We see her being abruptly dumped at a plush restaurant just as she's about to devour her favourite gooey chocolate cake, and going hysterical. It doesn't make thing any easier when she has to face the same man every day at work.
Slowly she recovers from her grief and develops a theory called 'The Turkey Theory' about men. The theory makes her a celebrity and gives her the confidence to face the world. It's a bold, fascinating sub-plot which only disappoints in its climactic execution.
Vishal, the well muscled guy Rhea moves in with, is an unapologetic lover of sex -- he has that pinned on his refrigerator, while Marilyn Monroe covers the shower-wall of his bathroom. He is a fan of both DDLJ and Dabangg and even has a sari-clad
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