Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana
- Director
- Manish Harishankar
- Studio
- Star Entertainment Worldwide
- Release Date
- 6 April 2017
- Running Time
- 130 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹20.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹0.81 Cr
Review
Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana had the scaffolding for something genuinely meaningful—a story about ambition versus responsibility, about what it costs a man to refuse fatherhood. Instead, what we get is a tonally confused mess that can't decide if it's a romance, a family drama, or a cautionary tale. The film mistakes melodrama for emotional depth; every conflict feels manufactured rather than earned. The performances are serviceable at best—the lead actors have zero chemistry, and their rapid descent into "love" feels as convincing as a Vadodara café serving Michelin-star cuisine. Director Vijay AAlas seems more interested in cramming in songs and manufactured sentiment than exploring the actual moral complexity of his premise.
What's infuriating is the wasted potential. A story where a woman's choice to have her child forces her family to choose her over her partner could be powerful. Instead, the narrative fumbles it by making Laddoo's rejection cartoonishly villainous and his redemption arc nonexistent. The prince who swoops in feels like a narrative cheat—a solution imposed rather than earned. Technical execution is competent but uninspired; the film looks like it was shot on autopilot. There's no visual language, no directorial voice, just the motions of a Gujarati family drama going through the motions.
Rating: 4/10
Storyline
So there's this guy named Laddoo who's super ambitious and wants to make it big in business. He moves to this city called Vadodara to work at a cafe and chase his dreams, but then he meets this gorgeous woman named Laali who comes in regularly. They totally hit it off and end up falling for each other pretty quickly, things get serious between them.
Here's where it gets dramatic—Laali finds out she's pregnant, and she's ready to have the baby and make it work. But Laddoo isn't on the same page because he's so focused on becoming this mega-successful entrepreneur that he doesn't want the responsibility right now. He actually asks her to get rid of the pregnancy, which obviously doesn't go over well with anyone, especially when his parents find out about the whole situation.
His dad absolutely loses it and demands they get married within two days, but Laddoo refuses to give up his dreams for this. Things blow up between them, and his father basically disowns him and decides to take Laali and her baby under his wing instead. So now Laddoo's parents are looking around to find another guy who'll actually step up and be there for Laali, and that's when a prince from a royal family enters the picture who seems genuinely interested in accepting her and her child.
